2011 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

2011 Australian Open
Champion   Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Runner-up   Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Russia Maria Kirilenko
Final score   26, 75, 61
Events
Singles   men   women       boys   girls
Doubles   men   women   mixed   boys   girls
Other events
Legends    men    women    mixed
WC Singles    men    women    quad
WC Doubles    men    women    quad
Australian Open
 < 2010 2012 > 
Main article: 2011 Australian Open

Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions from 2010; however, they were unable to defend their title because of Serena's foot injury, sustained in the middle of the 2010 season.[1] The number 1 seed, Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won the title beating Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko 26, 75, 61 in the final.

Seeds

  1. Argentina Gisela Dulko / Italy Flavia Pennetta (Champions)
  2. Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (Semifinals)
  3. United States Liezel Huber / Russia Nadia Petrova (Semifinals)
  4. Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives / Spain María José Martínez Sánchez (Second round)
  5. Zimbabwe Cara Black / Australia Anastasia Rodionova (Quarterfinals)
  6. Czech Republic Iveta Benešová / Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (Third round)
  7. Germany Julia Görges / United States Lisa Raymond (Third round)
  8. Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan / Poland Agnieszka Radwańska (Third round)
  9. United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / United States Meghann Shaughnessy (Quarterfinals)
  10. Romania Monica Niculescu / China Yan Zi (Second round)
  11. Italy Francesca Schiavone / Australia Rennae Stubbs (First round)
  12. Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Russia Maria Kirilenko (Final)
  13. Russia Elena Vesnina / Russia Vera Zvonareva (Second round)
  14. Israel Shahar Pe'er / China Peng Shuai (Third round)
  15. Russia Alisa Kleybanova / Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (Second round)
  16. Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky / Italy Tathiana Garbin (Second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                       
  1  Argentina Gisela Dulko
 Italy Flavia Pennetta
6 6    
   South Africa Natalie Grandin
 Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová
0 3    
  1  Argentina Gisela Dulko
 Italy Flavia Pennetta
6 7    
  3  United States Liezel Huber
 Russia Nadia Petrova
4 5    
3  United States Liezel Huber
 Russia Nadia Petrova
6 6  
  5  Zimbabwe Cara Black
 Australia Anastasia Rodionova
1 4    
    1  Argentina Gisela Dulko
 Italy Flavia Pennetta
2 7 6
  12  Belarus Victoria Azarenka
 Russia Maria Kirilenko
6 5 1
  12  Belarus Victoria Azarenka
 Russia Maria Kirilenko
5 6 6  
   Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
7 3 2  
  12  Belarus Victoria Azarenka
 Russia Maria Kirilenko
6 6  
  2  Czech Republic Květa Peschke
 Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
2 4    
9  United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
 United States Meghann Shaughnessy
3 3  
  2  Czech Republic Květa Peschke
 Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6 6    

Top Half

Section 1

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinals
1 Argentina G Dulko
Italy F Pennetta
6 6  
  India S Mirza
Czech Republic R Voráčová
4 1   1 Argentina G Dulko
Italy F Pennetta
6 6  
WC Australia T Patterson
Australia O Rogowska
4 2     United States J Craybas
Ukraine O Savchuk
2 2  
  United States J Craybas
Ukraine O Savchuk
6 6   1 Argentina G Dulko
Italy F Pennetta
6 6  
Alt Romania IR Olaru
Czech Republic Z Ondrášková
1 2     Belarus O Govortsova
Russia A Kudryavtseva
3 2  
  Belarus O Govortsova
Russia A Kudryavtseva
6 6     Belarus O Govortsova
Russia A Kudryavtseva
6 6  
  Russia V Dushevina
Russia E Makarova
3 2   15 Russia A Kleybanova
Spain A Medina Garrigues
2 4  
15 Russia A Kleybanova
Spain A Medina Garrigues
6 6   1 Argentina G Dulko
Italy F Pennetta
6 6  
11 Italy F Schiavone
Australia R Stubbs
0 5     South Africa N Grandin
Czech Republic V Uhlířová
0 3  
  Netherlands M Krajicek
Czech Republic P Kvitová
6 7     Netherlands M Krajicek
Czech Republic P Kvitová
0 4  
  France A Cornet
Romania E Gallovits-Hall
63 2     South Africa N Grandin
Czech Republic V Uhlířová
6 6  
  South Africa N Grandin
Czech Republic V Uhlířová
7 6     South Africa N Grandin
Czech Republic V Uhlířová
7 3 6
  Australia J Groth
Czech Republic K Zakopalová
6 6   7 Germany J Görges
United States L Raymond
65 6 4
  United States C Gullickson
United States M Oudin
1 2     Australia J Groth
Czech Republic K Zakopalová
6 3 2
  Russia V Diatchenko
Belarus T Poutchek
2 1   7 Germany J Görges
United States L Raymond
4 6 6
7 Germany J Görges
United States L Raymond
6 6  

Section 2

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinals
3 United States L Huber
Russia N Petrova
6 6  
WC Australia D Dominikovic
Australia J Moore
3 0   3 United States L Huber
Russia N Petrova
6 6  
  Greece E Daniilidou
Estonia K Kanepi
6 6     Greece E Daniilidou
Estonia K Kanepi
3 3  
  Spain L Domínguez Lino
Spain C Suárez Navarro
1 3   3 United States L Huber
Russia N Petrova
6 6  
  Romania A Dulgheru
Slovakia M Rybáriková
4 6 7   Romania A Dulgheru
Slovakia M Rybáriková
3 2  
  United States V King
Spain A Parra Santonja
6 2 66   Romania A Dulgheru
Slovakia M Rybáriková
6 6  
WC Australia J Dokić
Australia S Peers
1 4   16 Switzerland T Bacsinszky
Italy T Garbin
3 3  
16 Switzerland T Bacsinszky
Italy T Garbin
6 6   3 United States L Huber
Russia N Petrova
6 6  
10 Romania M Niculescu
China Z Yan
6 6   5 Zimbabwe C Black
Australia A Rodionova
1 4  
  Poland K Jans
Poland A Rosolska
2 2   10 Romania M Niculescu
China Z Yan
64 7 2
  United States R Kops-Jones
United States A Spears
6 7     United States R Kops-Jones
United States A Spears
7 5 6
  Slovenia P Hercog
Croatia P Martić
3 65     United States R Kops-Jones
United States A Spears
4 2  
  United Kingdom S Borwell
Canada M-È Pelletier
7 2 2 5 Zimbabwe C Black
Australia A Rodionova
6 6  
  Romania S Cîrstea
Czech Republic L Šafářová
5 6 6   Romania S Cîrstea
Czech Republic L Šafářová
4 5  
  Austria T Paszek
Bulgaria T Pironkova
2 1   5 Zimbabwe C Black
Australia A Rodionova
6 7  
5 Zimbabwe C Black
Australia A Rodionova
6 6  

Bottom Half

Section 3

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinals
8 Chinese Taipei Y-j Chan
Poland A Radwańska
4 6 7
  Slovakia D Cibulková
Russia A Pavlyuchenkova
6 2 5 8 Chinese Taipei Y-j Chan
Poland A Radwańska
6 6  
  Sweden S Arvidsson
Sweden J Larsson
6 6     Sweden S Arvidsson
Sweden J Larsson
2 1  
  Uzbekistan A Amanmuradova
Belarus D Kustova
4 3   8 Chinese Taipei Y-j Chan
Poland A Radwańska
2 1  
WC Australia S Ferguson
Australia A Molik
4 6 6 12 Belarus V Azarenka
Russia M Kirilenko
6 6  
  Italy A Brianti
Russia A Chakvetadze
6 1 3 WC Australia S Ferguson
Australia A Molik
2 1  
  Italy R Oprandi
Germany J Wöhr
1 0   12 Belarus V Azarenka
Russia M Kirilenko
6 6  
12 Belarus V Azarenka
Russia M Kirilenko
6 6   12 Belarus V Azarenka
Russia M Kirilenko
5 6 6
13 Russia E Vesnina
Russia V Zvonareva
6 6     Chinese Taipei C-j Chuang
Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh
7 3 2
WC Australia M Adamczak
Australia I Holland
1 1   13 Russia E Vesnina
Russia V Zvonareva
2 2  
WC Australia J Hopper
Australia M Wejnert
1 2     Chinese Taipei C-j Chuang
Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh
6 6  
  Chinese Taipei C-j Chuang
Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh
6 6     Chinese Taipei C-j Chuang
Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh
6 6  
  Germany K Barrois
Germany A Kerber
5 3     Germany A-L Grönefeld
Switzerland P Schnyder
4 2  
  Germany A-L Grönefeld
Switzerland P Schnyder
7 6     Germany A-L Grönefeld
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 6  
  Italy S Errani
Italy R Vinci
7 4 4 4 Spain N Llagostera Vives
Spain MJ Martínez Sánchez
4 4  
4 Spain N Llagostera Vives
Spain MJ Martínez Sánchez
5 6 6

Section 4

First RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinals
6 Czech Republic I Benešová
Czech Republic B Záhlavová-Strýcová
6 6  
  Ukraine K Bondarenko
Russia D Safina
2 4   6 Czech Republic I Benešová
Czech Republic B Záhlavová-Strýcová
6 6  
  Romania S Halep
Belgium Y Wickmayer
4 3     Latvia L Dekmeijere
Japan A Morita
3 2  
  Latvia L Dekmeijere
Japan A Morita
6 6   6 Czech Republic I Benešová
Czech Republic B Záhlavová-Strýcová
5 3  
WC Australia S Letcher
Australia V Rajicic
4 2   9 United States B Mattek-Sands
United States M Shaughnessy
7 6  
  Russia M Kondratieva
France S Lefèvre
6 6     Russia M Kondratieva
France S Lefèvre
2 7 0
  Belgium K Flipkens
Ukraine M Koryttseva
1 1   9 United States B Mattek-Sands
United States M Shaughnessy
6 64 6
9 United States B Mattek-Sands
United States M Shaughnessy
6 6   9 United States B Mattek-Sands
United States M Shaughnessy
3 3  
14 Israel S Pe'er
China S Peng
6 6   2 Czech Republic K Peschke
Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 6  
  Germany T Malek
Germany A Petkovic
2 3   14 Israel S Pe'er
China S Peng
1 6 6
  Serbia B Jovanovski
United States V Lepchenko
4 4     Japan K Date-Krumm
China S Zhang
6 3 2
  Japan K Date-Krumm
China S Zhang
6 6   14 Israel S Pe'er
China S Peng
2 63  
  Austria S Bammer
Latvia A Sevastova
3 63   2 Czech Republic K Peschke
Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 7  
  Czech Republic A Hlaváčková
Czech Republic L Hradecká
6 7     Czech Republic A Hlaváčková
Czech Republic L Hradecká
6 5 2
  New Zealand M Erakovic
Thailand T Tanasugarn
4 5   2 Czech Republic K Peschke
Slovenia K Srebotnik
4 7 6
2 Czech Republic K Peschke
Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 7  

References

  1. "Serena Williams out of Australian Open 2011". Press Association (guardian.co.uk). 15 November 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.