2012 China Open – Women's doubles

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

Draw[]

Key[]

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	65
		T Babos M Minella	2	2					V Dushevina A Rosolska	6	77
		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	66	2
		L Raymond S Stosur	64	6	[6]				J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová	78	6
		J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová	77	4	[10]											J Görges B Záhlavová-Strýcová	6	4	[14]
		A Tatishvili G Voskoboeva	77	2	[4]										5	N Llagostera Vives S Mirza	4	6	[16]
		T Bacsinszky MJ Martínez Sánchez	61	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	63	6	[10]
	Alt	C Castaño V Razzano	77	4	[5]			8	R Kops-Jones A Spears	4	77	[10]
		O Govortsova M Niculescu	3	2					D Hantuchová S Peng	6	64	[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	65	77	[6]
	WC	J Janković A Petkovic	6	6											2	M Kirilenko N Petrova	77	64	[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