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Defending gold medalists Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States successfully defended their title beating the Czech Republic s Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the final 6 4 6 4 to win the gold medal in Women s Doubles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics With the victory the Williams sisters claimed their third gold medal in doubles and also became the first players in tennis history to win four Olympic golds with the pairing also winning the doubles gold in 2000 and 2008 and Venus winning the 2000 singles and Serena winning the 2012 singles events 1 In the bronze medal match Russia s Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova defeated the United States Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond 4 6 6 4 6 1 Women s doublesTennis at the 2012 Summer OlympicsFinalChampionsSerena Williams Venus WilliamsRunners upAndrea Hlavackova Lucie HradeckaScore6 4 6 4EventsSingles men womenDoubles men women mixedQualification 2008 Summer Olympics 2016 Women s doubles tennisat the Games of the XXX OlympiadVenueAll England Club WimbledonDate28 July to 5 August 2012Competitors62 from 21 nationsMedalistsSerena WilliamsVenus Williams United StatesAndrea Hlavackova Lucie Hradecka Czech RepublicMaria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova Russia 20082016 Main article Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics Centre Court Wimbledon 2009 The tournament was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon London of the United Kingdom All matches were the best of three sets with tie breaks used for the first two sets of each match 2 Contents 1 Calendar 2 Seeds 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 4 Bottom half 4 ReferencesCalendar EditJuly August28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 511 30 11 30 11 30 11 30 11 30 11 30 12 00 12 00 12 00Round of 32 Round of 32Round of 16 Round of 16 Round of 16Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal matchGold medal matchSeeds EditThe top seeded team received a bye into the second round Liezel Huber USA Lisa Raymond USA semifinals fourth place Sara Errani ITA Roberta Vinci ITA quarterfinals Maria Kirilenko RUS Nadia Petrova RUS semifinals bronze medalists Andrea Hlavackova CZE Lucie Hradecka CZE final silver medalists Angelique Kerber GER Sabine Lisicki GER second round Ekaterina Makarova RUS Elena Vesnina RUS quarterfinals Flavia Pennetta ITA Francesca Schiavone ITA second round Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP second round Draw EditKey Edit INV Tripartite invitation IP ITF place Alt Alternate w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted Finals Edit Semi finalsFinal 1 Liezel Huber USA Lisa Raymond USA 1624 Andrea Hlavackova CZE Lucie Hradecka CZE 6774 Andrea Hlavackova CZE Lucie Hradecka CZE 44 Serena Williams USA Venus Williams USA 663 Maria Kirilenko RUS Nadia Petrova RUS 54 Serena Williams USA Venus Williams USA 76Bronze medal match1 Liezel Huber USA Lisa Raymond USA 6413 Maria Kirilenko RUS Nadia Petrova RUS 466Top half Edit First roundSecond roundQuarter finalsSemi finals1 L Huber USA L Raymond USA 677 A Radwanska POL U Radwanska POL 66 A Radwanska POL U Radwanska POL 463 D Cibulkova SVK D Hantuchova SVK 211 L Huber USA L Raymond USA 66 J Gorges GER A L Gronefeld GER 666 E Makarova RUS E Vesnina RUS 33IP E Baltacha GBR A Keothavong GBR 31 J Gorges GER A L Gronefeld GER 21 J Gajdosova AUS A Rodionova AUS 146 E Makarova RUS E Vesnina RUS 666 E Makarova RUS E Vesnina RUS 661 L Huber USA L Raymond USA 1624 A Hlavackova CZE L Hradecka CZE 66564 A Hlavackova CZE L Hradecka CZE 677IP T Babos HUN A Szavay HUN 17724 A Hlavackova CZE L Hradecka CZE 66 N Li CHN S Zhang CHN 66 N Li CHN S Zhang CHN 31 G Dulko ARG P Suarez ARG 424 A Hlavackova CZE L Hradecka CZE 66IP R Chakravarthi IND S Mirza IND 161IP C j Chuang TPE S w Hsieh TPE 34IP C j Chuang TPE S w Hsieh TPE 636IP C j Chuang TPE S w Hsieh TPE 6376 A Medina Garrigues ESP A Parra Santonja ESP 6447 F Pennetta ITA F Schiavone ITA 77547 F Pennetta ITA F Schiavone ITA 776Bottom half Edit First roundSecond roundQuarter finalsSemi finals8 N Llagostera Vives ESP MJ Martinez Sanchez ESP 66 C Dellacqua AUS S Stosur AUS 118 N Llagostera Vives ESP MJ Martinez Sanchez ESP 42 S Peng CHN J Zheng CHN 6636 S Peng CHN J Zheng CHN 66IP A Cornet FRA K Mladenovic FRA 1773 S Peng CHN J Zheng CHN 5774 Y Shvedova KAZ G Voskoboeva KAZ 663 M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova RUS 7646IP S Dubois CAN A Wozniak CAN 20 Y Shvedova KAZ G Voskoboeva KAZ 32 K Jans Ignacik POL A Rosolska POL 77323 M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova RUS 663 M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova RUS 65663 M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova RUS 545 A Kerber GER S Lisicki GER 166 S Williams USA V Williams USA 76IP L Robson GBR H Watson GBR 6435 A Kerber GER S Lisicki GER 25 S Cirstea ROU S Halep ROU 32 S Williams USA V Williams USA 67 S Williams USA V Williams USA 66 S Williams USA V Williams USA 66IP M Chakhnashvili GEO A Tatishvili GEO 60622 S Errani ITA R Vinci ITA 11 A Klepac SLO K Srebotnik SLO 7736 A Klepac SLO K Srebotnik SLO 564 P Cetkovska CZE L Safarova CZE 232 S Errani ITA R Vinci ITA 7462 S Errani ITA R Vinci ITA 66References EditWomen s Doubles Draw Day 9 Williams sisters make history with doubles gold Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Archived from the original on 6 August 2012 Retrieved 5 August 2012 Tennis About Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Archived from the original on 4 December 2012 Retrieved 7 July 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women 27s doubles amp oldid 1154777038, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
