2001 Indian Wells Open – Women's doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.

Nicole Arendt and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Ruano Pascual and Suárez.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

• # 🇺🇸 Nicole Arendt / 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (champions)

• # 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual / 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez (final)

• # 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario / 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Serena Williams / 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (withdrew)

• # 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond / 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport / 🇺🇸 Corina Morariu (quarterfinals)

• # Cara Black / 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (second round)

• # 🇩🇪 Anke Huber / 🇦🇹 Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)

• # 🇧🇪 Els Callens / 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)