# 2009 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai won in the final, beating Daniela Hantuchová and Ai Sugiyama 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Cara Black / Liezel Huber (quarterfinals)
* Květa Peschke / Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)
* Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs (second round)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (semifinals)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (final)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Zheng Jie (first round)
* Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (champions)
* Victoria Azarenka / Elena Vesnina (second 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 4 | 3 | | 5 | Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama | 5 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | | 7 | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 6 | 3 | [10] | 7 | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 7 | 7 |
| | İpek Şenoğlu Yaroslava Shvedova | 4 | 6 | [2] | | | | |

### 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 | C Black L Huber | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 4 | 7 | [10] | | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Errani K Knapp | 6 | 6$^4$ | [3] | | | | | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | A Brianti C Dentoni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| ALT | M Gledacheva T Pironkova | 4 | 1 | | | A Brianti C Dentoni | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Husárová C Wozniacki | 6 | 4 | [8] | 5 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bachmann V Henke | 4 | 0 | | | J Craybas J Ditty | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas J Ditty | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | w/o | | | | | |
| | L Šafářová V Uhlířová | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | N Petrova D Safina | | | | | | |
| | N Petrova D Safina | 6 | 6 | | | N Petrova D Safina | 7 | 5 | [14] | | | | | | | | |
| | T Garbin R Vinci | 2 | 2 | | 8 | V Azarenka E Vesnina | 6$^5$ | 7 | [12] | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | V Azarenka E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Koryttseva T Poutchek | 6$^5$ | 5 | 7 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dechy M Santangelo | 6 | 6 | | N Dechy M Santangelo | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Burnett A Moroni | 3 | 2 | | | | | 7 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina G Voskoboeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | V Dushevina G Voskoboeva | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | M Kondratieva S Lefèvre | 2 | 0 | | V Dushevina G Voskoboeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | S Stosur R Stubbs | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| 6 | V Ruano Pascual J Zheng | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | İ Şenoğlu Y Shvedova | 4 | 6 | [2] |
| | İ Şenoğlu Y Shvedova | 7 | 7 | | İ Şenoğlu Y Shvedova | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Chieppa N Viérin | 2 | 1 | | A Radwańska Á Szávay | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Radwańska Á Szávay | 6 | 6 | | | | | | İ Şenoğlu Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Dulko F Pennetta | | | | | | | 2 | K Peschke L Raymond | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | K Jans A Rosolska | w/o | | | K Jans A Rosolska | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | K Peschke L Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |