See main article: 2004 Moorilla Hobart International.
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Black competed in Sydney at the same week, while Likhovtseva decided to focus only on the singles competition.
Shinobu Asagoe and Seiko Okamoto won the title by defeating Els Callens and Barbara Schett 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 in the final.
The first two seeds received a bye into the quarterfinals.