# 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles

Jürgen Melzer and Leander Paes were the defending champions but decided not to participate together. Melzer partnered up with Philipp Petzschner, while Paes played alongside Mahesh Bhupathi. However, neither couple were able to retain the title. In the final, Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor won the title beating Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić 3–6, 6–1, [12–10].

## Seeds

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (quarterfinals)
* Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor (champions)
* Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić (final)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (semifinals)
* Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner (second round)
* Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (semifinals)
* Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (second round)
* 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| 3 | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 3 | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 7$^7$ | 3 | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 1 | [10] |
| | | | | 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 3 | 6 | [12] |
| 4 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 1 | 4 | 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 3 | 6 | [12] |
| 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Granollers V Troicki | 2 | 7 | [10] | | M Granollers V Troicki | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Knowles Ł Kubot | 6 | 6$^5$ | [7] | | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | |
| WC | M Gong Z Li | 6$^5$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | 6 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 3 | 6 | [12] | | | | |
| | T Robredo D Tursunov | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | T Robredo D Tursunov | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 2 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | 3 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bolelli F Fognini | 6 | 6 | | | S Bolelli F Fognini | 7 | 3 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Wu Z Zhang | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 7$^7$ | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | E Butorac J-J Rojer | 7$^7$ | 4 | [10] | | | | | | 8 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 6$^4$ | 6 | [7] | | | | |
| | T Berdych R Štěpánek | 6$^4$ | 6 | [7] | | E Butorac J-J Rojer | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| | | | | 5 | J Melzer P Petzschner | 4 | 7$^7$ | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| T Bellucci I Dodig | 6$^6$ | 6 | [11] | | T Bellucci I Dodig | 6 | 6$^6$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| F López F Verdasco | 7$^8$ | 3 | [9] | | | | | | | T Bellucci I Dodig | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| C Kas A Peya | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| M López R Nadal | 6 | 4 | [8] | | C Kas A Peya | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 6$^8$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| N Almagro B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | N Almagro B Soares | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| K Anderson S Lipsky | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | N Almagro B Soares | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| O Marach J Tipsarević | 6 | 4 | [11] | | | | | | 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| A Bogomolov Jr. R Ram | 2 | 6 | [9] | | O Marach J Tipsarević | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |