2002 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini 6–3, 6–4 in the final. It was the 13th title for Ruano Pascual and the 21st title for Suárez in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 3rd title for the pair during the season, after their wins in Bogotá and Acapulco.

Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # Cara Black / 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals)

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

• # 🇧🇪 Els Callens / 🇷🇺 Anna Kournikova (second round, withdrew due to a thigh strain on Kournikova)

• # 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud / 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Nicole Arendt / Liezel Huber (first round)

• # Tina Križan /  Katarina Srebotnik (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez / 🇦🇷 Patricia Tarabini (final)

• # 🇮🇹 Silvia Farina Elia / 🇦🇹 Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)

Seeds
• # 🇷🇺 Tatiana Panova / 🇧🇾 Tatiana Poutchek (qualifying competition, lucky losers)

• # 🇷🇺 Alina Jidkova / Andreea Vanc (first round)

Qualifiers

 * 1)  Rossana de los Ríos / 🇺🇸 Lilia Osterloh

Lucky losers

 * 1) 🇷🇺 Tatiana Panova / 🇧🇾 Tatiana Poutchek