Rachel McQuillan and Lisa McShea were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Kerry-Anne Guse and Alicia Molik.
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions and top seeds but withdrew before the start of the tournament.
Ai Sugiyama and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sugiyama with Daniela Hantuchová and Tauziat with Kimberly Po-Messerli.
Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Sugiyama competed that year with Nicole Arendt.
Serena and Venus Williams defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in the final, 6–2, 7–5 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships. It was their second Wimbledon doubles title together and sixth major title together overall.
Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions but Hingis did not compete this year. Kournikova partnered Natasha Zvereva and reached the quarterfinals where they were beaten by Els Callens and Dominique Van Roost.
Nathalie Tauziat defeated Barbara Schett in the final, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1999 Kremlin Cup.
Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions but withdrew in the third round.
Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce were the defending champions, but neither participated in this tournament.
The 2000 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States of America. It was the 120th edition of the US Open and was held from 28 August through 10 September 2000.
Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but did not compete this year.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs 6–4, 6–2 in the final.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but Tauziat did not compete in this edition. Sánchez Vicario teamed up with Daniela Hantuchová and lost in first round to Elena Dementieva and Janette Husárová.
Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions, but were forced to withdraw as Hingis suffered an ankle injury.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Larisa Neiland were the defending champions, but Neiland did not compete this year as she retired from professional tennis during this season. Sánchez Vicario teamed up with Barbara Schett and lost in quarterfinals to Kimberly Po and Anne-Gaëlle Sidot.
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
Amélie Mauresmo and Chanda Rubin were the defending champions, but Mauresmo chose not to participate this year. Rubin participated with Els Callens, but the pair lost in the final to Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova, 6–1, 6–4.
Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but Sugiyama chose to compete at Madrid during the same week. Likhovtseva teamed up with Corina Morariu and lost in the first round to Eva Martincová and Sandra Načuk.
Kim Grant and María Vento were the defending champions, but chose to compete this year with different partners. Grant teamed up with Nannie de Villiers and lost in the quarterfinals to Rika Hiraki and Alicia Molik, while Vento teamed up with Alicia Ortuño and also lost in the quarterfinals to Silvia Farina Elia and Iroda Tulyaganova.
Kimberly Po-Messerli 
Nathalie Tauziat 
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