Karsten Braasch and André Sá were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Jan-Michael Gambill and Graydon Oliver won in the final 6 - 7 (2 - 7), 6 - 4, 7 - 6 (7 - 4) against Wayne Arthurs and Andrew Kratzmann.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Mahesh Bhupathi / 
Jonas Björkman (first round)
Joshua Eagle / Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals) Michael Hill / Leander Paes (quarterfinals)
Brian MacPhie (first round)