David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Adams with Andrei Olhovskiy and de Jager with Jason Weir-Smith.
Adams and Olhovskiy lost in the first round to de Jager and Weir-Smith.
de Jager and Weir-Smith lost in the semifinals to Petr Luxa and Radek Štěpánek.
Luxa and Štěpánek won in the final 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) against Jaime Oncins and Daniel Orsanic.
Seeds
Wayne Arthurs / Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals) David Rikl / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals) Jaime Oncins / Daniel Orsanic (final) David Adams / Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)
Draw
External links 2001 BMW Open Doubles Draw