2001 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach were the defending champions, but Leach did not participate. Ferreira paired with David Rikl but lost in the second round to Arnaud Clément and Sébastien Grosjean.

Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge won the title, defeating Byron Black and David Prinosil 6–1, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 in the final. It was Woodbridge's 12th Grand Slam men's doubles title and his first with a partner other than Mark Woodforde, who retired after the 2000 season.

Seeds
• # 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor / 🇦🇺 Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)

• # Ellis Ferreira / 🇨🇿 David Rikl (second round)

• # Wayne Ferreira / 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round)

• # 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman / 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge (champions)

• # 🇨🇦 Sébastien Lareau / 🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien (third round)

• # 🇸🇪 Nicklas Kulti / 🇧🇾 Max Mirnyi (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Donald Johnson / Piet Norval (first round)

• # Roger Federer / 🇸🇰 Dominik Hrbatý (first round)

• # David Adams / 🇦🇷 Martín García (third round)

• # 🇦🇺 Joshua Eagle / 🇦🇺 Andrew Florent (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Wayne Arthurs / Nenad Zimonjić (semifinals)

• # Wayne Black /  Kevin Ullyett (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Michael Hill / 🇺🇸 Jeff Tarango (third round)

• # Byron Black / 🇩🇪 David Prinosil (final)

• # 🇺🇸 Justin Gimelstob / 🇺🇸 Scott Humphries (semifinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Simon Aspelin / Robbie Koenig (first round)