In the doubles, Alona & Kateryna Bondarenko, and Anabel Medina Garrigues & Virginia Ruano Pascual won their first round matches, while Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur, Mariya Koryttseva & Vladimíra Uhlířová, Yung-jan Chan & Chia-jung Chuang, Cara Black & Liezel Huber, Peng Shuai & Sun Tiantian, Victoria Azarenka & Shahar Pe'er, Zi Yan & Zheng Jie advanced to the third round. Nathalie Dechy & Elena Likhovtseva were defeated by unseeded team Sorana Cîrstea & Aravane Rezaï, second-seeded Katarina Srebotnik & Ai Sugiyama lost to Ashley Harkleroad & Galina Voskoboeva, and Iveta Benešová & Janette Husárová were beaten by Natalie Grandin & Raquel Kops-Jones.