2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
2012 Sony Ericsson Open
Champion	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek
Runner-up	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor
Final score	3–6, 6–1, [10–8]

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but this year Bhupathi played with Rohan Bopanna and Paes, who also won the tournament in 2010, played with Radek Štěpánek.
Bhupathi and Bopanna were defeated in the semifinals by Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor, who were then defeated in the final by Paes and Štěpánek 3–6, 6–1, [10–8].

Seeds

1. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (Semifinals)
2. Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor (Final)
3. Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić (Quarterfinals)
4. Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău (First round)
5. Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (First round)
6. Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna (Semifinals)
7. Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek (Champions)
8. František Čermák / Filip Polášek (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	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan	4	4
	7	Leander Paes   Radek Štěpánek	6	6
								7	Leander Paes   Radek Štěpánek	3	6	[10]
								2	Max Mirnyi   Daniel Nestor	6	1	[8]
	6	Mahesh Bhupathi   Rohan Bopanna	2	4
	2	Max Mirnyi   Daniel Nestor	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
1	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	6
WC	P Hanley   B Tomic	3	2				1	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	6
	M Melo   J Mónaco	6	3	[14]				M Melo   J Mónaco	3	4
WC	J Blake   R Harrison	3	6	[12]										1	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	6
	A-u-H Qureshi   J-J Rojer	6	6												D Bracciali   JS Cabal	3	1
	P Andújar   C Berlocq	1	4					A-u-H Qureshi   J-J Rojer	2	6^7
	D Bracciali   JS Cabal	7^7	6					D Bracciali   JS Cabal	6	7^9
8	F Čermák   F Polášek	6^5	4																		1	B Bryan   M Bryan	4	4
4	R Lindstedt   H Tecău	6^5	2																		7	L Paes   R Štěpánek	6	6
	D Marrero   F Verdasco	7^7	6					D Marrero   F Verdasco	7	6
	F López   M López	6	6					F López   M López	5	4
	F Mayer   V Troicki	2	2												D Marrero   F Verdasco	6^6	4
	C Fleming   R Hutchins	6	7^7											7	L Paes   R Štěpánek	7^8	6
	M Fish   M Knowles	1	6^5					C Fleming   R Hutchins	4	3
	M Baghdatis   S Querrey	2	6^3				7	L Paes   R Štěpánek	6	6
7	L Paes   R Štěpánek	6	7^7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	7	6
	J Melzer   J Murray	5	3				6	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	6	6
	M Čilić   I Karlović	1	3					M Granollers   R Nadal	4	3
	M Granollers   R Nadal	6	6											6	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	2	6	[10]
	N Mahut   G Simon	6	2	[7]										3	M Llodra   N Zimonjić	6	3	[8]
	K Anderson   M Raonic	4	6	[10]				K Anderson   M Raonic	1^r
	A Dolgopolov   X Malisse	3	6^4				3	M Llodra   N Zimonjić	2
3	M Llodra   N Zimonjić	6	7^7																		6	M Bhupathi   R Bopanna	2	4
5	M Fyrstenberg   M Matkowski	3	2																		2	M Mirnyi   D Nestor	6	6
	Ł Kubot   J Tipsarević	6	6					Ł Kubot   J Tipsarević	6	6
	T Berdych   L Dlouhý	5	1					S González   S Lipsky	0	3
	S González   S Lipsky	7	6												Ł Kubot   J Tipsarević	1	4
	O Marach   A Peya	7^7	7^7											2	M Mirnyi   D Nestor	6	6
	N Almagro   T Bellucci	6^5	6^5					O Marach   A Peya	5	1
	E Butorac   B Soares	3	6^4				2	M Mirnyi   D Nestor	7	6
2	M Mirnyi   D Nestor	6	7^7

References

• Main Draw