# 2012 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year. Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond defeated Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

The top six seeds received bye to the second round.
* Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (champions)
* Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina (second round)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Agnieszka Radwańska (second round)
* Maria Kirilenko / Sabine Lisicki (quarterfinals)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / Anastasia Rodionova (semifinals)
* Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová (second round)
* Julia Görges / Zheng Jie (quarterfinals)
* Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Kristina Barrois Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Kristina Barrois Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 2 | 3 | | 1 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Nuria Llagostera Vives Anastasia Rodionova | 6 | 1 | [8] | | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | 3 | 1 |
| | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | |

### 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 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-c Chan R Fujiwara | 6 | 7 | | H-c Chan R Fujiwara | 3 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hercog MJ Martínez Sánchez | 1 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | [11] | | | | |
| | J Craybas C Scheepers | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 7 | J Görges J Zheng | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | [9] | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva K Zakopalová | 6 | 6 | | A Kudryavtseva K Zakopalová | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Al Nabhani O Jabeur | 4 | 2 | 7 | J Görges J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Görges J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | K Barrois A-L Grönefeld | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | 3 | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | U Radwańska O Savchuk | | | | K Barrois A-L Grönefeld | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Barrois A-L Grönefeld | w/o | | | | | | | | K Barrois A-L Grönefeld | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Jans-Ignacik K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | K Jans-Ignacik K Mladenovic | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 3 | 2 | | K Jans-Ignacik K Mladenovic | 3 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dellacqua S Stosur | 2 | 3 | 8 | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 6$^5$ | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | 5 | N Llagostera Vives A Rodionova | 4 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | |
| S Cîrstea A Keothanvong | 6 | 2 | [2] | | A Medina Garrigues A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 4 | [9] | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Medina Garrigues A Pavlyuchenkova | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 5 | N Llagostera Vives A Rodionova | 6 | 6$^3$ | [10] | | | | | |
| A Klepač A Rosolska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | M Kirilenko S Lisicki | 4 | 7$^7$ | [7] | | | | | |
| B Jovanovski N Lalami | 3 | 1 | | | A Klepač A Rosolska | 2 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | M Kirilenko S Lisicki | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | N Llagostera Vives A Rodionova | 6 | 1 | [8] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 3 | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | 6 | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 4 | 6 | [9] | | | | | | | | | | |
| E Daniilidou M Niculescu | 1 | 1 | | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 3 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | |
| R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| V Dushevina S Pe'er | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | V Dushevina S Pe'er | 0 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | |
| F Pennetta F Schiavone | 2 | 7 | [7] | | V Dushevina S Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |