Julie Halard-Decugis and Corina Morariu were the defending champions but only Morariu competed that year with Ai Sugiyama.
Ellis Ferreira (born 19 February 1970 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.
 He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors.
 He won 2 Grand Slam doubles titles, the Men's title at the 2000 Australian Open with Rick Leach and the mixed doubles at the Australian Open with Corina Morariu in 2001.
 Ferreira was named the Senior Assistant Men's and Women's Tennis Head Coach at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, in July 2007.
 Ferreira is now the co-owner of the Eagleton/ Ferreira Tennis Academy on Longboat Key in Florida (www.eftennis.com).
Corina Morariu and Ellis Ferreira were the defending champions, but could not defend their title.
 While Morariu did not compete this year, Ferreira partnered with Cara Black and lost in First Round to Rita Grande and Jeff Tarango in three sets.
Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu were the defending champions, but Morariu did not compete this year.
 Davenport teamed up with Anna Kournikova and ended as runners-up.
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.
 He is a former World No. 1 doubles player and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 18 in November 1995.
 He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Jelena Dokić and Corina Morariu.
Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions, but Raymond did not compete this year.
 Davenport teamed up with Corina Morariu and were eliminated in first round.
Corina Morariu (born January 26, 1978) is a retired Romanian American professional tennis player.
Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu were the defending champions, but did not play in the doubles.
Gisela Dulko and Květa Peschke were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners.
 Dulko teamed up with Michaëlla Krajicek and lost in first round to Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Wöhr, while Peschke teamed up with Francesca Schiavone and had to withdrew in their semifinal match (against Corina Morariu and Katarina Srebotnik) as Schiavone had her right knee injured.

Question: Who was born first, Corina Morariu or Paul Haarhuis?
Answer: Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis