2009 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles
# 2009 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but Safina chose not to participate, and only Vesnina competed that year. Vesnina partnered with Maria Sharapova, but lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova and Tatiana Poutchek.

## Seeds

* Cara Black / Liezel Huber (second round)
* Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (first round)
* Květa Peschke / Lisa Raymond (first round)
* Samantha Stosur / Rennae Stubbs (second round)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Ai Sugiyama (first round)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (semifinals)
* Maria Kirilenko / Flavia Pennetta (semifinals)
* Chan Yung-jan / Sun Tiantian (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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta | $6^5$ | 1 | | | | |
| | Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva | 7 | 6 | Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| | | | | Gisela Dulko Shahar Pe'er | 4 | 6 | [5] |
| | Gisela Dulko Shahar Pe'er | 6 | 6 | Gisela Dulko Shahar Pe'er | 4 | 6 | [5] |
| 6 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 3 | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | C Black L Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas T Tanasugarn | 2 | 3 | | 1 | C Black L Huber | 5 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kleybanova M Niculescu | $6^5$ | 6 | [12] | | A Kleybanova M Niculescu | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Schiavone C Wozniacki | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | A Kleybanova M Niculescu | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | 7 | M Kirilenko F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Dushevina Y Shvedova | 4 | 6 | [3] | | Z Yan J Zheng | 7 | 4 | [6] | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld P Schnyder | 2 | 2 | | 7 | M Kirilenko F Pennetta | $6^2$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Kirilenko F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Kirilenko F Pennetta | $6^5$ | 1 |
| 4 | S Stosur R Stubbs | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | V Azarenka V Zvonareva | 7 | 6 |
| | K Jans A Rosolska | $6^6$ | 1 | | 4 | S Stosur R Stubbs | 2 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amanmuradova V King | 1 | 2 | | | V Azarenka V Zvonareva | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | V Azarenka V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | V Azarenka V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Hradecká V Uhlířová | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 6 | 6 | | | A Bondarenko K Bondarenko | 4 | 6 | [4] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova | 6 | 4 | [16] | | A Kudryavtseva A Rodionova | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Hantuchová A Sugiyama | 4 | 6 | [14] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Y-j Chan T Sun | 2 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 4 | [10] | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 3 | [10] | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dechy M Santangelo | 4 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 7 | 3 | [12] | | | | |
| | G Dulko S Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Dulko S Pe'er | 5 | 6 | [14] | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang S Mirza | 1 | 4 | | | G Dulko S Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 2 | 7 | [13] | | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | K Peschke L Raymond | 6 | $6^3$ | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | | G Dulko S Pe'er | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 3 |
| | A Radwańska Á Szávay | 6 | 4 | [2] | 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Sharapova E Vesnina | 1 | 6 | [7] | | E Makarova T Poutchek | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Makarova T Poutchek | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea G Voskoboeva | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | WC | B Mattek-Sands M Washington | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | B Mattek-Sands M Washington | 6 | 6 | | WC | B Mattek-Sands M Washington | 4 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo | 6 | 7 | | WC | S Kuznetsova A Mauresmo | 6 | 5 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Medina Garrigues V Ruano Pascual | 2 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
