# 2009 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles

Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but Srebotnik chose not to participate this year due to injury.
Ai Sugiyama partnered with Daniela Hantuchová, but lost in the first round to Petra Martić and Coco Vandeweghe.

## Seeds

* Cara Black / Liezel Huber (second round)
* Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (quarterfinals)
* Květa Peschke / Lisa Raymond (final)
* Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (first round)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Chan Yung-jan / Francesca Schiavone (withdrew)
* Maria Kirilenko / Flavia Pennetta (second 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 | Final |
| WC | Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder | 6$^6$ | 3 | WC | Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | 3 | Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond | 6 | 3 | [3] |
| 3 | Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond | 7 | 6 | 3 | Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond | 6 | 3 | [3] |
| | Chuang Chia-jung Sania Mirza | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Peng O Savchuk | 1 | 1 | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 4 | 6 | [4] | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea C Wozniacki | 6 | 4 | [8] | WC | S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | WC | S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo | 5 | 7 | [10] | | | | |
| | B Mattek-Sands N Petrova | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 7 | 5 | [6] | | | | |
| WC | C McHale S Stephens | 2 | 6 | [2] | | B Mattek-Sands N Petrova | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Koryttseva G Voskoboeva | 3 | 7 | [8] | 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | S Stosur R Stubbs | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder | 6$^6$ | 3 |
| | Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 3 | [5] | 4 | S Stosur R Stubbs | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova E Vesnina | 7 | 6 | | | A Pavlyuchenkova E Vesnina | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Hradecká V Uhlířová | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | S Stosur R Stubbs | 7 | 2 | [8] | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder | 6$^{10}$ | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | N Dechy M Santangelo | 7 | 5 | [3] | | A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Martić C Vandeweghe | 2 | 7 | [10] | WC | P Martić C Vandeweghe | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 6 | 5 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| ALT | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | K Jans A Rosolska | 4 | 4 | | ALT | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 2 | 6 | [11] | | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas E Makarova | 6 | 4 | [9] | | | | | | ALT | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Amanmuradova V King | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | K Peschke L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Dushevina Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | V Dushevina Y Shvedova | 7 | 4 | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova | 2 | 4 | | 3 | K Peschke L Raymond | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | K Peschke L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | K Peschke L Raymond | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | M Kirilenko F Pennetta | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | C-J Chuang S Mirza | 6$^5$ | 4 |
| | A Radwańska Á Szávay | 6$^7$ | 3 | | 8 | M Kirilenko F Pennetta | 6 | 6$^5$ | [4] | | | | | | | | |
| | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 4 | 5 | | | C-J Chuang S Mirza | 4 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | C-J Chuang S Mirza | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | C-J Chuang S Mirza | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | E Gallovits T Poutchek | 6$^2$ | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | G Dulko S Pe'er | 7 | 6 | | | G Dulko S Pe'er | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kleybanova M Niculescu | 2 | 6 | [8] | 2 | A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 1 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |