2008 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles
# 2008 Qatar Ladies Open – Doubles

Martina Hingis and Maria Kirilenko were the defending champions, but Hingis retired on November 1, 2007, and Kirilenko teamed up with Ágnes Szávay.

Květa Peschke and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 6–1, 5–7, [10–7], against Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

## Seeds

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

* Cara Black / Liezel Huber (final)
* Katarina Srebotnik / Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
* Květa Peschke / Rennae Stubbs (champions)
* Yung-jan Chan / Chia-jung Chuang (quarterfinals)
* Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina (second round)
* Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (second round)
* Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (quarterfinals)
* Tathiana Garbin / Shahar Pe'er (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Lucie Šafářová Vera Zvonareva | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Lucie Šafářová Vera Zvonareva | 5 | 2 | 1 | Cara Black Liezel Huber | 1 | 7 | [7] |
| | | | | 3 | Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs | 6 | 5 | [10] |
| 3 | Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs | 6 | 6 | 3 | Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs | 6 | 5 | [10] |
| 2 | Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama | 2 | 0 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Henke K Wörle | $6^6$ | 4 | | | Y Shvedova V Uhlířová | 7 | 4 | [3] | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Shvedova V Uhlířová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | $6^1$ | [10] | | | | |
| | M Kirilenko Á Szávay | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual | 2 | 7 | [2] | | | | |
| | E Makarova U Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | E Makarova U Radwańska | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ehritt-Vanc T Tanasugarn | 1 | 2 | | 7 | A Garrigues V Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Garrigues V Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | L Šafářová V Zvonareva | 5 | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | Y-j Chan C-j Chuang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Williams C Wozniacki | 6 | 4 | [10] | WC | V Williams C Wozniacki | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina E Likhovtseva | 0 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | 4 | Y-j Chan C-j Chang | 6 | 4 | [6] | | | | |
| | A Rodionova A Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | L Šafářová V Zvonareva | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | A Morigami A Nakamura | 3 | 3 | | | A Rodionova A Rodionova | $6^5$ | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Šafářová V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | WC | L Šafářová V Zvonareva | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | T Garbin S Pe'er | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | N Dechy D Safina | 7 | 2 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Petrova E Vesnina | 5 | 6 | [9] | 5 | N Dechy D Safina | $6^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Husárová A Radwańska | 6 | 3 | [10] | | J Husárová A Radwańska | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Daniilidou J Wöhr | 3 | 6 | [4] | | | | | | J Husárová A Radwańska | $6^6$ | 1 | | | | |
| | S Peng T Sun | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 3 | K Peschke R Stubbs | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Kleybanova G Voskoboeva | 6 | 7 | | | A Kleybanova G Voskoboeva | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | K Peschke R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | K Peschke R Stubbs | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | K Srebotnik A Sugiyama | 2 | 0 |
| | M Jugić-Salkić G Navrátilová | 1 | 2 | | 6 | Z Yan J Zheng | $6^3$ | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | S Foretz S Sfar | 4 | 2 | | | A Morita M Niculescu | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Morita M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Morita M Niculescu | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Ditty E Hrdinová | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | K Srebotnik A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi P Schnyder | 3 | $6^9$ | | | J Ditty E Hrdinová | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | K Srebotnik A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
