2012 US Open – Women's doubles

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but lost to Hsieh Su-wei and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the third round.

Women's doubles
2012 US Open
Final
Champion	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Runner-up	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Score	6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	64 (6 WC )
Seeds	16
Events
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Kim Clijsters played her last women's doubles match before retiring at these championships. Playing with Kirsten Flipkens, she lost to Zhang Shuai and Chuang Chia-jung in the first round.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci defeated Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the title.

Seeds

1.   Liezel Huber /   Lisa Raymond (third round)
2.   Sara Errani /   Roberta Vinci (champions)
3.   Andrea Hlaváčková /   Lucie Hradecká (final)
4.   Maria Kirilenko /   Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals)
5.   Vania King /   Yaroslava Shvedova (third round)
6.   Ekaterina Makarova /   Elena Vesnina (third round)
7.   Katarina Srebotnik /   Zheng Jie (first round)
8.   Nuria Llagostera Vives /   María José Martínez Sánchez (semifinals)
9.   Raquel Kops-Jones /   Abigail Spears (third round)
10.   Iveta Benešová /   Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (second round)
11.   Julia Görges /   Květa Peschke (quarterfinals)
12.   Anastasia Rodionova /   Galina Voskoboeva (second round)
13.   Bethanie Mattek-Sands/   Sania Mirza (third round)
14.   Natalie Grandin /   Vladimíra Uhlířová (third round)
15.   Klaudia Jans-Ignacik /   Kristina Mladenovic (second round)
16.   Hsieh Su-wei /   Anabel Medina Garrigues (semifinals)

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

Final rounds

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	16	Hsieh Su-wei   Anabel Medina Garrigues	6	6
		Chuang Chia-jung   Zhang Shuai	2	1
								16	Hsieh Su-wei   Anabel Medina Garrigues	6^2	4
								3	Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká	7^7	6
	3	Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká	6	6
		Sabine Lisicki   Peng Shuai	3	1
															3	Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká	4	2
															2	Sara Errani   Roberta Vinci	6	6
	8	Nuria Llagostera Vives   María José Martínez Sánchez	7	3	7^7
	4	Maria Kirilenko   Nadia Petrova	5	6	6^5
								8	Nuria Llagostera Vives   María José Martínez Sánchez	3	2
								2	Sara Errani   Roberta Vinci	6	6
	11	Julia Görges   Květa Peschke	2	6^2
	2	Sara Errani   Roberta Vinci	6	7^7

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	L Huber   L Raymond	6	6^8	6
		E Daniilidou   C Dellacqua	4	7^10	4			1	L Huber   L Raymond	6	7
		J Gajdošová   A Rosolska	6^3	7^7	7				J Gajdošová   A Rosolska	2	5
		O Govortsova   A Kudryavtseva	7^7	6^5	5										1	L Huber   L Raymond	4	6	4
		V Dushevina   T Tanasugarn	6	6											16	S-w Hsieh   A Medina Garrigues	6	2	6
		S Foretz Gacon   M Lučić	4	1					V Dushevina   T Tanasugarn	4	4
		M Krajicek   P Parmentier	4	0				16	S-w Hsieh   A Medina Garrigues	6	6
	16	S-w Hsieh   A Medina Garrigues	6	6																		16	S-w Hsieh   A Medina Garrigues	6	6
	10	I Benešová   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	6																			C-j Chuang   S Zhang	2	1
		K Bertens   A Rus	3	3				10	I Benešová   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	2	3
		I-C Begu   A Cornet	6	4	3				A Kerber   T Paszek	6	6
		A Kerber   T Paszek	0	6	6											A Kerber   T Paszek	7^9	5	0
	WC	K Clijsters   K Flipkens	3	4												C-j Chuang   S Zhang	6^7	7	6
		C-j Chuang   S Zhang	6	6					C-j Chuang   S Zhang	7	7
		E Birnerová   R Oprandi	6	7					E Birnerová   R Oprandi	5	5
	7	K Srebotnik   J Zheng	4	5

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	6	6
		M Czink   Á Szávay	2	4				3	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	7^7	6
		M Barthel   T Malek	2	6	6				M Barthel   T Malek	6^1	3
		J Janković   B Jovanovski	6	1	4										3	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	6	6
	WC	S Crawford   A Kiick	6	6^4	4										14	N Grandin   V Uhlířová	3	3
		L Dekmeijere   M Jugić-Salkić	3	7^7	6				L Dekmeijere   M Jugić-Salkić	2	3
		H-c Chan   Y-j Chan	6^4	1				14	N Grandin   V Uhlířová	6	6
	14	N Grandin   V Uhlířová	7^7	6																		3	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	6	6
	12	A Rodionova   G Voskoboeva	7^7	3	6																		S Lisicki   S Peng	3	1
		A-L Grönefeld   P Martić	6^5	6	4			12	A Rodionova   G Voskoboeva	2	1
		S Lisicki   S Peng	6	6					S Lisicki   S Peng	6	6
		S Pe'er   L Robson	0	3												S Lisicki   S Peng	6	3	6
	WC	M Keys   J Pegula	6	6											6	E Makarova   E Vesnina	2	6	4
		A Amanmuradova   M Niculescu	2	2				WC	M Keys   J Pegula	3	6	6^4
		M Erakovic   H Watson	2^r					6	E Makarova   E Vesnina	6	4	7^7
	6	E Makarova   E Vesnina	3

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	N Llagostera Vives   MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6
		A Pavlyuchenkova   L Šafářová	4	4				8	N Llagostera Vives   MJ Martínez Sánchez	6^5	6	6
		S Soler Espinosa   C Suárez Navarro	6	6					S Soler Espinosa   C Suárez Navarro	7^7	2	4
	WC	G Min   M Oudin	1	4											8	N Llagostera Vives   MJ Martínez Sánchez	3	7^7	7
		T Babos   S Stephens	7	4	2										9	R Kops-Jones   A Spears	6	6^2	5
		J Husárová   M Rybáriková	5	6	6				J Husárová   M Rybáriková	2	4
		D Cibulková   D Hantuchová	6	1	2			9	R Kops-Jones   A Spears	6	6
	9	R Kops-Jones   A Spears	4	6	6																	8	N Llagostera Vives   MJ Martínez Sánchez	7	3	7^7
	15	K Jans-Ignacik   K Mladenovic	6	6																		4	M Kirilenko   N Petrova	5	6	6^5
		S Arvidsson   J Larsson	4	4				15	K Jans-Ignacik   K Mladenovic	4	0
	Alt	L Lee-Waters   M Moulton-Levy	4	0				WC	S Williams   V Williams	6	6
	WC	S Williams   V Williams	6	6											WC	S Williams   V Williams	1	4
		A Cadanțu   M Johansson	2	3											4	M Kirilenko   N Petrova	6	6
	WC	I Falconi   M Sanchez	6	6				WC	I Falconi   M Sanchez	0	7	5
		A Keothavong   A Tatishvili	0	3				4	M Kirilenko   N Petrova	6	5	7
	4	M Kirilenko   N Petrova	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	5	V King   Y Shvedova	6	6
		P Hercog   A Klepač	0	1				5	V King   Y Shvedova	6^1	7^7	6
		Ka Plíšková   Kr Plíšková	2	4					N Bratchikova   A Panova	7^7	6^4	4
		N Bratchikova   A Panova	6	6											5	V King   Y Shvedova	4	2
		S Halep   O Savchuk	3	0											11	J Görges   K Peschke	6	6
		R Voráčová   K Zakopalová	6	6					R Voráčová   K Zakopalová	3	4
		K Date-Krumm   A Wozniak	1	3				11	J Görges   K Peschke	6	6
	11	J Görges   K Peschke	6	6																		11	J Görges   K Peschke	2	6^2
	13	B Mattek-Sands   S Mirza	6	6																		2	S Errani   R Vinci	6	7^7
		A Brianti   S Cîrstea	1	1				13	B Mattek-Sands   S Mirza	6	6
		K Bondarenko   T Pironkova	2	6	4				D Jurak   K Marosi	4	2
		D Jurak   K Marosi	6	3	6										13	B Mattek-Sands   S Mirza	4	7^9	2
		M Minella   A Petkovic	3	6	3										2	S Errani   R Vinci	6	6^7	6
		J Craybas   C Scheepers	6	3	6				J Craybas   C Scheepers	4	2
		V Lepchenko   S Zheng	4	5				2	S Errani   R Vinci	6	6
	2	S Errani   R Vinci	6	7

References

External links

• 2012 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation