Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Tomás Carbonell and Nicolás Lapentti.
Guillermo Cañas and Rainer Schüttler won in the final 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 against Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango.
Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.
Draw
Final
Top half
Bottom half
External links 2001 Mercedes Cup doubles draw