See main article: 2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open.
Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Poutchek were the defending champions, but Koryttseva chose not to participate that year.
Poutchek partnered with Olga Govortsova, and they won in the final 3–6, 6–2, [10–8], against Kimiko Date-Krumm and Sun Tiantian.