At the French Open, 22nd seeded Ai beat Daniilidou 6–7, 6–0, 6–3 in the first round, but lost to French qualifier Aravane Rezaï 6–4, 4–6, 3–6. Deciding not to compete in the mixed, Ai and Daniella beat Caroline Dhenin and Mathilde Johansson 6–4, 6–3, then squashed Sofia Arvidsson and Martina Müller 6–1, 6–1; they escaped from Marion Bartoli and Shahar Pe'er, 1–6, 7–6, 6–2. In the quarterfinals, they beat second-seeded Black and Stubbs 6–1, 7–6. In the semifinals, they beat 4th-seeded Yan and Zheng 6–3, 3–6, 6–3. They lost 3–6, 2–6 in the final to top-seeded Raymond and Stosur.