2001 RCA Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
2001 RCA Championships
ChampionsThe Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Brian MacPhie
Runners-upIndia Mahesh Bhupathi
Canada Sébastien Lareau
Final 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[]

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild card
  • LL = Lucky loser
  • Alt = Alternate
  • SE = Special exempt
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • ITF = ITF entry
  • JE = Junior exempt
  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted

Finals[]

Semifinals Final
          
8 India Mahesh Bhupathi
Canada Sébastien Lareau
3 6 77
  South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
South Africa Robbie Koenig
6 4 65
8 India Mahesh Bhupathi
Canada Sébastien Lareau
65 7 4
5 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Brian MacPhie
77 5 6
7 South Africa Chris Haggard
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
6 3 0
5 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Brian MacPhie
2 6 6

Top half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Sweden J Björkman
Australia T Woodbridge
6 77  
  United States B Coupe
Brazil A Prieto
65 1     United States K Kim
United States G Weiner
1 65  
  United States K Kim
United States G Weiner
77 6   1 Sweden J Björkman
Australia T Woodbridge
4 6 1
  Germany M Hilpert
Croatia L Zovko
3 4   8 India M Bhupathi
Canada S Lareau
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 United States M Fish
Romania A Pavel
4 6 4 8 India M Bhupathi
Canada S Lareau
6 6  
8 India M Bhupathi
Canada S Lareau
6 2 6 8 India M Bhupathi
Canada S Lareau
3 6 77
  South Africa J-L de Jager
South Africa R Koenig
6 4 65
4 Australia J Eagle
Australia A Florent
3 2  
  South Africa J-L de Jager
South Africa R Koenig
78 7     South Africa J-L de Jager
South Africa R Koenig
6 6  
  Croatia G Ivanišević
Croatia I Ljubičić
66 5     South Africa J-L de Jager
South Africa R Koenig
6    
  United States T Dent
United States C Woodruff
3 6 6   United States T Dent
United States C Woodruff
3 r  
  Australia A Kratzmann
Australia P Tramacchi
6 1 2   United States T Dent
United States C Woodruff
6 77  
  Czech Republic O Fukárek
Spain T Robredo
3 6 6   Czech Republic O Fukárek
Spain T Robredo
3 64  
6 Czech Republic L Friedl
Czech Republic P Pála
6 4 2

Bottom half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 South Africa C Haggard
Belgium T Vanhoudt
3 6 6
  Brazil A Sá
Brazil A Simoni
6 4 0 7 South Africa C Haggard
Belgium T Vanhoudt
6 6  
  United States D Bowen
Australia A Fisher
6 6     United States D Bowen
Australia A Fisher
1 3  
WC United States R Ginepri
United States R Ram
4 1   7 South Africa C Haggard
Belgium T Vanhoudt
77 6  
  Czech Republic P Luxa
Czech Republic R Štěpánek
6 6   3 South Africa E Ferreira
United States R Leach
63 3  
WC Australia A Ilie
United States M Russell
1 3     Czech Republic P Luxa
Czech Republic R Štěpánek
4 2  
3 South Africa E Ferreira
United States R Leach
6 6  
7 South Africa C Haggard
Belgium T Vanhoudt
6 3 0
5 The Bahamas M Knowles
United States B MacPhie
6 6   5 The Bahamas M Knowles
United States B MacPhie
2 6 6
  Israel H Levy
United States J Waite
1 4   5 The Bahamas M Knowles
United States B MacPhie
64 77 6
  France A Clément
France N Escudé
65 6 6   France A Clément
France N Escudé
77 64 3
WC Morocco H Arazi
France P-H Mathieu
77 3 2 5 The Bahamas M Knowles
United States B MacPhie
77 6  
WC United States E Taino
United States D Wheaton
6 77   2 Belarus M Mirnyi
Australia S Stolle
64 4  
WC Sweden T Johansson
France C Pioline
4 64   WC United States E Taino
United States D Wheaton
65 65  
2 Belarus M Mirnyi
Australia S Stolle
77 77  

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