2012 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2012 Italian Open
Champions	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Runners-up	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Score	6–2, 7–5
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Main article: 2012 Italian Open (tennis)

Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie were the defending champions but decided not to defend the title together.
Peng chose to play with Sabine Lisicki while Zheng played with Hsieh Su-wei. Both lost in the first round.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title by defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6–2, 7–5 in the final.

Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.

1. Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (semifinals)
2. Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
3. Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (champions)
4. Andrea Hlaváčková / Anastasia Rodionova (withdrew because of a right thigh injury for Hlaváčková)
5. Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals)
6. Julia Görges / Vania King (second round)
7. Natalie Grandin / Vladimíra Uhlířová (second round)
8. Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Liezel Huber  Lisa Raymond	1	3
	3	Sara Errani  Roberta Vinci	6	6
								3	Sara Errani  Roberta Vinci	6	7
									Ekaterina Makarova  Elena Vesnina	2	5
		Ekaterina Makarova  Elena Vesnina	6	6
		Jamie Hampton  Anna Tatishvili	3	3

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Huber  L Raymond	6	6
		B Mattek-Sands  S Mirza	6	6					B Mattek-Sands  S Mirza	1	3
		M Erakovic  M Niculescu	2	1											1	L Huber  L Raymond	w/o
	WC	N Burnett  A Virgili	2	2												D Cibulková  J Husárová
		D Cibulková  J Husárová	6	6					D Cibulková  J Husárová	6	6
		T Bacsinszky  A Brianti	0	2				7	N Grandin  V Uhlířová	3	2
	7	N Grandin  V Uhlířová	6	6																		1	L Huber  L Raymond	1	3
																						3	S Errani  R Vinci	6	6
								3	S Errani  R Vinci	6	6
		G Dulko  P Suárez	6	6					G Dulko  P Suárez	3	4
		S Arvidsson  J Gajdošová	4	2											3	S Errani  R Vinci	7	6
		I Benešová  A Medina Garrigues	6	6											5	M Kirilenko  N Petrova	5	2
		A Klepač  A Rosolska	0	1					I Benešová  A Medina Garrigues	2	5
		O Govortsova  G Voskoboeva	3	3				5	M Kirilenko  N Petrova	6	7
	5	M Kirilenko  N Petrova	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	R Kops-Jones  A Spears	3	1
		K-c Chang  V Dushevina	6	6					K-c Chang  V Dushevina	3	6	[10]
	WC	ME Camerin  K Knapp	w/o					WC	ME Camerin  K Knapp	6	1	[5]
		S Lisicki  S Peng														K-c Chang  V Dushevina	2	2
		N Llagostera Vives  MJ Martínez Sánchez	5	68												E Makarova  E Vesnina	6	6
		E Makarova  E Vesnina	7	710					E Makarova  E Vesnina	6	6
								Alt	J Craybas  S Stephens	4	2
																							E Makarova  E Vesnina	6	6
	6	J Görges  V King	7	6																			J Hampton  A Tatishvili	3	3
		K Jans-Ignacik  A Kudryavtseva	5	2				6	J Görges  V King	3	63
		J Hampton  A Tatishvili	1	6	[11]				J Hampton  A Tatishvili	6	77
		S-w Hsieh  J Zheng	6	3	[9]											J Hampton  A Tatishvili	w/o
		A-L Grönefeld  P Martić	3	4												F Pennetta  F Schiavone
		F Pennetta  F Schiavone	6	6					F Pennetta  F Schiavone	6	6
								2	K Peschke  K Srebotnik	2	4

External links

• WTA tournament draws