2011 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions from 2010; however, they were unable to defend their title because of Serena's foot injury, sustained in the middle of the 2010 season.

Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta won the title beating Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 in the final. This was to be Dulko and Pennetta's only Grand Slam doubles title.

Seeds
• # 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko / 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (champions)

• # 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber / 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (semifinals)

• # 🇪🇸 Nuria Llagostera Vives / 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez (second round)

• # Cara Black / 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová / 🇨🇿 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (third round)

• # 🇩🇪 Julia Görges / 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (third round)

• # Chan Yung-jan / 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu / 🇨🇳 Yan Zi (second round)

• # 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone / 🇦🇺 Rennae Stubbs (first round)

• # 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka / 🇷🇺 Maria Kirilenko (final)

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina / 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva (second round)

• # 🇮🇱 Shahar Pe'er / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (third round)

• # 🇷🇺 Alisa Kleybanova / 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues (second round)

• # Timea Bacsinszky / 🇮🇹 Tathiana Garbin (second round)