# 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles

Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to María José Martínez Sánchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues.
Daniela Hantuchová and Agnieszka Radwańska won the tournament, defeating Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova 7–6(5), 2–6, [10–8] in the final.

## Seeds

* Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals)
* Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
* Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova (final)
* Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)
* Chan Yung-jan / Zheng Jie (first round)
* Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (second round)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Meghann Shaughnessy (second round)
* María José Martínez Sánchez / Anabel Medina Garrigues (semifinals)

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