2001 Italian Open women's doubles took place May 14–20, 2001.

Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973) is an American former professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has eleven major titles to her name: six in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. On June 12, ...

and

Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs (born 26 March 1971) is an Australian former professional tennis player, coach and television commentator. She was ranked number 1 in the world in doubles, and the winner of 4 major doubles titles and 2 mixed doubles titles as wel ...

were the reigning champions. They did not defend their title.

Cara Black Cara Cavell Black (born 17 February 1979) is a Zimbabwean former professional tennis player. Black was primarily a doubles specialist, winning 60 WTA Tour and 11 ITF Women's Circuit, ITF doubles titles. A former List of WTA number 1 ranked dou ...

and

Elena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva ( ; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16. Together with Mahesh Bhupathi she won the Wimbledon Mixed doubles in 20 ...

won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against

Paola Suárez Paola Suárez (; born 23 June 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascua ...

and

Patricia Tarabini Patricia Tarabini (born 6 August 1968) is an Argentine tennis coach, retired top 30 singles player and former Grand Slam mixed-doubles champion. Career She represented her country and won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic games, w ...

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

External links

Draws
Women's Doubles Italian Open - Doubles {{DEFAULTSORT:2001 Italian Open - Women's doubles