2011 Rogers Cup – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
2011 Rogers Cup
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Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but were knocked out in the semifinals by Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond.

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Huber and Raymond won the title because their opponents Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko withdrew before the final match (due to Azarenka's right hand injury [1] ).

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke / Flag of Slovenia.svg Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
  2. Flag of Argentina.svg Gisela Dulko / Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta (semifinals)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Liezel Huber / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond (champions)
  4. Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka / Flag of Russia.svg Maria Kirilenko (final, withdrew due to Azarenka's right hand injury)
  5. Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza / Flag of Russia.svg Elena Vesnina (first round)
  6. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Jie (withdrew due to Peng's hip injury)
  7. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Iveta Benešová / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (first round)
  8. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-Jan / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anastasia Rodionova (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
 4 3  
4 66 
4    
3 w/o  
3 3 6[10]
2 61 [6]

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 64 [12]
 62 [4]  3 6[14]
 2 6[10] 4 6[10]
 3 6[5]  64 [6]
 64 [10] 664[10]
 3 7[10] 4 77[5]
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg I Benešová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg B Záhlavová-Strýcová
65 [7]  4 3  
4 66 
4 4   
 667[6] WC 1 r  
WC 1 79[10]4 66 
 7116  3 3  
WC
693   783 [10]
 2 6[10] 666[2]
5 60 [7]

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 5 3  
 76  5 64 
 3 3   777 
 66     
 62 [6] 3 w/o  
 3 6[10] 3 4  
3 66 
3 3 6[10]
Alt 3 5  2 61 [6]
 67  64 [10]
 77  2 6[12]
WC 5 5   2 4  
 2 7[10]2 66 
WC 65 [6]  62 [6]
2 4 6[10]

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References

  1. "Serena crowned Rogers Cup queen". Rogers Cup.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.