# 2012 China Open – Women's doubles

Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Peschke partnered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, but lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova. Srebotnik played alongside Zheng Jie, but lost in the semifinals to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sania Mirza. Third seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Llagostera Vives and Mirza in the final by the score of 7–5, 7–5.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (withdrew, due to left thigh injury for Errani)
* Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (semifinals)
* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (champions)
* Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (second round)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / Sania Mirza (final)
* Katarina Srebotnik / Zheng Jie (semifinals)
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (quarterfinals)
* Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Katarina Srebotnik Zheng Jie | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| 5 | Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza | 7 | 6 | 5 | Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | 3 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 6 | 7 | 3 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova | 4 | 5 | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | Alt | W Liu S Sun | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Babos M Minella | 2 | 2 | | | V Dushevina A Rosolska | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina A Rosolska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | V Dushevina A Rosolska | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | K Srebotnik J Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | C-j Chuang S Zhang | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Cibulková J Husárová | 5 | 4 | | 6 | K Srebotnik J Zheng | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | K Srebotnik J Zheng | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | K Srebotnik J Zheng | 5 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | N Llagostera Vives S Mirza | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | V King Y Shvedova | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond S Stosur | 6$^4$ | 6 | [6] | | J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 7$^7$ | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 4 | [14] | | | | |
| | A Tatishvili G Voskoboeva | 7$^7$ | 2 | [4] | | | | | | 5 | N Llagostera Vives S Mirza | 4 | 6 | [16] | | | | |
| | T Bacsinszky MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6$^1$ | 6 | [10] | | T Bacsinszky MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 3 | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Martić H Watson | 3 | 4 | | 5 | N Llagostera Vives S Mirza | 4 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | N Llagostera Vives S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 8 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6$^3$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | C Castaño V Razzano | 7$^7$ | 4 | [5] | 8 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 4 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Govortsova M Niculescu | 3 | 2 | | | D Hantuchová S Peng | 6 | 6$^4$ | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 4 | 6 | [1] | | | | |
| WC | H Tang R Tian | 3 | 6 | [13] | | | | | | 3 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| WC | Z Yan S Zheng | 6 | 1 | [11] | WC | H Tang R Tian | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 4 | 5 |
| | A Cornet K Date-Krumm | 3 | 1 | | 7 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dellacqua K Jans-Ignacik | 1 | 1 | | | S-w Hsieh A Medina Garrigues | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | [6] | | | | |
| WC | J Janković A Petkovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | [10] | | | | |
| | D Jurak K Marosi | 3 | 1 | | WC | J Janković A Petkovic | 3 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |