2011 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2011 BNP Paribas Open
Champion	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina
Runner-up	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
Final score	6–0, 7–5

The 2011 BNP Paribas Open was a tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California in March 2011. It was the 37th edition of the event, known as the BNP Paribas Open, and was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2011 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States from March 7 through March 20, 2011.

Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska.
Unseeded pair Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina won the tournament, defeating 8th seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy 6–0, 7–5 in the final.

Seeds

1. Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta (Second Round)
2. Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (First Round)
3. Liezel Huber / Nadia Petrova (Quarterfinals)
4. Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (Quarterfinals)
5. Chan Yung-jan / Zheng Jie (Second Round)
6. Victoria Azarenka / Maria Kirilenko (Semifinals, withdrew due to Azarenka's right leg injury)
7. Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (Second Round)
8. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Meghann Shaughnessy (Final)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	6	Victoria Azarenka   Maria Kirilenko
	8	Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Meghann Shaughnessy	w/o
								8	Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Meghann Shaughnessy	0	5
									Sania Mirza   Elena Vesnina	6	7
		Daniela Hantuchová   Agnieszka Radwańska	0	4
		Sania Mirza   Elena Vesnina	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
1	G Dulko   F Pennetta	7	6
	M Niculescu   A Rodionova	6^4	3				1	G Dulko   F Pennetta	5	5
	V Dushevina   E Makarova	4	4				WC	J Janković   A Pavlyuchenkova	7	7
WC	J Janković   A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6											WC	J Janković   A Pavlyuchenkova	4	5
	S Errani   R Vinci	6^2	6	[5]										6	V Azarenka   M Kirilenko	6	7
	F Schiavone   S Stosur	7	2	[10]				F Schiavone   S Stosur	6	4	[9]
	N Llagostera Vives   A Parra Santonja	7	3	[9]			6	V Azarenka   M Kirilenko	2	6	[11]
6	V Azarenka   M Kirilenko	5	6	[11]																	6	V Azarenka   M Kirilenko
3	L Huber   N Petrova	6	6																		8	B Mattek-Sands   M Shaughnessy	w/o
	P Hercog   S-w Hsieh	0	2				3	L Huber   N Petrova	6	6
	M Kondratieva   R Voráčová	1	6	[10]				M Kondratieva   R Voráčová	4	0
WC	A Ivanovic   A Petkovic	6	3	[6]										3	L Huber   N Petrova	4	3
	R Kops-Jones   A Spears	7	6											8	B Mattek-Sands   M Shaughnessy	6	6
	J Görges   L Raymond	6^7	3					R Kops-Jones   A Spears	4	4
	A Kleybanova   Z Yan	1	2				8	B Mattek-Sands   M Shaughnessy	6	6
8	B Mattek-Sands   M Shaughnessy	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	Y-j Chan   J Zheng	6	4	[10]
	O Govortsova   A Kudryavtseva	3	6	[6]			5	Y-j Chan   J Zheng	3	3
	D Hantuchová   A Radwańska	7	6					D Hantuchová   A Radwańska	6	6
	S Pe'er   S Peng	6^3	3												D Hantuchová   A Radwańska	6	6
	T Bacsinszky   Á Szávay	4	4											4	V King   Y Shvedova	1	0
	N Grandin   V Uhlířová	6	6					N Grandin   V Uhlířová	7	3	[7]
WC	S Kuznetsova   V Zvonareva	2	3				4	V King   Y Shvedova	6^4	6	[10]
4	V King   Y Shvedova	6	6																			D Hantuchová   A Radwańska	0	4
7	I Benešová   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	7	6^3	[10]																		S Mirza   E Vesnina	6	6
	MJ Martínez Sánchez   A Medina Garrigues	6^4	7	[5]			7	I Benešová   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	2	3
	S Mirza   E Vesnina	6	6					S Mirza   E Vesnina	6	6
	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	4	1												S Mirza   E Vesnina	6	6
	C-j Chuang   A Dulgheru	6	4	[10]											K Jans   A Rosolska	4	1
WC	J Hampton   M Oudin	3	6	[6]				C-j Chuang   A Dulgheru	1	6	[5]
	K Jans   A Rosolska	1	6	[10]				K Jans   A Rosolska	6	4	[10]
2	K Peschke   K Srebotnik	6	2	[5]

References

• Main Draw