2012 China Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2012 China Open
Champions	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Runners-up	Nuria Llagostera Vives Sania Mirza
Final score	7–5, 7–5

Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Peschke partnered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, but lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova. Srebotnik played alongside Zheng Jie, but lost in the semifinals to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sania Mirza.
Third seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Llagostera Vives and Mirza in the final by the score of 7–5, 7–5.

Seeds

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

1. Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (Withdrew, due to left thigh injury for Errani)
2. Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (Semifinals)
3. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (Champions)
4. Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova (Second round)
5. Nuria Llagostera Vives / Sania Mirza (Final)
6. Katarina Srebotnik / Zheng Jie (Semifinals)
7. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (Quarterfinals)
8. Raquel Kops-Jones / Abigail Spears (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	6	Katarina Srebotnik   Zheng Jie	5	1
	5	Nuria Llagostera Vives   Sania Mirza	7	6
								5	Nuria Llagostera Vives   Sania Mirza	5	5
								3	Ekaterina Makarova   Elena Vesnina	7	7
	3	Ekaterina Makarova   Elena Vesnina	6	7
	2	Maria Kirilenko   Nadia Petrova	4	5

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							Alt	W Liu   S Sun	4	6^5
	T Babos   M Minella	2	2					V Dushevina   A Rosolska	6	7^7
	V Dushevina   A Rosolska	6	6												V Dushevina   A Rosolska	3	3
	N Grandin   V Uhlířová	4	3											6	K Srebotnik   J Zheng	6	6
	C-j Chuang   S Zhang	6	6					C-j Chuang   S Zhang	5	4
	D Cibulková   J Husárová	5	4				6	K Srebotnik   J Zheng	7	6
6	K Srebotnik   J Zheng	7	6																		6	K Srebotnik   J Zheng	5	1
																					5	N Llagostera Vives   S Mirza	7	6
							4	V King   Y Shvedova	6^6	2
	L Raymond   S Stosur	6^4	6	[6]				J Görges   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	7^8	6
	J Görges   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	7^7	4	[10]											J Görges   B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	4	[14]
	A Tatishvili   G Voskoboeva	7^7	2	[4]										5	N Llagostera Vives   S Mirza	4	6	[16]
	T Bacsinszky   MJ Martínez Sánchez	6^1	6	[10]				T Bacsinszky   MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	3	[9]
	P Martić   H Watson	3	4				5	N Llagostera Vives   S Mirza	4	6	[11]
5	N Llagostera Vives   S Mirza	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
8	R Kops-Jones   A Spears	6^3	6	[10]
Alt	C Castaño   V Razzano	7^7	4	[5]			8	R Kops-Jones   A Spears	4	7^7	[10]
	O Govortsova   M Niculescu	3	2					D Hantuchová   S Peng	6	6^4	[6]
	D Hantuchová   S Peng	6	6											8	R Kops-Jones   A Spears	4	6	[1]
WC	H Tang   R Tian	3	6	[13]										3	E Makarova   E Vesnina	6	3	[10]
WC	Z Yan   S Zheng	6	1	[11]			WC	H Tang   R Tian	2	3
							3	E Makarova   E Vesnina	6	6
																					3	E Makarova   E Vesnina	6	7
7	A-L Grönefeld   K Peschke	6	6																		2	M Kirilenko   N Petrova	4	5
	A Cornet   K Date-Krumm	3	1				7	A-L Grönefeld   K Peschke	7	6
	C Dellacqua   K Jans-Ignacik	1	1					S-w Hsieh   A Medina Garrigues	5	4
	S-w Hsieh   A Medina Garrigues	6	6											7	A-L Grönefeld   K Peschke	6^5	7^7	[6]
WC	J Janković   A Petkovic	6	6											2	M Kirilenko   N Petrova	7^7	6^4	[10]
	D Jurak   K Marosi	3	1				WC	J Janković   A Petkovic	3	6	[6]
							2	M Kirilenko   N Petrova	6	3	[10]

References

• Main Draw