# 2012 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions. However, they chose not to play together. Bhupathi played with Rohan Bopanna and Paes played with Radek Štěpánek

## Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor (second round)
* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (semifinals)
* Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (quarterfinals)
* Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău (champions)
* Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek (second round)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna (final)
* Marcel Granollers / Marc López (quarterfinals)
* Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer (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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna | 6 | 6 | | 6 | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 4 | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 7 | 6$^5$ | [10] | 4 | Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 5 | 7$^7$ | [2] | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 | M Mirnyi D Nestor | 6 | 4 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| P Hanley N Zimonjić | 6$^5$ | 6 | [7] | | A Seppi V Troicki | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| A Seppi V Troicki | 7$^7$ | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | A Seppi V Troicki | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| T Berdych F Mayer | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | I Dodig M Melo | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| I Dodig M Melo | 6 | 6 | | | I Dodig M Melo | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | L Paes R Štěpánek | 3 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I Dodig M Melo | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Bhupathi R Bopanna | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Marray F Nielsen | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | Ł Kubot J Tipsarević | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ł Kubot J Tipsarević | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 3 | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 4 | 6 | [8] | | | | |
| R Haase J Mónaco | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | 6 | M Bhupathi R Bopanna | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| K Anderson E Butorac | 4 | 6 | [6] | | R Haase J Mónaco | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | M Bhupathi R Bopanna | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | M Granollers M López | 2 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Fleming R Hutchins | 4 | 4 | | | JS Cabal B Soares | 6 | 6$^3$ | [7] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | JS Cabal B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | M Granollers M López | 6$^3$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | |
| WC | B Baker R Ram | 6 | 6$^4$ | [10] | | | | | | 4 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| | J Benneteau R Gasquet | 4 | 7$^7$ | [2] | WC | B Baker R Ram | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | R Lindstedt H Tecău | 7 | 6$^5$ | [10] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 5 | 7$^7$ | [2] |
| | | | | | 8 | A-u-H Qureshi J-J Rojer | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Melzer P Petzschner | 2 | 6$^5$ | | WC | J Blake S Querrey | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Blake S Querrey | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 8 | A-u-H Qureshi J-J Rojer | 6 | 4 | [4] | | | | | |
| | J Nieminen S Wawrinka | 7$^8$ | 2 | [10] | | | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber M Youzhny | 6$^6$ | 6 | [8] | | J Nieminen S Wawrinka | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |