2000 Family Circle Cup – Doubles
# 2000 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

Elena Likhovtseva and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but none of them competed this year. Novotná also retired from professional tennis at the end of the 1999 season.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini 7–5, 6–3 in the final. It was the 5th title for Ruano Pascual and the 13th title for Suárez in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 1st title for the pair during the season.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Corina Morariu / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
* Anna Kournikova / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
* Nicole Arendt / Caroline Vis (second round)
* Liezel Horn / Kimberly Po (second round)
* Rita Grande / Elena Likhovtseva (withdrew)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (final)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (champions)
* Florencia Labat / Laura Montalvo (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| 7 | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini | 6 | 6 | 7 | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | 8 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 7 | 6 |
| | Surina De Beer Nana Miyagi | 3 | 2 | 8 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | C Morariu L Neiland | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone N Pratt | 7 | 3 | 6 | | E deLone N Pratt | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N de Villiers J Steck | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | 1 | C Morariu L Neiland | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | C Barclay A Ellwood | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | A Coetzer L McNeil | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan | 6 | 6 | | | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan | 4 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | A Coetzer L McNeil | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | F Labat L Montalvo | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Coetzer L McNeil | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | A Kournikova A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kremer M Tu | 4 | 3 | | | J Dokic A Stevenson | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Dokic A Stevenson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | A Kournikova A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová M Serna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | H Parkinson B Rippner | 1 | 3 | | | H Nagyová M Serna | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger T Snyder | 2 | 2 | | 7 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | L Horn K Po | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Pisnik M Shaughnessy | 3 | 3 | | 5 | L Horn K Po | $6^1$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S De Beer N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | S De Beer N Miyagi | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | K Brandi J Hopkins | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | S De Beer N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | P Nola S Reeves | 3 | 2 | | | A Frazier K Schlukebir | $6^1$ | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | N Arendt C Vis | $7^7$ | 0 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S De Beer N Miyagi | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 |
| | E Gagliardi P Schnyder | 2 | 1 | | 8 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki S Noorlander | 6 | 6 | | | R Hiraki S Noorlander | $7^7$ | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Osterloh M Washington | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | R Dragomir L Wild | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 4 | 6 | $6^3$ | | | | |
| Q | A Myskina T Panova | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | A Myskina T Panova | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
