Agnieszka Radwańska and Urszula Radwańska were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.
Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie won in the final of this tournament. They defeated Anastasia and Arina Rodionova 6–7(4), 6–2, [10–7].
Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy retired in 2009 and Santangelo chose not to compete this year.
Alizé Cornet and Vania King defeated Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova in the final 3–6, 6–4, [10–7].
Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but Pennetta decided not to participate.
Errani partnered up with Roberta Vinci, but they lost in the semifinals against Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova.
Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova won in the final 3–6, 6–3, [10–6] against King and Shvedova.
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions, having defeated Melinda Czink and Arantxa Parra Santonja in the 2010 final, but they lost to the number 1 seeds, Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova, in the quarterfinals.
Alisa Kleybanova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won this year's edition. They defeated Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska in the final.
Li Na was the defending champion, but chose not to compete after winning the French Open singles title the previous week.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Makarova withdrew due to injury. Vesnina partnered up with Daniela Hantuchová, but they retired in the quarterfinals due to Hantuchová's injury.
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Samantha Stosur won the title, defeating Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova in the final, 6–1, 1–6, [10–8].
Kimiko Date-Krumm and Casey Dellacqua were the defending champions, but Dellacqua decided not to participate. Date-Krumm played alongside Ajla Tomljanović, but lost to Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova in the quarterfinals.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–4, 6–3.
Cara Black and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai, 4–6, 4–6.
Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova won the first edition of the tournament, defeating Sorana Cîrstea and Andreja Klepač in the final, 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8].
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but Peng chose not to participate this year. Hsieh played alongside Flavia Pennetta, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.
Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate together this year. Kudryavtseva played with Alexandra Panova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Hingis and Sabine Lisicki. Rodionova played with Arina Rodionova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Hsieh Su-wei and Sania Mirza.
Hingis and Lisicki won the title, defeating Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik in the final, 6–2, 7–5.
Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova were defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Rodionova partnered up with her sister Arina, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro. Kudryavtseva played alongside Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but they lost in the semifinals to Muguruza and Suárez Navarro.
Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won the title, defeating Muguruza and Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–3, 6–2.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions, but Errani chose not to participate this year. Vinci played alongside Karin Knapp, but lost in the third round to Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova.
Shuko Aoyama and Gabriela Dabrowski were the defending champions, but Dabrowski chose to participate in Stanford instead. Aoyama played alongside Eri Hozumi, but lost in the quarterfinals to Lara Arruabarrena and Andreja Klepač who eventually lost in the final to Belinda Bencic and Kristina Mladenovic with the score 7–5, 7–6(9–7).
Christina McHale and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but Peng chose not to participate this year. McHale played alongside Lauren Davis, but lost in the first round to Kateryna Bondarenko and Alla Kudryavtseva.
Darija Jurak and Anastasia Rodionova were the defending champions, but Rodionova chose not to participate this year. Jurak played alongside Pauline Parmentier, but lost in the first round to Monica Puig and Sloane Stephens.
Anna Blinkova and Alla Kudryavtseva were the defending champions, but both players chose to participate in different tournaments. Blinkova chose to participate at Mallorca, while Kudryavtseva chose to compete at Birmingham.
This was the first edition of the tournament.
Jiang Xinyu 
Alla Kudryavtseva 
Arina Rodionova 
