# 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, and won in the final, 6–3, 6–3, over Maria Kirilenko and Agnieszka Radwańska.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Cara Black / Liezel Huber (champions)
* Květa Peschke / Lisa Raymond (second round)
* Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
* Anabel Medina Garrigues / Francesca Schiavone (semifinals)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (first round, withdrew)
* Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (first round)
* Monica Niculescu / Elena Vesnina (quarterfinals)
* Chan Yung-jan / Sun Tiantian (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs | 4 | 4 | | 1 | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Anabel Medina Garrigues Francesca Schiavone | 6 | 3 | [8] | | Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 3 |
| | Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | |

### 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 Black L Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Mirza M Santangelo | w/o | | | | S Mirza M Santangelo | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | U Radwańska S Vögele | | | | | | | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Cibulková V Razzano | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 8 | Y-j Chan T Sun | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | E Hrdinová A Rosolska | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | D Cibulková V Razzano | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Al Nabhani M de Lattre | 7 | 5 | [4] | 8 | Y-j Chan T Sun | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Y-j Chan T Sun | 5 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Stosur R Stubbs | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | S Stosur R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kanepi T Paszek | 3 | 7 | [9] | | V Kutuzova A Lapushchenkova | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Kutuzova A Lapushchenkova | 6 | 5 | [11] | | | | | 3 | S Stosur R Stubbs | 3 | 6 | [12] | | | | |
| | S Errani J Schruff | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | A Klepač A Morita | 7 | 6 | | | A Klepač A Morita | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 6 | 4 | [11] | | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Z Yan J Zheng | 3 | 6 | [9] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 7 | M Niculescu E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Kučová L Tvarošková | 1 | 2 | | 7 | M Niculescu E Vesnina | 3 | r | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pin S Sfar | 7 | 1 | [10] | | C Pin S Sfar | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kleybanova E Makarova | 6$^3$ | 6 | [7] | | | | | | 7 | M Niculescu E Vesnina | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina M Koryttseva | 5 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | 4 | A Medina Garrigues F Schiavone | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | T Poutchek A Rodionova | 7 | 4 | [10] | | T Poutchek A Rodionova | 3 | 6 | [9] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | A Medina Garrigues F Schiavone | 6 | 2 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Medina Garrigues F Schiavone | 6 | 3 | [8] |
| 5 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Kirilenko A Radwańska | 2 | 6 | [10] |
| | R Kops-Jones V Uhlířová | w/o | | | | R Kops-Jones V Uhlířová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amanmuradova C-J Chuang | w/o | | | | A Amanmuradova C-J Chuang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld S Pe'er | | | | | | | | | | A Amanmuradova C-J Chuang | 6 | 4 | [7] | | | | | |
| | M Kirilenko A Radwańska | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Kirilenko A Radwańska | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea A Rodionova | 5 | 4 | | | M Kirilenko A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | K Peschke L Raymond | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |