# 2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's doubles

Daniela Hantuchová and Agnieszka Radwańska were the defending champions but were eliminated in the second round by Vera Dushevina and Shahar Pe'er. Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova defeated Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 4–6, [10–4] in the final to win the title.

## Seeds

* Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (first round)
* Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
* Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina (first round)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (first round)
* Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (champions)
* Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (final)
* Yaroslava Shvedova / Galina Voskoboeva (second round)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Agnieszka Radwańska (second round)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Vania King Monica Niculescu | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | 5 | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova | 7$^7$ | 4 | [10] |
| | | | | 6 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 6$^0$ | 6 | [4] |
| 6 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 7 | 6 | 6 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 6$^0$ | 6 | [4] |
| WC | Gisela Dulko Paola Suárez | 5 | 3 | | | | | |

### 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 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | J Görges S Stosur | 7$^7$ | 2 | [9] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 6$^4$ | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang A Kleybanova | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | V King M Niculescu | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | V King M Niculescu | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Date-Krumm S Zhang | 6$^1$ | 3 | | | V King M Niculescu | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Cibulková J Janković | 2 | 6$^5$ | | 7 | Y Shvedova G Voskoboeva | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Y Shvedova G Voskoboeva | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | V King M Niculescu | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 1 | [9] | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 6 | 6 |
| WC | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 1 | 6 | [11] | WC | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gajdošová K Zakopalová | 6 | 4 | [8] | | N Llagostera Vives A Parra Santonja | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Llagostera Vives A Parra Santonja | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | WC | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| | Y-j Chan M Erakovic | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | S Kuznetsova V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | S Kuznetsova V Zvonareva | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6$^2$ | 4 | | 5 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 2 | 1 | | 6 | S Errani R Vinci | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcova | 5 | 7 | [10] | WC | A-L Grönefeld P Martić | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A-L Grönefeld P Martić | 7 | 5 | [12] | | | | | 6 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Makarova J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | E Makarova J Zheng | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 4 | 2 | | | E Makarova J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Birnerová K Jans-Ignacik | 6 | 7 | | | E Birnerová K Jans-Ignacik | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | S Errani R Vinci | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | WC | G Dulko P Suárez | 5 | 3 |
| | I-C Begu N Bratchikova | 3 | 7$^7$ | [3] | 8 | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Govortsova A Rodionova | 5 | 6 | [6] | | V Dushevina S Pe'er | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina S Pe'er | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | V Dushevina S Pe'er | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | [6] | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva A Panova | 3 | 4 | | | | | | WC | G Dulko P Suárez | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | [10] | | | | |
| | A Klepač A Rosolska | 6 | 6 | | | A Klepač A Rosolska | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Dulko P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | WC | G Dulko P Suárez | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Peschke K Srebotnik | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |