See main article: 2011 Qatar Ladies Open.
Květa Peschke and Rennae Stubbs were the reigning champions when the event was last played in 2008. Stubbs retired from the sport two weeks before this event.
As a result, Peschke plays with Katarina Srebotnik. They successfully defended their title by beating Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova 7–5, 6–7(2), [10–8] in the final.