2001 Indian Wells Open – Men's doubles

Alex O'Brien and Jared Palmer were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, O'Brien with Sébastien Lareau and Palmer with Byron Black.

Men's doubles
2001 Indian Wells Open
Final
Champions	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Runners-up	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge
Score	6–2, 7–5
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Lareau and O'Brien lost in the second round to Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie.

Black and Palmer lost in the quarterfinals to Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge.

Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Björkman and Woodbridge.

Seeds

1.   Jonas Björkman /   Todd Woodbridge (final)
2.   Daniel Nestor /   Sandon Stolle (first round)
3.   Wayne Ferreira /   Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champions)
4.   Jiří Novák /   David Rikl (first round)
5.   Paul Haarhuis /   David Prinosil (second round)
6.   Sébastien Lareau /   Alex O'Brien (second round)
7.   Donald Johnson /   Rick Leach (first round)
8.   Byron Black /   Jared Palmer (quarterfinals)

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
• SR = Special ranking

Final

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Jonas Björkman   Todd Woodbridge	6	7^8
		Mark Knowles   Brian MacPhie	3	6^6
								1	Jonas Björkman   Todd Woodbridge	2	5
								3	Wayne Ferreira   Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6	7
	3	Wayne Ferreira   Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6	7
		Joshua Eagle   Andrew Florent	3	5

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	J Björkman   T Woodbridge	7^7	7^7
		W Black   K Ullyett	6^3	6^3				1	J Björkman   T Woodbridge	6	6
		B Bryan   M Bryan	7^7	1	3				W Arthurs   N Zimonjić	3	4
		W Arthurs   N Zimonjić	6^4	6	6										1	J Björkman   T Woodbridge	6	6
		M Mirnyi   J Stark	4	6	3										8	B Black   J Palmer	4	2
	Q	À Corretja   A Costa	6	3	6			Q	À Corretja   A Costa	3	2
		D Adams   M García	3	4				8	B Black   J Palmer	6	6
	8	B Black   J Palmer	6	6																		1	J Björkman   T Woodbridge	6	7^8
	4	J Novák   D Rikl	1	7^7	5																		M Knowles   B MacPhie	3	6^6
		L Arnold   G Etlis	6	6^5	7				L Arnold   G Etlis	3	7	2
		P Albano   D Macpherson	6	7					P Albano   D Macpherson	6	5	6
		J-L de Jager   E Ferreira	1	5												P Albano   D Macpherson	6	3	4
		C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	2	6	4											M Knowles   B MacPhie	4	6	6
		M Knowles   B MacPhie	6	4	6				M Knowles   B MacPhie	6	6
	WC	M Bhupathi   L Paes	4	4				6	S Lareau   A O'Brien	4	1
	6	S Lareau   A O'Brien	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	P Haarhuis   D Prinosil	6	6^2	6
	WC	T Haas   N Kiefer	0	7^7	4			5	P Haarhuis   D Prinosil	5	3
		M Hill   J Tarango	6	6					M Hill   J Tarango	7	6
	Q	P Goldstein   J Thomas	3	3												M Hill   J Tarango	4	7^7	4
	WC	N Lapentti   C Moyá	5	6	6										3	W Ferreira   Y Kafelnikov	6	6^2	6
		D Orsanic   C Suk	7	4	4			WC	N Lapentti   C Moyá	4	6	3
	WC	J Blake   M Fish	6^4	6	4			3	W Ferreira   Y Kafelnikov	6	4	6
	3	W Ferreira   Y Kafelnikov	7^7	4	6																	3	W Ferreira   Y Kafelnikov	6	7
	7	D Johnson   R Leach	6^5	4																			J Eagle   A Florent	3	5
	WC	L Hewitt   P Rafter	7^7	6				WC	L Hewitt   P Rafter	6	6
	WC	R Krajicek   S Schalken	3	4					R Federer   D Hrbatý	3	4
		R Federer   D Hrbatý	6	6											WC	L Hewitt   P Rafter	4	6^2
		P Pála   P Vízner	6	3	7											J Eagle   A Florent	6	7^7
		J Gimelstob   S Humphries	3	6	5				P Pála   P Vízner	7	3	2
		J Eagle   A Florent	6	6					J Eagle   A Florent	5	6	6
	2	D Nestor   S Stolle	3	3

External links

• 2001 Indian Wells Masters Men's Doubles Draw