# 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Llagostera Vives partnered up with Anastasia Rodionova, but they lost to Daniela Hantuchová and Agnieszka Radwańska in the first round. Martínez Sánchez played alongside Liezel Huber and they ended up winning in the final against Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik 7–6(5), 6–3.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (final)
* Liezel Huber / María José Martínez Sánchez (champions)
* Chan Yung-jan / Zheng Jie (second round)
* Victoria Azarenka / Maria Kirilenko (semifinals)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / Anastasia Rodionova (first round)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)
* Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur (quarterfinals)
* Timea Bacsinszky / Iveta Benešová (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 |
| 1 | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko | 2 | 1 | 1 | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| | | | | 2 | Liezel Huber María José Martínez Sánchez | 7 | 6 |
| WC | Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva | | | 2 | Liezel Huber María José Martínez Sánchez | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Liezel Huber María José Martínez Sánchez | w/o | | | | | |

### Top 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | K Peschke K Srebotnik | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina S Peng | 7 | 6 | | | V Dushevina S Peng | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko Y Shvedova | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | K Peschke K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Pennetta F Schiavone | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | 6 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | S Errani R Vinci | 4 | 6 | [6] | | F Pennetta F Schiavone | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jans A Rosolska | 5 | 4 | | 6 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | K Peschke K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | V Azarenka M Kirilenko | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | 4 | V Azarenka M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | A Brianti S Zhang | 6$^5$ | 6 | [8] | | A Kleybanova Z Yan | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kleybanova Z Yan | 7 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | V Azarenka M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Dulgheru S Sfar | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Mirza E Vesnina | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Kondratieva S Lefèvre | 3 | 0 | | | A Dulgheru S Sfar | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | S Mirza E Vesnina | 5 | 6 | [10] | | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 4 | [12] | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | T Bacsinszky I Benešová | 7 | 1 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | N Llagostera Vives A Rodionova | 2 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 6 | 4 | [10] | | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Diatchenko T Poutchek | 7 | 7 | | | V Diatchenko T Poutchek | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amanmuradova D Kustova | 5 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | |
| WC | F Al-Nabhani M de Lattre | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | WC | S Kuznetsova V Zvonareva | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Kuznetsova V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Kuznetsova V Zvonareva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Y-j Chan J Zheng | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Kuznetsova V Zvonareva | |
| 7 | L Raymond S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L Huber MJ Martínez Sánchez | w/o |
| | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 4 | 3 | | 7 | L Raymond S Stosur | 7 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 4 | 1 | | | M Niculescu S Pe'er | 5 | 7 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| | M Niculescu S Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | L Raymond S Stosur | 3 | 6 | [7] | | | |
| | J Groth K Zakopalová | 6 | 6$^3$ | [10] | | | | | | 2 | L Huber MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | |
| WC | K Barrois T Malek | 4 | 7 | [5] | | J Groth K Zakopalová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | L Huber MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |