2001 Indian Wells Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2001 Indian Wells Open
Champions Nicole Arendt
Ai Sugiyama
Runners-up Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
Score6–4, 6–4
Draw32 (2WC/1Q/1LL)
Seeds9

Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.

Nicole Arendt and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Ruano Pascual and Suárez.[1][2][3]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text, while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1 Nicole Arendt
Ai Sugiyama
6 6  
2 Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
4 4  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 N Arendt
A Sugiyama
6 6  
Q R Hiraki
Y Yoshida
1 2   1 N Arendt
A Sugiyama
5 77 77
  A Frazier
K Schlukebir
77 4 6   A Frazier
K Schlukebir
7 63 65
  M de Swardt
D Graham
64 6 2 1 N Arendt
A Sugiyama
4 6 7
  É Loit
A-G Sidot
7 6     É Loit
A-G Sidot
6 1 5
  I Majoli
C Martínez
5 4     É Loit
A-G Sidot
6 5 7
LL K Hrdličková
B Rittner
4 2   7 C Black
E Likhovtseva
4 7 5
7 C Black
E Likhovtseva
6 6   1 N Arendt
A Sugiyama
6 6  
3 A Sánchez-Vicario
N Tauziat
7 77   3 A Sánchez-Vicario
N Tauziat
3 4  
  R Dragomir
S Farina Elia
5 63   3 A Sánchez-Vicario
N Tauziat
4 6 6
  L Horn
L Montalvo
77 4 6   L Horn
L Montalvo
6 4 2
  Å Carlsson
M Maleeva
64 6 2 3 A Sánchez-Vicario
N Tauziat
6 6  
WC L Osterloh
A Stevenson
0 6 6 8 A Huber
B Schett
2 4  
  P Schnyder
M Serna
6 3 1 WC L Osterloh
A Stevenson
2 5  
  L Bacheva
C Torrens Valero
5 6 4 8 A Huber
B Schett
6 7  
8 A Huber
B Schett
7 4 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 L Raymond
S Testud
6 7  
  A Fusai
R Grande
1 5   5 L Raymond
S Testud
6 77  
  T Križan
K Srebotnik
6 6     T Križan
K Srebotnik
2 62  
  A Glass
P Tarabini
3 1   5 L Raymond
S Testud
6 6  
  T Garbin
J Husárová
2 6 6 9 E Callens
M Shaughnessy
1 4  
  K Clijsters
L Courtois
6 4 4   T Garbin
J Husárová
3 77 2
  M Oremans
I Selyutina
0 6 3 9 E Callens
M Shaughnessy
6 64 6
9 E Callens
M Shaughnessy
6 4 6 5 L Raymond
S Testud
6 5 3
6 L Davenport
C Morariu
6 6   2 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez
3 7 6
  I Tulyaganova
C Vis
1 4   6 L Davenport
C Morariu
6 6  
  R McQuillan
L McShea
63 6 6   R McQuillan
L McShea
2 3  
  G Casoni
S Načuk
77 2 1 6 L Davenport
C Morariu
5 6 5
  K Po
N Pratt
6 7   2 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez
7 3 7
WC M Marrero
M Sánchez Lorenzo
0 5     K Po
N Pratt
6 5 65
  E deLone
S Jeyaseelan
3 6 1 2 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez
2 7 77
2 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez
6 2 6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

  1. Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya (second round)
  2. Alina Jidkova / Tatiana Poutchek (first round)

Qualifiers

  1. Rika Hiraki / Yuka Yoshida

Lucky losers

  1. Květa Hrdličková / Barbara Rittner

Qualifying draw

First round Second round Qualifying competition
           
1 Janet Lee
Wynne Prakusya
8
Bianka Lamade
Sylvia Plischke
3
1 Janet Lee
Wynne Prakusya
3
Květa Hrdličková
Barbara Rittner
8
Květa Hrdličková
Barbara Rittner
8
WC Gisela Dulko
Jelena Janković
4
Květa Hrdličková
Barbara Rittner
1 3
Rika Hiraki
Yuka Yoshida
6 6
2 Alina Jidkova
Tatiana Poutchek
3
Rika Hiraki
Yuka Yoshida
8
Rika Hiraki
Yuka Yoshida
8
Kim Grant
Alicia Molik
3
Petra Mandula
Patricia Wartusch
6
Kim Grant
Alicia Molik
8

References

  1. ^ "Tenis por el Mundo: Perdió Suárez" [Tennis around the World: Suárez lost]. El Litoral (in Spanish). March 18, 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  2. ^ "Tenis: Serena Williams conquistó el torneo de Indian Wells - Paola Suárez cayó en dobles" [Tennis: Serena Williams won the Indian Wells tournament. Paola Suárez lost in doubles.]. La Capital (in Spanish). Rosario. March 18, 2001. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor (October 14, 2018). "Women Tennis Women Indian Wells USA - 2001 Winner Serena Williams (USA) [7]". Todor 66. Retrieved February 11, 2026.