Els Callens and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but chose to play on separate teams for this year. Callens played alongside Chanda Rubin and were eliminated in the quarterfinals, while Shaughnessy teamed up with Magdalena Maleeva and lost in the second round.

Elena Dementieva and Janette Husárová won the title by defeating Daniela Hantuchová and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 in the final. It was the 1st title for Dementieva and the 11th title for Husárová in their respective doubles careers.

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Zimbabwe Cara Black / Russia Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals)
  2. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
  3. South Africa Liezel Huber / Spain Conchita Martínez (second round)
  4. Argentina Paola Suárez / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (semifinals)
  5. Slovenia Tina Križan / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
  6. Russia Elena Dementieva / Slovakia Janette Husárová (champions)
  7. South Africa Amanda Coetzer / United States Lori McNeil (first round, withdrew due to a thigh strain for Coetzer)
  8. Belgium Els Callens / United States Chanda Rubin (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild card
  • LL = Lucky loser
  • Alt = Alternate
  • ITF = ITF entry
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • SR = Special ranking
  • SE = Special exempt
  • JE = Junior exempt
  • JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
  • CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
  • NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted

Finals

SemifinalFinal
1Zimbabwe Cara Black Russia Elena Likhovtseva22
6Russia Elena Dementieva Slovakia Janette Husárová66
6Russia Elena Dementieva Slovakia Janette Husárová0776
2Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario6632
4Argentina Paola Suárez Argentina Patricia Tarabini655
2Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario777

Top half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
1Zimbabwe C Black Russia E Likhovtseva66
Germany An Barna Germany V Henke6656Germany An Barna Germany V Henke42
Croatia M Palaveršić Russia A Rodionova47741Zimbabwe C Black Russia E Likhovtseva466
QGermany Ad Barna Germany A Roesch668Belgium E Callens United States C Rubin623
LLGermany G Arn United States L Osterloh43QGermany Ad Barna Germany A Roesch164
Spain M Marrero Paraguay R de los Ríos77518Belgium E Callens United States C Rubin636
8Belgium E Callens United States C Rubin64761Zimbabwe C Black Russia E Likhovtseva22
6Russia E Dementieva Slovakia J Husárová66
3South Africa L Huber Spain C Martínez464
France N Dechy United States M Tu640United States J Capriati Austria B Schett636
United States J Capriati Austria B Schett466United States J Capriati Austria B Schett373
France A Fusai Netherlands C Vis666Russia E Dementieva Slovakia J Husárová656
LLUnited States J Hopkins Russia A Myskina24France A Fusai Netherlands C Vis10
South Africa S De Beer South Africa N de Villiers336Russia E Dementieva Slovakia J Husárová66
6Russia E Dementieva Slovakia J Husárová66

Bottom half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
5Slovenia T Križan Slovenia K Srebotnik33
Sweden Å Svensson Uzbekistan I Tulyaganova66Sweden Å Svensson Uzbekistan I Tulyaganova66
Netherlands K Boogert Netherlands M Oremans66Netherlands K Boogert Netherlands M Oremans42
Denmark E Dyrberg Luxembourg A Kremer41Sweden Å Svensson Uzbekistan I Tulyaganova33
Bulgaria M Maleeva United States M Shaughnessy664Argentina P Suárez Argentina P Tarabini66
Australia C Barclay Thailand T Tamasugarn41Bulgaria M Maleeva United States M Shaughnessy655
4Argentina P Suárez Argentina P Tarabini477
4Argentina P Suárez Argentina P Tarabini655
7South Africa A Coetzer United States L McNeil2Slovakia D Hantuchová Spain A Sánchez Vicario777
United States M Navratilova Belarus N Zverevaw/oUnited States M Navratilova Belarus N Zvereva34
Czech Republic D Bedáňová Italy F Schiavone67776Czech Republic D Bedáňová Italy F Schiavone66
Russia T Panova Spain M Serna79652Czech Republic D Bedáňová Italy F Schiavone23
WCGermany A Glass Germany S Schmidle762Slovakia D Hantuchová Spain A Sánchez Vicario66
Italy S Farina Elia Italy R Grande52WCGermany A Glass Germany S Schmidle35
2Slovakia D Hantuchová Spain A Sánchez Vicario67

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