2001 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Martin Damm and Dominik Hrbatý were the defending champions but only Hrbatý competed that year with Jeff Tarango.

Men's doubles
2001 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Runners-up	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle
Score	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Events
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Hrbatý and Tarango lost in the first round to Mosé Navarra and Vincenzo Santopadre.

Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov won in the final 6–4, 7–6^(8–6) against Daniel Nestor and Sandon Stolle.

Seeds

1.   Daniel Nestor /   Sandon Stolle (final)
2.   Jiří Novák /   David Rikl (second round)
3.   Joshua Eagle /   Andrew Florent (first round)
4.   Ellis Ferreira /   Donald Johnson (quarterfinals)
5.   Wayne Ferreira /   Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champions)
6.   Max Mirnyi /   David Prinosil (withdrew)
7.   Wayne Arthurs /   Nenad Zimonjić (first round)
8.   Jonas Björkman /   Roger Federer (first round)

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	Daniel Nestor   Sandon Stolle	6	6
		Petr Pála   Pavel Vízner	2	3
								1	Daniel Nestor   Sandon Stolle	4	6^6
								5	Wayne Ferreira   Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6	7^8
		Lucas Arnold   Cyril Suk	6^2	3
	5	Wayne Ferreira   Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7^7	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	D Nestor   S Stolle	6	6
		J-M Gambill   S Humphries	3	2				1	D Nestor   S Stolle	7^9	6
		W Black   K Ullyett	6	4	2				T Shimada   M Wakefield	6^7	4
		T Shimada   M Wakefield	4	6	6										1	D Nestor   S Stolle	6	7^7
		T Carbonell   M Hill	3	4												B Bryan   M Bryan	2	6^1
		P Albano   D Macpherson	6	6					P Albano   D Macpherson	3	6	1
		B Bryan   M Bryan	2	6	6				B Bryan   M Bryan	6	4	6
	8	J Björkman   R Federer	6	3	0																	1	D Nestor   S Stolle	6	6
	3	J Eagle   A Florent	4	7^7	2																		P Pála   P Vízner	2	3
	WC	A Clément   S Grosjean	6	6^3	6			WC	A Clément   S Grosjean	3	5
	WC	D Bracciali   F Luzzi	1	0^r					G Etlis   A Olhovskiy	6	7
		G Etlis   A Olhovskiy	6	2												G Etlis   A Olhovskiy	5	4
	Q	J C Ferrero   A Vinciguerra	2	4												P Pála   P Vízner	7	6
		P Pála   P Vízner	6	6					P Pála   P Vízner	4	6	6
	WC	T Johansson   M Norman	3	2				LL	M Hood   S Prieto	6	4	3
	LL	M Hood   S Prieto	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	W Arthurs   N Zimonjić	7^7	3	6^5
	Q	S Aspelin   M-K Goellner	6^5	6	7^7			Q	S Aspelin   M-K Goellner	2	6^5
		L Arnold   C Suk	6	6					L Arnold   C Suk	6	7^7
	WC	G Galimberti   E Grossi	4	3												L Arnold   C Suk	6	6
		M Knowles   A O'Brien	4	6	0										4	E Ferreira   D Johnson	4	4
		J Oncins   D Orsanic	6	2	6				J Oncins   D Orsanic	2	6	5
		C Haggard   T Vanhoudt	3	5				4	E Ferreira   D Johnson	6	4	7
	4	E Ferreira   D Johnson	6	7																			L Arnold   C Suk	6^2	3
	5	W Ferreira   Y Kafelnikov	6	6																		5	W Ferreira   Y Kafelnikov	7^7	6
		D Adams   M García	2	4				5	W Ferreira   Y Kafelnikov	6	2	6
	WC	M Navarra   V Santopadre	6	6				WC	M Navarra   V Santopadre	3	6	1
		D Hrbatý   J Tarango	4	4											5	W Ferreira   Y Kafelnikov	3	7^7	6
		M Bhupathi   L Paes	6	6^5	5										WC	A Agassi   L Hewitt	6	6^3	1
	WC	A Agassi   L Hewitt	2	7^7	7			WC	A Agassi   L Hewitt	6	6^4	6
		A Kratzmann   F Santoro	4	4				2	J Novák   D Rikl	4	7^7	4
	2	J Novák   D Rikl	6	6

External links

• 2001 Rome Masters Men's Doubles Draw