Qatar Exxon Mobil Open 2001 Doha, Qatar January 1-7, 2001 32 Draw - $1,000,000 Surface - Hard Singles Seeds: (cut: Julien Boutter) 1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2. Nicolas Kiefer 3. Sjeng Schalken 4. Younes El Aynaoui 5. Marc Rosset 6. Hicham Arazi 7. Fabrice Santoro 8. Gaston Gaudio First Round (1)Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Francisco Clavet 6-2 6-2 (q)Fredrik Jonsson d. Davide Sanguinetti 7-5 6-3 (q)Bohdan Ulihrach d. (q)Nicolas Coutelot 6-2 4-6 7-5 (5)Marc Rosset d. (WC)Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi 6-3 6-2 Nicolas Escude d. (4)(WC)Younes El Aynaoui 6-1 7-6(4) Julien Boutter d. (WC)Goran Ivanisevic 6-4 6-4 Arnaud di Pasquale d. Mariano Zabaleta 6-1 6-4 (6)Hicham Arazi d. Albert Portas 7-6(4) 6-4 Gianluca Pozzi d. (7)Fabrice Santoro 1-6 6-3 7-6(3) Marcelo Rios d. (q)Nenad Zimonjic 6-4 3-6 6-1 Fernando Vicente d. Rainer Schuettler 6-4 7-6(5) (3)Sjeng Schalken d. Karim Alami 6-3 6-1 Vladimir Voltchkov d. (8)Gaston Gaudio 3-6 6-2 6-3 Max Mirnyi d. David Prinosil 7-6(4) 6-4 Alex Calatrava d. Stefan Koubek 7-5 4-6 6-4 (2)Nicolas Kiefer d. Jonas Bjorkman 4-6 6-1 7-5 Second Round (1)Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. (q)Fredrik Jonsson 6-3 7-6(3) (q)Bohdan Ulihrach d. (5)Marc Rosset 6-2 6-3 Nicolas Escude d. Julien Boutter 6-3 6-4 (6)Hicham Arazi d. Arnaud di Pasquale 6-4 7-5 Marcelo Rios d. Gianluca Pozzi 6-2 6-2 Fernando Vicente d. (3)Sjeng Schalken 6-1 5-7 6-1 Vladimir Voltchkov d. Max Mirnyi 4-6 6-3 7-5 (2)Nicolas Kiefer d. Alex Calatrava 6-0 7-6(2) Quarterfinals (q)Bohdan Ulihrach d. (1)Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Nicolas Escude d. (6)Hicham Arazi 6-3 6-1 Marcelo Rios d. Fernando Vicente 7-5 7-5 Vladimir Voltchkov d. (2)Nicolas Kiefer 6-2 6-1 Semifinals (q)Bohdan Ulihrach d. Nicolas Escude 3-6 7-5 7-6(7) Marcelo Rios d. Vladimir Voltchkov 6-1 6-3 Finals Marcelo Rios d. (q)Bohdan Ulihrach 6-3 2-6 6-3 Doubles Seeds: (cut: Kiefer/Schalken - 373) 1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov/Max Mirnyi 2. Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor 3. David Prinosil/Nenad Zimonjic 4. Simon Aspelin/Cyril Suk First Round (1)Yevgeny Kafelnikov/Max Mirnyi d. Lars Burgsmuller/Sandor Groen 7-5 7-5 Juan Balcells/Andrei Olhovskiy d. Petr Pala/Pavel Vizner 7-5 6-2 (4)Simon Aspelin/Cyril Suk d. Goran Ivanisevic/Rainer Schuettler 6-1 6-3 Alex Calatrava/Albert Portas d. (WC)Sultan Khalfan Al Alawi/Nasser Al Khulafi 6-0 6-4 Ivo Heuberger/Alexander Waske d. Karim Alami/Hicham Arazi 6-4 7-6(5) (3)David Prinosil/Nenad Zimonjic d. Nicolas Kiefer/Sjeng Schalken 6-2 6-2 Julien Boutter/Fabrice Santoro d. Nicolas Escude/Marc Rosset 7-6(3) 6-1 (2)Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor d. (q)Jean-Francois Bachelot/Dick Norman 6-2 7-6(4) Quarterfinals Juan Balcells/Andrei Olhovskiy d. (1)Yevgeny Kafelnikov/Max Mirnyi 6-4 1-6 6-3 Alex Calatrava/Albert Portas d. (4)Simon Aspelin/Cyril Suk 6-2 2-1 ret. Ivo Heuberger/Alexander Waske d. (3)David Prinosil/Nenad Zimonjic 6-2 7-6(4) (2)Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor d. Julien Boutter/Fabrice Santoro 7-6(4) 6-4 Semifinals Juan Balcells/Andrei Olhovskiy d. Alex Calatrava/Albert Portas 6-3 7-6(3) (2)Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor d. Ivo Heuberger/Alexander Waske 6-3 6-4 Finals (2)Mark Knowles/Daniel Nestor d. Juan Balcells/Andrei Olhovskiy 6-1 6-3