# 2011 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but they lost to Alexandra Dulgheru and Jarmila Gajdošová in the quarterfinals. Chinese pair Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie won the title beating No. 3 seeds Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final 6–2, 6–3. Peng Shuai had won the title earlier in 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's doubles

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals)
* Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)
* Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (final)
* Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (second round)
* Maria Kirilenko / Elena Vesnina (first round, retired due to Kirilenko's viral infection)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)
* Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (second round)
* María José Martínez Sánchez / Anabel Medina Garrigues (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

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Alt | Alexandra Dulgheru Jarmila Gajdošová | 6 | 4 | [5] | | | | |
| | Peng Shuai Zheng Jie | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | Peng Shuai Zheng Jie | 3 | 6 | [10] | | Peng Shuai Zheng Jie | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova | 7 | 6 | | 3 | Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| | | | | 1 | G Dulko F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko A Kudryavtseva | 2 | 2 | | V Dushevina T Poutchek | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina T Poutchek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | G Dulko F Pennetta | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang O Govortsova | 5 | 2 | | | | | | Alt | A Dulgheru J Gajdošová | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Alt | A Dulgheru J Gajdošová | 7 | 6 | Alt | A Dulgheru J Gajdošová | 6$^6$ | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pe'er İ Şenoğlu | 2 | | | S Pe'er İ Şenoğlu | 7 | 5 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Kirilenko E Vesnina | 3 | r | | | | | | | | | | Alt | A Dulgheru J Gajdošová | 6 | 4 | [5] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Peng J Zheng | 3 | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | 4 | L Huber L Raymond | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Peng J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | S Peng J Zheng | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | S Peng J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Alt | M Lučić C Scheepers | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Medina Garrigues | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Brianti P Hercog | 6 | 6 | | A Brianti P Hercog | 6 | 2 | [5] | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh Z Yan | 4 | 2 | 8 | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Medina Garrigues | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | MJ Martínez Sánchez A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| 7 | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Llagostera Vives A Parra Santonja | 2 | 2 | | 7 | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Petrova A Rodionova | 6 | 3 | [10] | | N Petrova A Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Daniilidou J Wöhr | 3 | 6 | [4] | | | | | | N Petrova A Rodionova | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | |
| | M Kondratieva S Lefèvre | 6$^6$ | 6 | [6] | | | | | 3 | V King Y Shvedova | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | N Burnett R Kulikova | 7 | 3 | [10] | WC | N Burnett R Kulikova | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | V King Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | V King Y Shvedova | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | K Peschke K Srebotnik | 6$^4$ | 2 |
| WC | C Dentoni R Oprandi | 0 | 0 | | 6 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 4 | [14] | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jans A Rosolska | 1 | 6 | [12] | | | | | 6 | B Mattek-Sands M Shaughnessy | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | K Peschke K Srebotnik | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | C Dellacqua R Stubbs | 0 | 3 | | | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | K Peschke K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |