Women's doubles
2011 BNP Paribas Open
Champion	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina
Runner-up	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy
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

Draw

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	64	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	62	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	67	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	63	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	64	6	[10]
	4	V King Y Shvedova	6	6																			D Hantuchová A Radwańska	0	4
	7	I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová	7	63	[10]																		S Mirza E Vesnina	6	6
		MJ Martínez Sánchez A Medina Garrigues	64	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