# 2000 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach were the defending champions, but lost in second round to Simon Aspelin and Jaime Oncins
Martin Damm and Dominik Hrbatý won the title by defeating Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in the final. It was the 17th title for Damm and the 1st title for Hrbatý in their respective doubles careers.

## Seeds

* Alex O'Brien / Jared Palmer (quarterfinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (second round)
* Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Byron Black (quarterfinals)
* David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager (first round)
* Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (final)
* Jiří Novák / David Rikl (first round)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Nicolás Lapentti Marcelo Ríos | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Nicolás Lapentti Marcelo Ríos | 6 | 5 | 3 | | Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 6 | Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7$^8$ | 6 | | 6 | Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| WC | Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | A O'Brien J Palmer | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-M Gambill S Humphries | 6 | 6$^3$ | 2 | 1 | A O'Brien J Palmer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kitinov D Vacek | 2 | 5 | | | P Norval D Orsanic | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Norval D Orsanic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | A O'Brien J Palmer | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | L Arnold Ker M García | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | M Damm D Hrbatý | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | T Johansson M Norman | 4 | 7 | 6 | Q | T Johansson M Norman | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm D Hrbatý | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | M Damm D Hrbatý | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | 6$^2$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Damm D Hrbatý | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | P Haarhuis S Stolle | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC | N Lapentti M Ríos | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| | R Koenig A Olhovskiy | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | P Haarhuis S Stolle | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kulti M Tillström | 6 | 6 | | | N Kulti M Tillström | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Galbraith B MacPhie | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | P Haarhuis S Stolle | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell D Johnson | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | WC | N Lapentti M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Nyborg T Vanhoudt | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | T Carbonell D Johnson | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Lapentti M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | WC | N Lapentti M Ríos | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Delaître F Santoro | 4 | 4 | | 6 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | J Eagle A Florent | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Black A Kratzmann | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | 6 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | L Hewitt M Woodforde | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 4 | J Björkman B Black | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | S Pescosolido V Santopadre | 6$^3$ | 6$^4$ | | WC | L Hewitt M Woodforde | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević J Tarango | 4 | 6$^2$ | | 4 | J Björkman B Black | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Björkman B Black | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 7$^8$ | 6 |
| 7 | J Novák D Rikl | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | WC | M Bertolini C Brandi | 6$^6$ | 3 |
| WC | M Bertolini C Brandi | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | M Bertolini C Brandi | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 1 | 3 | | WC | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | M Bertolini C Brandi | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | S Aspelin J Oncins | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Aspelin J Oncins | 6$^2$ | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| Q | A Clément S Grosjean | 4 | 1 | | | S Aspelin J Oncins | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten A Prieto | 6$^7$ | 5 | | 2 | E Ferreira R Leach | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | E Ferreira R Leach | 7$^9$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |