# 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California.
Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond defeated the defending champions Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina 6–2, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (champions)
* Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina (final)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (semifinals)
* Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (second round)
* Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)
* Anabel Medina Garrigues / Flavia Pennetta (first round)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / Arantxa Parra Santonja (second round)
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Vania King (second round, withdrew because of an illness contracted by King)

## 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 |
| 1 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 1 | 2 | | 1 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 7 | 5 | [3] | 2 | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 5 | 7 | [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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Makarova J Zheng | 3 | 5 | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 5 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Erakovic M Niculescu | 4 | 7$^7$ | [11] | | M Erakovic M Niculescu | 7 | 5 | [3] | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Govortsova A Rodionova | 6 | 6$^4$ | [9] | | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva J Wöhr | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | J Gajdošová B Mattek-Sands | 4 | 6 | [5] | | | | |
| | J Gajdošová B Mattek-Sands | 7 | 6 | | | J Gajdošová B Mattek-Sands | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Date-Krumm S Zhang | 3 | 4 | | 7 | N Llagostera Vives A Parra Santonja | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | N Llagostera Vives A Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 1 | 2 |
| WC | J Hampton C McHale | 6$^5$ | 4 | | 4 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 4 | 5 | | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | C Dellacqua S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Dellacqua S Stosur | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | |
| | A Klepač A Rosolska | 2 | 0 | | | C Dellacqua S Stosur | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang G Voskoboeva | 5 | 6 | [9] | 8 | A-L Grönefeld V King | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A-L Grönefeld V King | 7 | 3 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Bratchikova K Peschke | 4 | 5 | | 5 | S Errani R Vinci | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Azarenka P Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | WC | V Azarenka P Kvitová | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | S Errani R Vinci | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | J Görges S Lisicki | 6 | 6$^2$ | [10] | | | | | | 3 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 2 | 7$^7$ | [7] | | J Görges S Lisicki | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jans-Ignacik K Mladenovic | 3 | 3 | | 3 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 7 | 5 | [3] |
| 6 | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 3 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 5 | 7 | [10] |
| WC | G Dulko P Suárez | 6 | 3 | [10] | WC | G Dulko P Suárez | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Daniilidou J Janković | 2 | 6 | [7] | | I-C Begu MJ Martínez Sánchez | 3$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | WC | G Dulko P Suárez | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | S Kuznetsova V Zvonareva | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Bacsinszky A Brianti | 6 | 6 | | | T Bacsinszky A Brianti | 1 | 6 | [2] | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina S Pe'er | 5 | 2 | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |