2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup – Doubles

Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach defeated Petr Pála and Pavel Vízner in the final, 6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–2), 6–4, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup.

Doubles
2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup
Final
Champions	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
Runners-up	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
Score	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–2), 6–4, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Donald Johnson and Piet Norval were the reigning champions, but only Johnson competed that year partnering Jared Palmer; they were defeated in the semifinals by Pála and Vízner.

Seeds

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

1.   Donald Johnson /   Jared Palmer (semifinals)
2.   Mahesh Bhupathi /   Leander Paes (round robin)
3.   Petr Pála /   Pavel Vízner (final)
4.   Bob Bryan /   Mike Bryan (round robin)
5.   Mark Knowles /   Brian MacPhie (semifinals)
6.   Ellis Ferreira /   Rick Leach (champions)
7.   Chris Haggard /   Tom Vanhoudt (round robin)
8.   John-Laffnie de Jager /   Robbie Koenig (round robin)

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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	6	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	6	6
	5	Mark Knowles   Brian MacPhie	2	4
								6	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	6^6	7^7	6	6
								3	Petr Pála   Pavel Vízner	7^8	6^2	4	4
	1	Donald Johnson   Jared Palmer	4	1
	3	Petr Pála   Pavel Vízner	6	6

Touchtel group

		Johnson   Palmer	B Bryan   M Bryan	Ferreira   Leach	Haggard   Vanhoudt	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Donald Johnson   Jared Palmer		7–6^(7–4), 6–3	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	2–1	4–3	42–38	2
4	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	6–7^(4–7), 3–6		6–4, 5–7, 6–4	6–3, 6–2	2–1	4–3	38–33	3
6	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)	4–6, 7–5, 4–6		6–7^(3–7), 6–1, 6–3	2–1	5–3	46–38	1
7	Chris Haggard   Tom Vanhoudt	7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(3–7), 3–6	3–6, 2–6	7–6^(7–3), 1–6, 3–6		0–3	2–6	32–49	4

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

Bharti group

		Bhupathi   Paes	Pála   Vízner	Knowles   MacPhie	de Jager   Koenig	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes		6–7^(6–8), 5–7	7–6^(7–4), 5–7, 6–3	6–2, 6–3	2–1	4–3	41–35	3
3	Petr Pála   Pavel Vízner	7–6^(8–6), 7–5		1–6, 6–3, 5–7	6–3, 6–2	2–1	5–2	38–32	1
5	Mark Knowles   Brian MacPhie	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, 3–6	6–1, 3–6, 7–5		6–3, 7–6^(7–3)	2–1	5–3	45–39	2
8	J-L de Jager   Robbie Koenig	2–6, 3–6	3–6, 2–6	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)		0–3	0–6	19–37	4

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

References

ATP Doubles Challenge Cup Draw