Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions, but Likhovtseva chose to compete at Canberra during the same week. Black teamed up with Nicole Pratt and were forced to withdraw at the quarterfinals.
^"History - Doubles Champions". Hobart International. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022. 2002 / Tathiana Garbin/Rita Grande (ITA/ITA) / Catherine Barclay-Reitz/Christina Wheeler (AUS/AUS) / 6-2 7-6(3)