# 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles

Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Dlouhý competed together with Paul Hanley, however they lost to Jürgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner in the second round. Paes partnered up with Mahesh Bhupathi and they won this tournament, defeating Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 6–7(5), 6–2, [10–5] in the final.

## Seeds

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (second round)
* Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor (final)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (champions)
* Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner (semifinals)
* Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (first round)
* Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals)
* Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (quarterfinals)
* Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău (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 | Final |
| | Oliver Marach Janko Tipsarević | 3 | 7 | [9] | | | | | |
| 3 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6 | 5 | [11] | | | | | |
| 3 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6 | 5 | [11] | 3 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | | 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 7 | 2 | [5] |
| 4 | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner | 4 | 1 | | 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 7 | 2 | [5] |
| 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Harrison J Sock | 1 | 0 | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Marach J Tipsarević | 6$^7$ | 6 | [10] | | O Marach J Tipsarević | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | P Andújar C Berlocq | 7 | 4 | [8] | | | | | | | O Marach J Tipsarević | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | G García-López A Montañes | 6 | 6$^5$ | [8] | | | | | | 7 | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 4 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | |
| | M Mertiňák D Norman | 4 | 7 | [10] | | M Mertiňák D Norman | 6$^4$ | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber R Ram | 3 | 6$^5$ | | 7 | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 7 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | O Marach J Tipsarević | 3 | 7 | [9] |
| 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 5 | [11] |
| | E Butorac J-J Rojer | 2 | 3 | | 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M López D Marrero | 6 | 6 | | | M López D Marrero | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Golubev D Istomin | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6$^4$ | [10] | | | | | |
| | X Malisse J Murray | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 3 | 7 | [7] | | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu F Mayer | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | X Malisse J Murray | 7 | 3 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | JI Chela J Mónaco | 6 | 1 | [4] | 6 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 6$^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Erlich A Ram | 7 | 6 | | | J Erlich A Ram | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Anderson I Karlović | 3 | 3 | | | M Čilić I Ljubičić | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Čilić I Ljubičić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Erlich A Ram | 6 | 4 | [8] | | | | |
| | L Dlouhý P Hanley | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | J Melzer P Petzschner | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | M Melo B Soares | 4 | 6 | [8] | | L Dlouhý P Hanley | 2 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Nishikori D Young | 2 | 3 | | 4 | J Melzer P Petzschner | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Melzer P Petzschner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Melzer P Petzschner | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6 | 6 |
| | S Aspelin J Knowle | 2 | 2 | | 8 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Isner S Querrey | 4 | 6 | [10] | | J Isner S Querrey | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Cuevas M Granollers | 6 | 4 | [7] | | | | | | 8 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 5 | 0 | | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky M Youzhny | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Djokovic A Murray | 7 | 3 | [8] | | S Stakhovsky M Youzhny | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F López F Verdasco | 7 | 4 | [7] | 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6$^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |