Martina Hingis and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.
Cara Black and Alexandra Fusai were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Black with Sandrine Testud and Fusai with Rita Grande.
María José Martínez and Anabel Medina Garrigues won in the final 6–1, 6–7 (5–7), 7–5 against Alexandra Fusai and Rita Grande.
Kristie Boogert and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Boogert with Irina Spîrlea and Novotná with Martina Hingis.
Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 against Anna Kournikova and Larisa Savchenko.
Nathalie Tauziat was the defending champion and was one of the four semifinalists.
Martina Hingis and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis won in the final 6–0, 4–6, 6–2 against Åsa Carlsson and Karina Habšudová.
Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions but withdrew in the third round.
Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce were the defending champions, but neither participated in this tournament.
Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but did not compete this year.
Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but decided not to play together. Hingis teamed up with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and lost in quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf, and Suková teamed with Larisa Neiland and lost in semifinals against the same pair.
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.
Mary Pierce and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Neiland retired from professional tennis during this season.
Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis were the defending champions, but Basuki did not compete this year. Vis teamed up with Alexandra Fusai and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Barbara Rittner and María Vento-Kabchi.
Irina Spîrlea and Caroline Vis were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Julie Halard-Decugis and Sandrine Testud.
Chanda Rubin and Sandrine Testud were the defending champions, but Testud could not compete this year after suffering a stress fracture in her rib during the 2000 Summer Olympics. Rubin teamed up with Magüi Serna and lost in first round to Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.
Karina Habšudová and Daniela Hantuchová were the defending champions but chose to compete at Zürich during the same week, with different partners.
Henrieta Nagyová and Sylvia Plischke were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Nagyová chose to compete at Leipzig during the same week.
Elena Bovina 
Daniela Hantuchová 
Bianka Lamade 
Patty Schnyder 
