| Champ: | Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor |
| Runner: |  Donald Johnson Jared Palmer |
| Score: | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Chris Haggard and Tom Vanhoudt.
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer.
All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.