2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Champions	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Runners-up	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Final score	6–2, 7–5

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

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

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	6^8												E Makarova   E Vesnina	6	6
	E Makarova   E Vesnina	7	7^10					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	6^3
	J Hampton   A Tatishvili	1	6	[11]				J Hampton   A Tatishvili	6	7^7
	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

References

• Main Draw