The French duo went down 6-3, 6-4, with Henman - thrashed by Hewitt in the final at Indian Wells last week - clearly preferring to have the fiery Aussie on his side of the net.
Henman and Hewitt will face the 10th-seeded Czech duo of Petr Pala and Pavel Vizner in the second round.
Aussie powerhouse Mark Philippoussis will face Russian Marat Safin in round two after edging past France's Cedric Pioline 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, but there is no place for former Grand Slam champion Michael Chang.
The American had a titanic battle-with Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan before finally succumbing 7-6, 2-6, 7-6.
It was a typically battling display by Chang, but that does not change the fact that he is yet to win a match in 2002, while Srichaphan goes on to meet Hewitt.
Qualifier Lars Burgsmuller of Germany continued his good week with a 6-3, 7-5 triumph over Dutchman Raemon Sluiter to book a second round clash with Henman.
Australian Open champion Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden will be happy to have got through his tricky first-round match against Germany's Nicolas Kiefer 7-5, 7-6.
