Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions but lost in the second round to František Čermák and Leoš Friedl.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi won in the final 6 - 4, 3 - 6, 7 - 6(8 - 6) against Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.
All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.