Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Rick Leach and David Macpherson won in the final 1 - 6, 7 - 6(8 - 6), 7 - 6(7 - 4) against Paul Hanley and Nathan Healey.
The top five seeded teams received byes into the second round.