See main article: 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell. Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together.
Zimonjić partnered up with Jürgen Melzer, while Nestor played alongside Max Mirnyi. These pairs were both eliminated by eventual champions Santiago González and Scott Lipsky, who won in the final against Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 5–7, 6–2, [12–10].
All seeds received a bye into the second round.