# 2011 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles

Alexandr Dolgopolov and Xavier Malisse defeated Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka in the final, 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–7] to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 2011 Indian Wells Masters.
Marc López and Rafael Nadal were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Federer and Wawrinka.

## Seeds

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (second round)
* Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor (first round)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (second round)
* Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (first round)
* Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner (second round)
* Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić (first round)
* Łukasz Kubot / Oliver Marach (second round)
* Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău (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 |
| Alexandr Dolgopolov Xavier Malisse | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | |
| Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6 | 3 | [8] | Alexandr Dolgopolov Xavier Malisse | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] |
| | | | | Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka | 4 | 7$^7$ | [7] |
| Marc López Rafael Nadal | 5 | 3 | | Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka | 4 | 7$^7$ | [7] |
| Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka | 7 | 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | F López M Raonic | 4 | 5 | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 5 | 7$^{11}$ | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| | T Berdych J Tipsarević | 6 | 4 | [8] | | A Dolgopolov X Malisse | 7 | 6$^9$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dolgopolov X Malisse | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | A Dolgopolov X Malisse | 6$^7$ | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | M Melo B Soares | 5 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | A Murray J Murray | 7$^9$ | 3 | [8] | | | | |
| | A Murray J Murray | 7 | 3 | [10] | | A Murray J Murray | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | J Isner S Querrey | 3 | 6 | [10] | | J Isner S Querrey | 3 | 6 | [3] | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | A Dolgopolov X Malisse | 3 | 6 | [10] |
| 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 3 | [8] |
| | S Aspelin J Knowle | 5 | 4 | | 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Butorac J-J Rojer | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | N Djokovic V Troicki | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | N Djokovic V Troicki | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | JI Chela J Mónaco | 3 | 5 | | | N Djokovic V Troicki | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | G García-López A Montañés | 4 | 2 | | 7 | Ł Kubot O Marach | 2 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ł Kubot O Marach | 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 | J Melzer P Petzschner | 3 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Almagro D Ferrer | 6 | 1 | [10] | 5 | J Melzer P Petzschner | 7$^7$ | 6$^6$ | [10] | | | | | | | |
| | M Granollers T Robredo | 3 | 4 | | | L Dlouhý P Hanley | 6$^1$ | 7$^8$ | [12] | | | | | | | |
| | L Dlouhý P Hanley | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | L Dlouhý P Hanley | 5 | 7$^7$ | [7] | | | |
| WC | T Bellucci R Harrison | 4 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | M López R Nadal | 7 | 6$^3$ | [10] | | | |
| | M Čilić I Karlović | 6 | 3 | [10] | | M Čilić I Karlović | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | M López R Nadal | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | M López R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 6$^5$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | M López R Nadal | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 6 | 6$^3$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | R Federer S Wawrinka | 7 | 6 |
| | M Knowles M Mertiňák | 2 | 7$^7$ | [12] | | M Knowles M Mertiňák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Marrero F Verdasco | 7$^7$ | 4 | [10] | WC | J Erlich A Ram | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Erlich A Ram | 6$^2$ | 6 | [12] | | | | | | M Knowles M Mertiňák | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | J Benneteau R Gasquet | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | R Federer S Wawrinka | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | K Anderson P Kohlschreiber | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | J Benneteau R Gasquet | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | |
| | R Federer S Wawrinka | 6 | 6 | | | R Federer S Wawrinka | 6 | 4 | [12] | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |