Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions but lost in the final 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 against Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.
Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
Draw
Final
Top half
Bottom half
External links 2001 Family Circle Cup draw