2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Wheelchair Women's Doubles
2012 Australian Open
and the Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Champion Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Netherlands Sharon Walraven
Runner-up Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Netherlands Marjolein Buis
Final score 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Main article: 2012 Australian Open

The 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles[1][2] is a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic men tennis players, which is part of the NEC Tour. The tournament takes place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 January to 28 January 2012, it is the 10th edition of the Australian Open women's wheelchair event and the first Grand Slam event of 2012. The tournament is played on Plexicushion Prestige AO hard courts, which is rated a medium-fast pace by the ITF. The competition is organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.

Esther Vergeer and Sharon Walraven were the defending champions and confirmed their title.[3][4]

Seeds

  1. Netherlands Esther Vergeer / Netherlands Sharon Walraven (Champions)
  2. Netherlands Aniek van Koot / Netherlands Marjolein Buis (Final)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1  Netherlands Esther Vergeer
 Netherlands Sharon Walraven
6 6    
   Germany Sabine Ellerbrock
 Japan Yui Kamiji
1 1    
  1  Netherlands Esther Vergeer
 Netherlands Sharon Walraven
4 6 6
  2  Netherlands Aniek van Koot
 Netherlands Marjolein Buis
6 2 4
   Belgium Annick Sevenans
 Australia Daniela di Toro
2 3  
  2  Netherlands Aniek van Koot
 Netherlands Marjolein Buis
6 6    

External links

References

  1. itftennis.com Australien open Wheelchair championships preview
  2. Australian open
  3. Australian Open Wheelchair results beta.ITFtennis.com
  4. Results Women Wheelchair Doubles www.australianopen.com
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