Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro. This was the first Australian Open to include a final set tie-break in doubles.

Seeds

• # Mark Knowles / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (final) • # 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan (third round) • # 🇺🇸 Donald Johnson / 🇺🇸 Jared Palmer (quarterfinals) • # 🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi / 🇦🇺 Joshua Eagle (first round) • # 🇨🇿 Martin Damm / 🇨🇿 Cyril Suk (third round) • # Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (third round) • # 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (second round) • # 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra / 🇫🇷 Fabrice Santoro (champions) • # 🇮🇳 Leander Paes / 🇨🇿 David Rikl (quarterfinals) • # David Adams / Robbie Koenig (second round) • # 🇩🇪 David Prinosil / Nenad Zimonjić (first round) • # Jeff Coetzee / Chris Haggard (semifinals) • # 🇨🇿 Petr Pála / 🇨🇿 Pavel Vízner (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Jan-Michael Gambill / 🇺🇸 Graydon Oliver (first round) • # Ellis Ferreira / 🇺🇸 Brian MacPhie (second round) • # 🇦🇷 Gastón Etlis / 🇦🇷 Martín Rodríguez (semifinals)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4