Martin Damm and David Prinosil were the defending champions but only Damm competed that year with Cyril Suk.
Damm and Suk lost in the semifinals to Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett.
Black and Ullyett won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.