Alex O'Brien and Jared Palmer were the defending champions but only O'Brien competed that year with Justin Gimelstob.
Gimelstob and O'Brien lost in the first round to Marius Barnard and Jim Thomas.
Martin Damm and David Prinosil won in the final 7–6(7–5), 6–3 against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.
Seeds The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
Draw
Final
Top half
Bottom half
External links 2001 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Doubles draw