title: 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles
text: # 2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles
  
  2012 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles was a professional tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California.
  
  Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond defeated the defending champions Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina 6–2, 6–3 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (champions)
  * Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina (final)
  * Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (semifinals)
  * Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (second round)
  * Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)
  * Anabel Medina Garrigues / Flavia Pennetta (first round)
  * Nuria Llagostera Vives / Arantxa Parra Santonja (second round)
  * Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Vania King (second round, withdrew because of an illness contracted by King)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | 1 | 2 | | 1 | Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | 2 | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 2 | 3 |
  | 3 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 7 | 5 | [3] | 2 | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 2 | 3 |
  | 2 | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 5 | 7 | [10] | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Makarova J Zheng | 3 | 5 | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 5 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Erakovic M Niculescu | 4 | $7^7$ | [11] | | M Erakovic M Niculescu | 7 | 5 | [3] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Govortsova A Rodionova | 6 | $6^4$ | [9] | | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | |
  | | A Kudryavtseva J Wöhr | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | J Gajdošová B Mattek-Sands | 4 | 6 | [5] | | | | |
  | | J Gajdošová B Mattek-Sands | 7 | 6 | | | J Gajdošová B Mattek-Sands | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Date-Krumm S Zhang | 3 | 4 | | 7 | N Llagostera Vives A Parra Santonja | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | N Llagostera Vives A Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 6 |
  | 4 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 1 | 2 |
  | WC | J Hampton C McHale | $6^5$ | 4 | | 4 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 4 | 5 | | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
  | | C Dellacqua S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Dellacqua S Stosur | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | |
  | | A Klepač A Rosolska | 2 | 0 | | | C Dellacqua S Stosur | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C-j Chuang G Voskoboeva | 5 | 6 | [9] | 8 | A-L Grönefeld V King | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | A-L Grönefeld V King | 7 | 3 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Bratchikova K Peschke | 4 | 5 | | 5 | S Errani R Vinci | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | V Azarenka P Kvitová | 6 | 6 | | WC | V Azarenka P Kvitová | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | S Errani R Vinci | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
  | | J Görges S Lisicki | 6 | $6^2$ | [10] | | | | | | 3 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
  | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 2 | $7^7$ | [7] | | J Görges S Lisicki | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Jans-Ignacik K Mladenovic | 3 | 3 | | 3 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 7 | 5 | [3] |
  | 6 | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 3 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 5 | 7 | [10] |
  | WC | G Dulko P Suárez | 6 | 3 | [10] | WC | G Dulko P Suárez | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | E Daniilidou J Janković | 2 | 6 | [7] | | I-C Begu MJ Martínez Sánchez | $3^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I-C Begu MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | WC | G Dulko P Suárez | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | S Kuznetsova V Zvonareva | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | T Bacsinszky A Brianti | 6 | 6 | | | T Bacsinszky A Brianti | 1 | 6 | [2] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Dushevina S Pe'er | 5 | 2 | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  