2011 Aegon Classic – Doubles

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Doubles
2011 Aegon Classic
Final
Champions Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Olga Govortsova
Flag of Russia.svg Alla Kudryavtseva
Runners-up Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani
Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci
Score1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Events
Singles Doubles
  2010  · Birmingham Classic ·  2012  

Cara Black and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions, but only Raymond decided to compete in 2011. She partnered up with Liezel Huber, but they were eliminated in the semifinals by Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci.

Contents

Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva defeated Errani and Vinci in the final 1–6, 6–1, [10–5].

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond (semifinals)
  2. Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Olga Govortsova / Flag of Russia.svg Alla Kudryavtseva (champions)
  3. Flag of Italy.svg Sara Errani / Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Vinci (final)
  4. Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimíra Uhlířová (first round)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of the United States.svg L Huber
Flag of the United States.svg L Raymond
66 
  Flag of Poland.svg U Radwańska
Flag of Russia.svg Ar Rodionova
2 4  1 Flag of the United States.svg L Huber
Flag of the United States.svg L Raymond
677 
  Flag of the United States.svg R Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
5 4    Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg K-c Chang
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-j Chuang
4 65 
  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg K-c Chang
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-j Chuang
76 1 Flag of the United States.svg L Huber
Flag of the United States.svg L Raymond
665[8]
3 Flag of Italy.svg S Errani
Flag of Italy.svg R Vinci
w/o  3 Flag of Italy.svg S Errani
Flag of Italy.svg R Vinci
1 77[10]
WC Flag of Serbia.svg A Ivanovic
Flag of Austria.svg T Paszek
   3 Flag of Italy.svg S Errani
Flag of Italy.svg R Vinci
64 [10]
  Flag of Japan.svg S Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg R Fujiwara
678   Flag of Japan.svg S Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg R Fujiwara
4 6[6]
  Flag of Poland.svg K Jans
Flag of Poland.svg A Rosolska
3 66 3 Flag of Italy.svg S Errani
Flag of Italy.svg R Vinci
61 [5]
  Flag of Estonia.svg K Kanepi
Flag of Slovakia.svg M Rybáriková
73 [9] 2 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg O Govortsova
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtseva
1 6[10]
  Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea
Flag of New Zealand.svg M Erakovic
5 6[11]  Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea
Flag of New Zealand.svg M Erakovic
1 6[9]
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg C Dellacqua
Flag of South Africa.svg C Scheepers
794 [10]  Flag of Australia (converted).svg C Dellacqua
Flag of South Africa.svg C Scheepers
64 [11]
4 Flag of South Africa.svg N Grandin
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová
676[8]   Flag of Australia (converted).svg C Dellacqua
Flag of South Africa.svg C Scheepers
5 6[2]
  Flag of the United States.svg L Lee-Waters
Flag of the United States.svg M Moulton-Levy
4 4  2 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg O Govortsova
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtseva
74 [10]
  Flag of Thailand.svg N Lertcheewakarn
Flag of Georgia.svg A Tatishvili
66   Flag of Thailand.svg N Lertcheewakarn
Flag of Georgia.svg A Tatishvili
3 3  
WC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J Rae
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg H Watson
4 64 2 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg O Govortsova
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtseva
66 
2 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg O Govortsova
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtseva
677 

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