2012 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2012 Mutua Madrid Open
Champions	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
Runners-up	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Final score	6–1, 3–6, [10–4]

Main article: 2012 Mutua Madrid Open

Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko were the defending champions but Azarenka chose not to participate in doubles this year.
Kirilenko played with Nadia Petrova but lost in the semifinals to eventual champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. Vinci and Errani won the title after defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final by 6–1, 3–6, [10–4] to win their first ever WTA tier I tournament.

Seeds

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

1. Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (second round)
2. Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)
3. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (second round)
4. Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (semifinals)
5. Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (champions)
6. Sania Mirza / Anastasia Rodionova (first round)
7. Yaroslava Shvedova / Galina Voskoboeva (quarterfinals)
8. Iveta Benešová / Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (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
	5	Sara Errani  Roberta Vinci	7	64	[10]
	4	Maria Kirilenko  Nadia Petrova	5	77	[5]
								5	Sara Errani  Roberta Vinci	6	3	[10]
								Ekaterina Makarova  Elena Vesnina		1	6	[4]
		Ekaterina Makarova  Elena Vesnina	6	77
	Nuria Llagostera Vives  María José Martínez Sánchez		4	64

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Huber  L Raymond	6	66	[13]
		N Grandin  V Uhlířová	3	78	[7]			WC	D Cibulková  J Husárová	4	78	[15]
	WC	D Cibulková  J Husárová	6	66	[10]										WC	D Cibulková  J Husárová	4	5
	WC	A Pavlyuchenkova  L Šafářová	6	77											5	S Errani  R Vinci	6	7
		S Pe'er  I-C Begu	3	63				WC	A Pavlyuchenkova  L Šafářová	1	3
		K Jans-Ignacik  A Kudryavtseva	4	3				5	S Errani  R Vinci	6	6
	5	S Errani  R Vinci	6	6																		5	S Errani  R Vinci	7	64	[10]
																						4	M Kirilenko  N Petrova	5	77	[5]
								4	M Kirilenko  N Petrova	6	6
		M Erakovic  M Niculescu	w/o						M Erakovic  M Niculescu	3	2
		P Hercog  V King													4	M Kirilenko  N Petrova	6	6
		S Kuznetsova  A Radwańska	5	3											7	Y Shvedova  G Voskoboeva	1	2
		A Medina Garrigues  A Parra Santonja	7	6					A Medina Garrigues  A Parra Santonja	3	2
		R Kops-Jones  A Spears	3	5				7	Y Shvedova  G Voskoboeva	6	6
	7	Y Shvedova  G Voskoboeva	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	S Mirza  A Rodionova	3	2
		A-L Grönefeld  S Zhang	6	6					A-L Grönefeld  S Zhang	64	3
		A Klepač  A Rosolska	2	5					G Dulko  P Suárez	77	6
		G Dulko  P Suárez	6	7												G Dulko  P Suárez	77	2	[5]
		J Gajdošová  S Peng	4	5												E Makarova  E Vesnina	65	6	[10]
		E Makarova  E Vesnina	6	7					E Makarova  E Vesnina	6	6
								3	A Hlaváčková  L Hradecká	3	2
																							E Makarova  E Vesnina	6	77
	8	I Benešová  B Záhlavová-Strýcová	2	6	[6]																		N Llagostera Vives  MJ Martínez Sánchez	4	64
		S-w Hsieh  J Zheng	6	1	[10]				S-w Hsieh  J Zheng	4	4
	WC	L Domínguez Lino  L Pous Tió	0	1					N Llagostera Vives  MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6
		N Llagostera Vives  MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6												N Llagostera Vives  MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6
		J Görges  S Stosur	6	6											2	K Peschke  K Srebotnik	3	4
	WC	S Soler Espinosa  C Suárez Navarro	3	2					J Görges  S Stosur	2	6	[7]
								2	K Peschke  K Srebotnik	6	3	[10]

References

• Main Draw