2012 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Bob and Mike Bryan were the three-time defending champions, but lost to the unseeded pair Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek, 7–6^(7–1), 6–2, in the final. With this win Paes completed the career grand slam in Men's doubles.

Men's doubles
2012 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek
Runner-up	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
Score	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
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Seeds

1.   Bob Bryan /   Mike Bryan (final)
2.   Max Mirnyi /   Daniel Nestor (semifinals)
3.   Michaël Llodra /   Nenad Zimonjić (third round)
4.   Mahesh Bhupathi /   Rohan Bopanna (third round)
5.   Jürgen Melzer /   Philipp Petzschner (third round)
6.   Mariusz Fyrstenberg /   Marcin Matkowski (quarterfinals)
7.   Robert Lindstedt /   Horia Tecău (semifinals)
8.   Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi /   Jean-Julien Rojer (third round)
9.   Oliver Marach /   Alexander Peya (first round)
10.   Eric Butorac /   Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)
11.   František Čermák /   Filip Polášek (third round)
12.   Santiago González /   Christopher Kas (quarterfinals)
13.   Scott Lipsky /   Rajeev Ram (quarterfinals)
14.   Simone Bolelli /   Fabio Fognini (second round)
15.   Colin Fleming /   Ross Hutchins (third round)
16.   Paul Hanley /   Jamie Murray (first 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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	6	6^4	6
	6	Mariusz Fyrstenberg   Marcin Matkowski	4	7^7	4
								1	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	4	6	7^7
								7	Robert Lindstedt   Horia Tecău	6	3	6^5
	13	Scott Lipsky   Rajeev Ram	4	4
	7	Robert Lindstedt   Horia Tecău	6	6
															1	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	6^1	2
																Leander Paes   Radek Štěpánek	7^7	6
	10	Eric Butorac   Bruno Soares	4	6^4
		Leander Paes   Radek Štěpánek	6	7^7
									Leander Paes   Radek Štěpánek	2	6	6
								2	Max Mirnyi   Daniel Nestor	6	4	4
	12	Santiago González   Christopher Kas	1	7^7	2
	2	Max Mirnyi   Daniel Nestor	6	6^4	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	B Bryan   M Bryan	7^8	6
		J Erlich   A Ram	6^6	4				1	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	7^7
	WC	L Hewitt   P Luczak	7	6				WC	L Hewitt   P Luczak	3	6^5
		M Bachinger   P Kohlschreiber	5	3											1	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	0	6
		A Bogomolov Jr.   I Kunitsyn	6	7											15	C Fleming   R Hutchins	4	6	2
		M Kukushkin   D Tursunov	4	5					A Bogomolov Jr.   I Kunitsyn	0	3
		R Harrison   R Sweeting	5	6^2				15	C Fleming   R Hutchins	6	6
	15	C Fleming   R Hutchins	7	7^7																		1	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	6^4	6
	11	F Čermák   F Polášek	6	7^7																		6	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	4	7^7	4
		J Benneteau   N Mahut	4	6^1				11	F Čermák   F Polášek	4	6	7
		M Elgin   A Kudryavtsev	6	7^8					M Elgin   A Kudryavtsev	6	4	5
		R Haase   J Nieminen	2	6^6											11	F Čermák   F Polášek	4	3
		P Andújar   G García López	6	2	6										6	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	6	6
	Alt	T Kamke   F Nielsen	3	6	3				P Andújar   G García López	3	5
		J Delgado   J Marray	4	4				6	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	6	7
	6	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	5	6	6
	WC	M Ebden   C Guccione	7	4	4			4	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	6	6
		I Karlović   F Moser	3	4					C Ball   TC Huey	2	2
		C Ball   TC Huey	6	6											4	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	6^6	2
		M Mertiňák   A Sá	6	6											13	S Lipsky   R Ram	7^8	6
		A Dolgopolov   D Molchanov	2	2					M Mertiňák   A Sá	7	3	2
		A Montañés   A Ramos	6^4	6^8				13	S Lipsky   R Ram	5	6	6
	13	S Lipsky   R Ram	7^7	7^10																		13	S Lipsky   R Ram	4	4
	9	O Marach   A Peya	6^4	6	5																	7	R Lindstedt   H Tecău	6	6
		V Hănescu   O Rochus	7^7	4	7				V Hănescu   O Rochus	4	4
		A Falla   S Giraldo	7^7	5	4				R Mello   J Souza	6	6
		R Mello   J Souza	6^3	7	6											R Mello   J Souza	4	3
	WC	C Ebelthite   M Matosevic	6	6											7	R Lindstedt   H Tecău	6	6
	WC	L Saville   A Whittington	0	3				WC	C Ebelthite   M Matosevic	6	4	2
		A Siljeström   I Zelenay	3	6^6				7	R Lindstedt   H Tecău	3	6	6
	7	R Lindstedt   H Tecău	6	7^8

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	A-u-H Qureshi   J-J Rojer	6	7^13
		I Ljubičić   C-M Stebe	3	6^11				8	A-u-H Qureshi   J-J Rojer	7^10	6
		T Bellucci   M Melo	5	6^7					P Marx   A Shamasdin	6^8	4
		P Marx   A Shamasdin	7	7^9											8	A-u-H Qureshi   J-J Rojer	4	2
	WC	J Duckworth   A Feeney	2	6	6^5										10	E Butorac   B Soares	6	6
		F Cipolla   D Istomin	6	3	7^7				F Cipolla   D Istomin	2	3
	Alt	F Gil   D Gimeno-Traver	6^5	6^9				10	E Butorac   B Soares	6	6
	10	E Butorac   B Soares	7^7	7^11																		10	E Butorac   B Soares	4	6^4
	14	S Bolelli   F Fognini	5	6	6																		L Paes   R Štěpánek	6	7^7
		R Machado   L Rosol	7	4	2			14	S Bolelli   F Fognini	2	6^5
		L Paes   R Štěpánek	6	6					L Paes   R Štěpánek	6	7^7
	WC	G Jones   J-P Smith	2	2												L Paes   R Štěpánek	7	7^7
		M López   D Marrero	3	6	6										3	M Llodra   N Zimonjić	5	6^2
		A Seppi   S Vagnozzi	6	4	3				M López   D Marrero	3	2
		J Kerr   D Young	6^6	3				3	M Llodra   N Zimonjić	6	6
	3	M Llodra   N Zimonjić	7^8	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	5	J Melzer   P Petzschner	6	6
		N Almagro   P Riba	4	4				5	J Melzer   P Petzschner	6	6
		D Brown   I Dodig	1	4					JI Chela   E Schwank	2	4
		JI Chela   E Schwank	6	6											5	J Melzer   P Petzschner	6^1	5
		J Cerretani   D Norman	6	4	6^6										12	S González   C Kas	7^7	7
		C Berlocq   L Mayer	3	6	7^8				C Berlocq   L Mayer	6	6^5	1
		M Granollers   Ł Kubot	4	6^1				12	S González   C Kas	4	7^7	6
	12	S González   C Kas	6	7^7																		12	S González   C Kas	1	7^7	2
	16	P Hanley   J Murray	6^2	6	6^5																	2	M Mirnyi   D Nestor	6	6^4	6
		J Knowle   M Kohlmann	7^7	4	7^7				J Knowle   M Kohlmann	4	4
		X Malisse   K Skupski	6^4	3					D Bracciali   P Starace	6	6
		D Bracciali   P Starace	7^7	6												D Bracciali   P Starace	6^7	2
		S Stakhovsky   M Youzhny	4	5											2	M Mirnyi   D Nestor	7^9	6
		JS Cabal   R Farah	6	7					JS Cabal   R Farah	6^0	2
	WC	B Mitchell   M Reid	2	2				2	M Mirnyi   D Nestor	7^7	6
	2	M Mirnyi   D Nestor	6	6

References

General

• Source for the draw at ausopen.com

External links

• 2012 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation