Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.
Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 6–0, 6–3, against Liezel Huber and Tamarine Tanasugarn.
Seeds The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
External links Draw and qualifying draw