2012 China Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2012 China Open
Champions	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Runners-up	Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza
Score	7–5, 7–5

Main article: 2012 China Open (tennis)

Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Peschke partnered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, but lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova. Srebotnik played alongside Zheng Jie, but lost in the semifinals to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sania Mirza.
Third seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Llagostera Vives and Mirza in the final by the score of 7–5, 7–5.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (withdrew, due to left thigh injury for Errani)
2. Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (semifinals)
3. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (champions)
4. Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (second round)
5. Nuria Llagostera Vives / Sania Mirza (final)
6. Katarina Srebotnik / Zheng Jie (semifinals)
7. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (quarterfinals)
8. Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	6	Katarina Srebotnik  Zheng Jie	5	1
	5	Nuria Llagostera Vives  Sania Mirza	7	6
								5	Nuria Llagostera Vives  Sania Mirza	5	5
								3	Ekaterina Makarova  Elena Vesnina	7	7
	3	Ekaterina Makarova  Elena Vesnina	6	7
	2	Maria Kirilenko  Nadia Petrova	4	5

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								Alt	W Liu  S Sun	4	65
		T Babos  M Minella	2	2					V Dushevina  A Rosolska	6	77
		V Dushevina  A Rosolska	6	6												V Dushevina  A Rosolska	3	3
		N Grandin  V Uhlířová	4	3											6	K Srebotnik  J Zheng	6	6
		C-j Chuang  S Zhang	6	6					C-j Chuang  S Zhang	5	4
		D Cibulková  J Husárová	5	4				6	K Srebotnik  J Zheng	7	6
	6	K Srebotnik  J Zheng	7	6																		6	K Srebotnik  J Zheng	5	1
																						5	N Llagostera Vives  S Mirza	7	6
								4	V King  Y Shvedova	66	2
		L Raymond  S Stosur	64	6	[6]				J Görges  B Záhlavová-Strýcová	78	6
		J Görges  B Záhlavová-Strýcová	77	4	[10]											J Görges  B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	4	[14]
		A Tatishvili  G Voskoboeva	77	2	[4]										5	N Llagostera Vives  S Mirza	4	6	[16]
		T Bacsinszky  MJ Martínez Sánchez	61	6	[10]				T Bacsinszky  MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	3	[9]
		P Martić  H Watson	3	4				5	N Llagostera Vives  S Mirza	4	6	[11]
	5	N Llagostera Vives  S Mirza	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	R Kops-Jones  A Spears	63	6	[10]
	Alt	C Castaño  V Razzano	77	4	[5]			8	R Kops-Jones  A Spears	4	77	[10]
		O Govortsova  M Niculescu	3	2					D Hantuchová  S Peng	6	64	[6]
		D Hantuchová  S Peng	6	6											8	R Kops-Jones  A Spears	4	6	[1]
	WC	H Tang  R Tian	3	6	[13]										3	E Makarova  E Vesnina	6	3	[10]
	WC	Z Yan  S Zheng	6	1	[11]			WC	H Tang  R Tian	2	3
								3	E Makarova  E Vesnina	6	6
																						3	E Makarova  E Vesnina	6	7
	7	A-L Grönefeld  K Peschke	6	6																		2	M Kirilenko  N Petrova	4	5
		A Cornet  K Date-Krumm	3	1				7	A-L Grönefeld  K Peschke	7	6
		C Dellacqua  K Jans-Ignacik	1	1					S-w Hsieh  A Medina Garrigues	5	4
		S-w Hsieh  A Medina Garrigues	6	6											7	A-L Grönefeld  K Peschke	65	77	[6]
	WC	J Janković  A Petkovic	6	6											2	M Kirilenko  N Petrova	77	64	[10]
		D Jurak  K Marosi	3	1				WC	J Janković  A Petkovic	3	6	[6]
								2	M Kirilenko  N Petrova	6	3	[10]

References

• Main Draw