Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.
Nicole Arendt and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Ruano Pascual and Suárez.
Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text, while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Draw
Final
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
Qualifiers Rika Hiraki / Yuka Yoshida
Lucky losers Květa Hrdličková / Barbara Rittner
Qualifying draw
References
External links 2001 Indian Wells Open Draw (Archived 2009-07-22) ITF tournament profile