title: 2012 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles
text: # 2012 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles
  
  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.
  
  * Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (second round)
  * Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)
  * Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (second round)
  * Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (semifinals)
  * Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (champions)
  * Sania Mirza / Anastasia Rodionova (first round)
  * Yaroslava Shvedova / Galina Voskoboeva (quarterfinals)
  * 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
  * 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 | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 7 | $6^4$ | [10] | | | | | |
  | 4 | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova | 5 | $7^7$ | [5] | | | | | |
  | 4 | Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova | 5 | $7^7$ | [5] | 5 | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 6 | 3 | [10] |
  | | | | | | | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 1 | 6 | [4] |
  | | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 6 | $7^7$ | | | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 1 | 6 | [4] |
  | | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 4 | $6^4$ | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | $6^6$ | [13] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 3 | $7^8$ | [7] | WC | D Cibulková J Husárová | 4 | $7^8$ | [15] | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | D Cibulková J Husárová | 6 | $6^6$ | [10] | | | | | | WC | D Cibulková J Husárová | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
  | WC | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 5 | S Errani R Vinci | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | | S Pe'er I-C Begu | 3 | $6^3$ | | 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 | $6^4$ | [10] |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 5 | $7^7$ | [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 | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | S Mirza A Rodionova | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A-L Grönefeld S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | A-L Grönefeld S Zhang | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Klepač A Rosolska | 2 | 5 | | | G Dulko P Suárez | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Dulko P Suárez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | G Dulko P Suárez | $7^7$ | 2 | [5] | | | |
  | | J Gajdošová S Peng | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | E Makarova E Vesnina | $6^5$ | 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 | $7^7$ |
  | 8 | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 2 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | N Llagostera Vives MJ Martínez Sánchez | 4 | $6^4$ |
  | | 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] | | | | | | | | |
  