2001 RCA Championships – Doubles

Doubles
2001 RCA Championships
Final
ChampionsThe Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Brian MacPhie
Runners-upIndia Mahesh Bhupathi
Canada Sébastien Lareau
Score7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Lleyton Hewitt and Sandon Stolle were the defending champions but only Stolle competed that year with Max Mirnyi.

Mirnyi and Stolle lost in the quarterfinals to Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie.

Knowles and MacPhie won in the final 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Sébastien Lareau.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Australia Todd Woodbridge (quarterfinals)
  2. Belarus Max Mirnyi / Australia Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
  3. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Rick Leach (quarterfinals)
  4. Australia Joshua Eagle / Australia Andrew Florent (second round)
  5. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / United States Brian MacPhie (champions)
  6. Czech Republic Leoš Friedl / Czech Republic Petr Pála (first round)
  7. South Africa Chris Haggard / Belgium Tom Vanhoudt (semifinals)
  8. India Mahesh Bhupathi / Canada Sébastien Lareau (final)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
8
3 6 77
 
6 4 65
8
65 7 4
5
77 5 6
7
6 3 0
5
2 6 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
6 77  
 
65 1    
1 65  
 
77 6   1
4 6 1
 
3 4   8
6 3 6
  United States J Blake
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia N Zimonjić 		6 6     United States J Blake
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia N Zimonjić 		4 2  
WC
4 6 4 8
6 6  
8
6 2 6 8
3 6 77
 
6 4 65
4
3 2  
 
78 7    
6 6  
 
66 5    
6    
 
3 6 6  
3 r  
 
6 1 2  
6 77  
 
3 6 6  
3 64  
6
6 4 2

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7
3 6 6
 
6 4 0 7
6 6  
 
6 6    
1 3  
WC
4 1   7
77 6  
 
6 6   3
63 3  
WC
1 3    
4 2  
3
6 6  
7
6 3 0
5
6 6   5
2 6 6
 
1 4   5
64 77 6
 
65 6 6  
77 64 3
WC
77 3 2 5
77 6  
WC
6 77   2
64 4  
WC
4 64   WC
65 65  
2
77 77