Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but did not play together. Stubbs partnered with Lisa Raymond but lost in the first round to Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro and Selima Sfar.
Twelfth-seeded Yan Zi and Zheng Jie defeated first-seeded Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur, 2–6, 7–6 (7), 6–3 to win the women's doubles title at the 2006 Australian Open.
Eduardo Jonatan Schwank is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina. In 2011, he reached the finals of the French Open in men's doubles partnering Juan Sebastian Cabal and of the US Open in mixed doubles partnering Gisela Dulko. He was coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian.
Sania Mirza and Shahar Pe'er were the defending champions. They were both present but did not compete together.
Mirza partnered with Anna Chakvetadze, but lost in the first round to Eva Hrdinová and Vladimíra Uhlířová.
Peer partnered with Gisela Dulko, but lost in the first round to Ayumi Morita and Ai Sugiyama.
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo were the defending champions, but Mauresmo retired from the sport on December 3, 2009.
Kuznetsova chose to compete with Alicia Molik, but they lost in the first round to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta.
The unseeded pair Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won in the final 6–3, 4–6, [10–7], against Nadia Petrova and Samantha Stosur.
Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions, but they chose not to compete together.
Black partnered up with Elena Vesnina, but they lost to Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in the first round.
Huber teamed with Anabel Medina Garrigues, but they lost to Chuang Chia-jung and Vania King in the second round.
Venus and Serena Williams won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta.
Cara Black and Liezel Huber were the defending champions. Both were present that year, but chose to compete with different players.
Black partnered with Anastasia Rodionova but lost 6–4, 6–4 in quarterfinals against Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta. Huber partnered with Nadia Petrova but lost 7–5, 6–2 in semifinals against Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko won 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–8) in the final against Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.
Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez were the defending champions, but Martínez Sánchez decided to not start this year, due to injury.
Llagostera Vives partnered with Arantxa Parra Santonja but lost in the first round 6–2, 6–0 against Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva.
Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won in the final against Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik, 7–5, 3–6, [12–10].
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions. However, Serena withdrew from the tournament because of a foot injury and Venus chose to participate in the singles event only. Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova defeated Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) in the final. This match was played over two days due to heavy rainfall on September 12.
Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Gisela Dulko and Pablo Cuevas.
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but they competed with different partners.
Hsieh played with Natalie Grandin, while Peng partnered with Kimiko Date-Krumm, but they all lost in the second round .
In the end, it was Chuang Chia-jung and Olga Govortsova who won in the final against Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta, 7–6(2), 1–6, [10–7].
Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to María José Martínez Sánchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues.
Daniela Hantuchová and Agnieszka Radwańska won the tournament, defeating Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova 7–6(5), 2–6, [10–8] in the final.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but they withdrew due to injuries.
No. 5 seeds Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko won the tournament by defeating the No. 2 seeds Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–3 in the final.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but both withdrew from the tournament with a pulmonary embolism and a hip injury, respectively.
Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but were knocked out in the semifinals by Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond.
Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions and they reached the final. Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond defeated them 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3) to win the title.
Iveta Benešová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová were the defending champions, but lost to Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta in the first round.
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova.
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but lost to Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik in the semifinals 6–4, 6–4.
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Kristina Mladenovic won the title by defeating Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 2–6, [10–7] in the final.
Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but were defeated by Sania Mirza and Colin Fleming in the second round.
Melanie Oudin 
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