title: 2011 SAP Open – Doubles
text: # 2011 SAP Open – Doubles
  
  Mardy Fish and Sam Querrey were the defending champions, but Fish chose not to compete. Querrey decided to play with Juan Martín del Potro, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mark Knowles and Michal Mertiňák. Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram won in the final, 6–4, 4–6, [10–8], against Alejandro Falla and Xavier Malisse.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Mark Knowles / Michal Mertiňák (semifinals)
  * Eric Butorac / Jean-Julien Rojer (quarterfinals)
  * Dustin Brown / Rogier Wassen (first round)
  * Santiago González / Philipp Marx (semifinals)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | M Knowles M Mertiňák | $6^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Becker M Kohlmann | 7 | 4 | [4] | 1 | M Knowles M Mertiňák | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | JM del Potro S Querrey | 6 | 7 | | | JM del Potro S Querrey | 6 | 1 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Kas A Peya | 3 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | 1 | M Knowles M Mertiňák | 6 | 5 | [4] | | | | |
  | 3 | D Brown R Wassen | 3 | 7 | [5] | | | | | | | A Falla X Malisse | 4 | 7 | [10] | | | | |
  | WC | B Klahn R Thacher | 6 | $6^6$ | [10] | WC | B Klahn R Thacher | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Falla X Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | A Falla X Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Karlović D Vemić | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Falla X Malisse | 4 | 6 | [8] |
  | | R Berankis K Nishikori | $6^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | S Lipsky R Ram | 6 | 4 | [10] |
  | | J Brunström T Parrott | 7 | 0 | [6] | | R Berankis K Nishikori | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | R Kendrick T Rettenmaier | 7 | 3 | [2] | 4 | S González P Marx | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | S González P Marx | $6^2$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | S González P Marx | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | T Gabashvili D Istomin | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | S Lipsky R Ram | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | S Lipsky R Ram | 6 | 6 | | | S Lipsky R Ram | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Hewitt F Verdasco | 3 | 4 | | 2 | E Butorac J-J Rojer | $6^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | E Butorac J-J Rojer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  