title: 2012 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles
text: # 2012 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles
  
  Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, but King decided not to participate. Shvedova played alongside Katarina Srebotnik, but they lost in the semifinals to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Makarova and Vesnina won the final 6–3, 1–6, [10–8] against Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (champions)
  * Maria Kirilenko / Nadia Petrova (final)
  * Nuria Llagostera Vives / Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)
  * Yaroslava Shvedova / Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 0 | 4 | | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Frolova M Gasparyan | 1 | 0 | | | A Rodionova G Voskoboeva | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Rodionova G Voskoboeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | 4 | Y Shvedova K Srebotnik | 7 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | Y Shvedova K Srebotnik | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | A Pavlyuchenkova L Šafářová | 5 | 6 | [5] | 4 | Y Shvedova K Srebotnik | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Craybas E Hrdinová | 3 | 4 | | | D Jurak K Marosi | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Jurak K Marosi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 1 | [10] |
  | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 6 | 1 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 3 | 6 | [8] |
  | | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 3 | 6 | [9] | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Kustova O Savchuk | 3 | 7 | [6] | 3 | N Llagostera Vives S Mirza | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | N Llagostera Vives S Mirza | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | L Lee-Waters M Moulton-Levy | $7^9$ | $6^5$ | [10] | | | | | | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | A Cornet A Rosolska | $6^7$ | $7^7$ | [5] | | L Lee-Waters M Moulton-Levy | 1 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | 4 | 6 | [9] | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | M Kirilenko N Petrova | 6 | 4 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  