# 2012 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, but withdrew because of Shvedova's heat illness. Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká won the title after defeating Katarina Srebotnik and Zheng Jie 6–1, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (second round)
* Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)
* Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (withdrew because of Shvedova's heat illness)
* Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (withdrew because of Petrova's dizziness)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (champions)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / María José Martínez Sánchez (semifinals)
* Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (second round)
* Katarina Srebotnik / Zheng Jie (final)

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 8 | Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 4 | 3 | | 8 | Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | 5 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 6 | 6 |
| Alt | Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi | 4 | 6 | [8] | 5 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Janković S Pe'er | 1 | 3 | | WC | E Daniilidou S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Daniilidou S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | E Daniilidou S Peng | 5$^r$ | | | | | |
| | E Makarova A Tatishvili | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 8 | K Srebotnik J Zheng | 7 | | | | | |
| | B Mattek-Sands S Mirza | 6 | 1 | [8] | | E Makarova A Tatishvili | 6 | 4 | [9] | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dellacqua A Klepač | 3 | 3 | | 8 | K Srebotnik J Zheng | 3 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | K Srebotnik J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | K Srebotnik J Zheng | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | Alt | S Arvidsson J Craybas | 1 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu A Medina Garrigues | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | V Dushevina P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang J Husárová | 3 | 4 | | | V Dushevina P Suárez | 6 | 3 | [9] | | | | | | | | |
| | O Govortsova A Kudryavtseva | 4 | 6 | [3] | 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 2 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Glatch M Oudin | 2 | 2 | | 7 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 4 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rosolska K Jans-Ignacik | 3 | 4 | | WC | V Lepchenko S Stephens | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Lepchenko S Stephens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | V Lepchenko S Stephens | 6 | 5 | [8] | | | | | |
| | J Gajdošová K Zakopalová | 6 | 1 | [4] | | | | | | Alt | D Jurak K Marosi | 4 | 7 | [10] | | | | | |
| | D Cibulková D Hantuchová | 4 | 6 | [10] | | D Cibulková D Hantuchová | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Alt | D Jurak K Marosi | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Alt | D Jurak K Marosi | 4 | 6 | [8] |
| 5 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6$^1$ | 6$^5$ | | 5 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges K Peschke | 6 | 3 | [16] | | J Görges K Peschke | 1 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 4 | 6 | [14] | | | | | | 5 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | |
| | G Dulko F Schiavone | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | S Errani R Vinci | 3 | 6 | [3] | | | | | |
| | A Rodionova G Voskoboeva | 6 | 6 | | | A Rodionova G Voskoboeva | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |