Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 7 - 6, 6 - 3 against Julie Halard-Decugis and Janette Husárová.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Florencia Labat / 
Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals)
Eva Melicharová / Helena Vildová (first round)
Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang (semifinals)
Silvia Farina / 
Barbara Schett (first round)