Rita Grande and Émilie Loit were the defending champions but only Grande competed that year with Emmanuelle Gagliardi.
Gagliardi and Grande lost in the quarterfinals to Els Callens and Anne-Gaëlle Sidot.
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Ruxandra Dragomir and Virginia Ruano Pascual.
Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (champions) Els Callens / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (semifinals) Ruxandra Dragomir / Virginia Ruano Pascual (final) Amy Frazier / Katie Schlukebir (quarterfinals)
Draw
Qualifying
Seeds Both seeded teams received byes to the second round. Rika Fujiwara / Sarah Pitkowski (Qualifiers) Marta Marrero / Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round)
Qualifiers Rika Fujiwara / Sarah Pitkowski
Lucky losers Kristina Brandi / Rossana de los Ríos
Draw NB: The first two rounds used the pro set format.
References 2001 ANZ Tasmanian International Doubles Draw