Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk were the defending champions, but Stolle competed with Wayne Black, while Suk competed with Donald Johnson this year. Suk and Johnson were defeated by Stolle and Black in the third round, while Stolle and Black were defeated by Andrei Olhovskiy and David Prinosil in the quarterfinals.
2002 Milan Indoor, Paul Haarhuis and Sjeng Schalken were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Julien Boutter and Max Mirnyi.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Andrew Kratzmann were the defending champions but only Kratzmann competed that year with Chris Haggard.
Karsten Braasch and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Jared Palmer and Jeff Tarango were the defending champions, but Palmer did not participate this year. Tarango partnered Yevgeny Kafelnikov, losing in the first round.
1997 Italian Indoor, Andrea Gaudenzi and Goran Ivanišević were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Gaudenzi with Marc Rosset and Ivanišević with Sasa Hirszon.
Pablo Albano and Daniel Orsanic were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Albano did not participate this year. Orsanic partnered Jaime Oncins, losing in the quarterfinals.
Daniel Orsanic and Mariano Puerta were the defending champions, but Puerta did not participate this year. Orsanic partnered with Jaime Oncins, losing in the quarterfinals.
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.
Alex O'Brien and Sébastien Lareau were the defending champions but chose not to participate with each other. Sébastien partnered with Daniel Nestor and lost in the quarterfinals. Alex partnered with Jared Palmer and lost in the semifinals. Both teams lost to first time team and eventual champions Lleyton Hewitt and Max Mirnyi for their maiden Grand Slam.
Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach were the defending champions, but lost in second round to Simon Aspelin and Jaime Oncins
Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Nestor did not compete this year. Lareau teamed up with Michael Hill and lost in first round to David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager.
Jaime Oncins and Daniel Orsanic were the defending champions, but lost in first round to Magnus Norman and Marat Safin.
Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but both players decided to rest after competing in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup. However, Santoro competed in the singles tournament, losing in first round to Jiří Novák.
Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Andrei Olhovskiy and David Prinosil.
Byron Black and Grant Connell were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners.
Paul Haarhuis and Jacco Eltingh were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Diego Nargiso and Udo Riglewski.
Javier Sánchez and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Sánchez teamed up with Luis Lobo and lost in the first round to David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy, while Woodforde teamed up with Yevgeny Kafelnikov and lost in the quarterfinals to Luke Jensen and David Wheaton.
Tomás Carbonell and Francisco Roig were the defending champions, but Carbonell did not compete this year. Roig teamed up with Diego Pérez and lost in the semifinals to Horacio de la Peña and Vojtěch Flégl.
Chris Haggard and Peter Nyborg were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Haggard teamed up with Tom Vanhoudt and lost in the semifinals to Pablo Albano and Cyril Suk, while Nyborg teamed up with Aleksandar Kitinov and also lost in the semifinals to Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent.
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