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.

Women's doubles
2012 Sony Ericsson Open
Final
Champion	Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova
Runner-up	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Score	7–6^(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]
Events
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Seeds

1.   Liezel Huber /   Lisa Raymond (first round)
2.   Květa Peschke /   Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
3.   Sania Mirza /   Elena Vesnina (first round)
4.   Andrea Hlaváčková /   Lucie Hradecká (first round)
5.   Maria Kirilenko /   Nadia Petrova (champions)
6.   Sara Errani /   Roberta Vinci (final)
7.   Yaroslava Shvedova /   Galina Voskoboeva (second round)
8.   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							Final
		Vania King   Monica Niculescu	3	4
	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
	WC	Gisela Dulko   Paola Suárez	5	3

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							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							Second round							Quarterfinals							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

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