Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together. Asagoe partnered with Tathiana Garbin, but lost in the semifinals to Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual. Sugiyama partnered with Daniela Hantuchová, but lost in the semifinals to Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Martina Navratilova. Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Martina Navratilova won in the final 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, against Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # Cara Black / 🇦🇺 Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals) • # 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova / 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a mid back strain for Kuznetsova) • # 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez / 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual (final) • # 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová / 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (semifinals) • # 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues / 🇷🇺 Dinara Safina (quarterfinals) • # 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld / 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova (champions) • # 🇫🇷 Marion Bartoli / 🇦🇺 Nicole Pratt (second round) • # 🇯🇵 Shinobu Asagoe / 🇮🇹 Tathiana Garbin (semifinals)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half