# 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

The 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles was an event of the 2011 BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011 WTA Tour. The tournament took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 7 through March 20, 2011.
The women's doubles draw consisted of 32 teams of which eight were seeded. Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska. Unseeded pair Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina won the tournament, defeating 8th seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy 6–0, 7–5 in the final.

## Seeds

* Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta (second round)
* Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
* Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals)
* Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
* Chan Yung-jan / Zheng Jie (second round)
* Victoria Azarenka / Maria Kirilenko (semifinals, withdrew due to Azarenka's right leg injury)
* Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (second round)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Meghann Shaughnessy (final)

## 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 |
| 6 | Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy | w/o | | | | | |
| 8 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy | w/o | | 8 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy | 0 | 5 |
| | | | | | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 6 | 7 |
| | Daniela Hantuchová Agnieszka Radwańska | 0 | 4 | | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 6 | 7 |
| | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | G Dulko F Pennetta | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Niculescu A Rodionova | 6$^4$ | 3 | | 1 | G Dulko F Pennetta | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina E Makarova | 4 | 4 | | WC | J Janković A Pavlyuchenkova | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Janković A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | J Janković A Pavlyuchenkova | 4 | 5 | | | |
| | S Errani R Vinci | 6$^2$ | 6 | [5] | | | | | | 6 | V Azarenka M Kirilenko | 6 | 7 | | | |
| | F Schiavone S Stosur | 7 | 2 | [10] | | F Schiavone S Stosur | 6 | 4 | [9] | | | | | | | |
| | N Llagostera Vives A Parra Santonja | 7 | 3 | [9] | 6 | V Azarenka M Kirilenko | 2 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | |
| 6 | V Azarenka M Kirilenko | 5 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | 6 | V Azarenka M Kirilenko | |
| 3 | L Huber N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | w/o |
| | P Hercog S-w Hsieh | 0 | 2 | | 3 | L Huber N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kondratieva R Voráčová | 1 | 6 | [10] | | M Kondratieva R Voráčová | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Ivanovic A Petkovic | 6 | 3 | [6] | | | | | | 3 | L Huber N Petrova | 4 | 3 | | | |
| | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | J Görges L Raymond | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kleybanova Z Yan | 1 | 2 | | 8 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | Y-j Chan J Zheng | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Govortsova A Kudryavtseva | 3 | 6 | [6] | 5 | Y-j Chan J Zheng | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 7 | 6 | | | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pe'er S Peng | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | T Bacsinszky Á Szávay | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | V King Y Shvedova | 1 | 0 | | | |
| | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 6 | 6 | | | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 7 | 3 | [7] | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Kuznetsova V Zvonareva | 2 | 3 | | 4 | V King Y Shvedova | 6$^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | |
| 4 | V King Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 7 | 6$^3$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 6 |
| | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Medina Garrigues | 6$^4$ | 7 | [5] | 7 | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | C-j Chuang A Dulgheru | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | K Jans A Rosolska | 4 | 1 | | | |
| WC | J Hampton M Oudin | 3 | 6 | [6] | | C-j Chuang A Dulgheru | 1 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | |
| | K Jans A Rosolska | 1 | 6 | [10] | | K Jans A Rosolska | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Peschke K Srebotnik | 6 | 2 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | | | |