Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but Serena withdrew from the tournament (due to an injury) and Venus chose not to participate with another player. Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova defeated Daniela Hantuchová and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–1 in the final to win the title.

Seeds

• # 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond / 🇦🇺 Rennae Stubbs (semifinals) • # Cara Black / 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (first round) • # 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual / 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez (third round) • # 🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters / 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (third round) • # 🇺🇸 Nicole Arendt / Liezel Huber (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud / 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci (third round) • # 🇧🇪 Els Callens / 🇦🇺 Nicole Pratt (third round) • # Martina Hingis / 🇷🇺 Anna Kournikova (champions) • # Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals) • # Amanda Coetzer / 🇺🇸 Lori McNeil (quarterfinals) • # (Retired) • # 🇮🇹 Silvia Farina Elia / 🇦🇹 Barbara Schett (second round) • # 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová / 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final) • # 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez / 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round) • # 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez / 🇪🇸 Magüi Serna (semifinals) • # Janet Lee / Wynne Prakusya (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Alexandra Fusai / Caroline Vis (second round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4