# 2011 French Open – Men's doubles

Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Nestor partnered Max Mirnyi, while Zimonjić teamed up with Michaël Llodra. Mirnyi and Nestor defeated Zimonjić and Llodra in the semifinals, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$. In the final, they won against Juan Sebastián Cabal and Eduardo Schwank 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 3–6, 6–4 for their first Grand Slam doubles title as a team.

## Seeds

* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (semifinals)
* Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor (champions)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (second round)
* Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić (semifinals)
* Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (quarterfinals)
* Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (first round)
* Łukasz Kubot / Oliver Marach (first round)
* Wesley Moodie / Dick Norman (first round)
* Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)
* Eric Butorac / Jean-Julien Rojer (first round)
* Marcelo Melo / Bruno Soares (second round)
* Mark Knowles / Michal Mertiňák (first round)
* Marc López / David Marrero (second round)
* František Čermák / Filip Polášek (third round)
* John Isner / Sam Querrey (first round)
* Sergiy Stakhovsky / Mikhail Youzhny (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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6$^2$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6$^3$ | 1 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Juan Sebastián Cabal Eduardo Schwank | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Daniele Bracciali Potito Starace | 4 | 6 | 2 | | Juan Sebastián Cabal Eduardo Schwank | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal Eduardo Schwank | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Juan Sebastián Cabal Eduardo Schwank | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | Juan Sebastián Cabal Eduardo Schwank | 6$^3$ | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 |
| | Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 9 | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 4 | 2 | | 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 2 | Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Giraldo P Riba | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Guccione J Murray | 4 | 6 | 6 | | C Guccione J Murray | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Chardy A Clément | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 7$^8$ | 7 | | | | | |
| | A Mannarino B Paire | 5 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | T Gabashvili M Kukushkin | 6$^6$ | 5 | | | | | |
| | T Gabashvili M Kukushkin | 7 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | T Gabashvili M Kukushkin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Haase O Rochus | 5 | 3 | | 16 | S Stakhovsky M Youzhny | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | S Stakhovsky M Youzhny | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6$^2$ | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 11 | M Melo B Soares | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6$^3$ |
| Alt | M Russell R Sweeting | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | M Melo B Soares | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Golubev D Istomin | 6 | 6 | | | A Golubev D Istomin | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Gil R Wassen | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | A Golubev D Istomin | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | P Cuevas L Dlouhý | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M González K Nishikori | 6 | 1 | 6 | | M González K Nishikori | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Seppi S Vagnozzi | 3 | 2 | | 5 | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Bopanna A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Haas P Petzschner | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Fisher S Huss | 6 | 6 | | | A Fisher S Huss | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Brunström J Nieminen | 2 | 3 | | | | | | A Fisher S Huss | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | P-H Herbert N Renavand | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | D Bracciali P Starace | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | I Dodig I Karlović | 6 | 5 | 6 | | I Dodig I Karlović | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Bracciali P Starace | 2 | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | D Bracciali P Starace | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | J Isner S Querrey | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | D Bracciali P Starace | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | E Butorac J-J Rojer | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | JS Cabal E Schwank | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | S Aspelin P Hanley | 3 | 6 | 6 | | S Aspelin P Hanley | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Devvarman Y-h Lu | 3 | 4 | | | M Granollers F López | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Granollers F López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | S Aspelin P Hanley | 4 | 7$^9$ | 3 | | | | |
| | C Fleming P Marx | 6 | 6 | | | | | | JS Cabal E Schwank | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | K Skupski I Zelenay | 4 | 4 | | | C Fleming P Marx | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | JS Cabal E Schwank | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | JS Cabal E Schwank | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | W Moodie D Norman | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Ł Kubot O Marach | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lipsky R Ram | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | S Lipsky R Ram | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S González T Rettenmaier | 6 | 1 | 6$^4$ | | R Schüttler A Waske | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler A Waske | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | S Lipsky R Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G García López A Montañés | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | D Brown M Kohlmann | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | D Brown M Kohlmann | 6 | 6 | | | D Brown M Kohlmann | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dolgopolov X Malisse | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | A Dolgopolov X Malisse | 6 | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | M Knowles M Mertiňák | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | S Lipsky R Ram | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | F Čermák F Polášek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | F Ferreiro A Sá | 2 | 3 | | 14 | F Čermák F Polášek | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tipsarević V Troicki | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | J Tipsarević V Troicki | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Gicquel É Roger-Vasselin | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | 14 | F Čermák F Polášek | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | O Patience É Prodon | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Andújar D Gimeno-Traver | 6 | 6 | | | P Andújar D Gimeno-Traver | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Kunitsyn I Ljubičić | 5 | 4 | | 4 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Llodra N Zimonjić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 4 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Benneteau N Mahut | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | J Benneteau N Mahut | 6 | 6$^2$ | 7$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | |
| | C Berlocq R Ramírez Hidalgo | 6 | 6 | | | C Berlocq R Ramírez Hidalgo | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Rufin A Sidorenko | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | J Benneteau N Mahut | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | K de Schepper A Olivetti | 6 | 5 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 9 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Berrer F Mayer | 3 | 7 | 6$^5$ | WC | K de Schepper A Olivetti | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Cerretani A Shamasdin | 4 | 3 | | 9 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | M López D Marrero | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6 | 6 |
| | M Damm V Hănescu | 3 | 1$^r$ | | 13 | M López D Marrero | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arnold Ker JI Chela | 6 | 2 | 4 | | C Kas A Peya | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Kas A Peya | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | C Kas A Peya | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | F Volandri F Fognini | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Erlich A Ram | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | F Volandri F Fognini | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Monfils J Ouanna | 6$^6$ | 3 | | 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |