The 2001 Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup was a

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the year-end doubles championships and was part of the

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. The tournament was held at the KSLTA Tennis Centre in

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from 28 January through 3 February 2002. The tournament had been scheduled to be played between 7 November – 11 November 2001 but was cancelled for security reasons. The

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(ATP) made up for the cancellation by rescheduling the tournament as the ''ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup'' and holding it early in the 2002 season.

Champions

Men's doubles

Ellis Ferreira Ellis Ferreira (born 19 February 1970) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. Ferreira competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics ...

Rick Leach Rick Leach (born December 28, 1964) is a former professional tennis player and coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won five Grand Slam doubles titles (three at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open) ...

defeated

Petr Pála Petr Pála (born 2 October 1975) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leand ...

Pavel Vízner Pavel Vízner (born 15 July 1970) is a retired professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Vízner has reached the French Open final twice, having had turned professional in 1990 and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World ...

6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–2), 6–4, 6–4 * It was Ferreira's 3rd title of the year and the 18th of her career. It was Leach's 3rd title of the year and the 26th of her career.

References

External links

Official website
{{2001 in tennis Touchtel ATP World Doubles Challenge Cup * ATP Finals 2002 in Indian tennis Tennis tournaments in India