2012 Australian Open – Women's doubles

April 2026 January 2012 January 2012 2012 Australian Open RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS Vera Zvonareva ITA Sara ErraniITA Roberta Vinci 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 64 16 Australian Open – Women's doubles Australian Open – Women's doubles 2012 Australian Open Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva defeated Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2012 Australian Open.https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/aus12/story/_/id/7509192/svetlana-kuznetsova-vera-zvonareva-win-australian-open-women-doubles Kuznetsova, Zvonareva take title ESPN 16 July 2025 Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were the defending champions, but lost to Kuznetsova and Zvonareva in the third round. Seeds 30em CZE Květa Peschke / SLO Katarina Srebotnik (second round, retired) USA Liezel Huber / USA Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals) USA Vania King / KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals) ARG Gisela Dulko / ITA Flavia Pennetta (third round) RUS Maria Kirilenko / RUS Nadia Petrova (third round, retired) IND Sania Mirza / RUS Elena Vesnina (semifinals) CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká (semifinals) SVK Daniela Hantuchová / POL Agnieszka Radwańska (third round) RSA Natalie Grandin / CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová (second round) CZE Iveta Benešová / CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (second round) ITA Sara Errani / ITA Roberta Vinci (final) AUS Jarmila Gajdošová / USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands (third round) ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives / ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja (second round) TPE Hsieh Su-wei / KAZ Galina Voskoboeva (second round) USA Raquel Kops-Jones / USA Abigail Spears (first round) RUS Vera Dushevina / ISR Shahar Pe'er (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175   RUS Alla KudryavtsevaRUS Ekaterina Makarova 3 1 11 ITA Sara ErraniITA Roberta Vinci 6 6 3 USA Vania KingKAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 5 2 7 CZE Andrea HlaváčkováCZE Lucie Hradecká 7 6   ROU Irina-Camelia BeguROU Monica Niculescu 5 3   RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS Vera Zvonareva 7 6 6 IND Sania MirzaRUS Elena Vesnina 6 5 78 2 USA Liezel HuberUSA Lisa Raymond 3 7 66 11 ITA Sara ErraniITA Roberta Vinci 5 7 6 7 CZE Andrea HlaváčkováCZE Lucie Hradecká 7 5 1   RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS Vera Zvonareva 77 2 6 6 IND Sania MirzaRUS Elena Vesnina 64 6 4 11 ITA Sara ErraniITA Roberta Vinci 7 4 3   RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS Vera Zvonareva 5 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 CZE K PeschkeSLO K Srebotnik 2 6 6 GER A KerberUSA C McHale 6 2 2 SRB B JovanovskiNED M Krajicek 61 6 3 RUS A KudryavtsevaRUS E Makarova 77 4 6 SLO P HercogCHN J Zheng 6 6 FRA M JohanssonFRA P Parmentier 2 2 SWE S ArvidssonSWE J Larsson 5 3 16 RUS V DushevinaISR S Pe'er 7 6 11 ITA S ErraniITA R Vinci 6 6 WC AUS T PattersonAUS S Sanders 0 0 AUS An RodionovaAUS Ar Rodionova 6 6 WC AUS S PeersAUS I Holland 2 1 CHN S PengITA F Schiavone 6 2r AUT T PaszekGER J Wöhr 3 5 GEO A TatishviliBLR 1995 A Yakimova 1 0 8 SVK D HantuchováPOL A Radwańska 6 6 1 CZE K PeschkeSLO K Srebotnik 2r RUS A KudryavtsevaRUS E Makarova 3 SLO P HercogCHN J Zheng 6 6 16 RUS V DushevinaISR S Pe'er 2 2 11 ITA S ErraniITA R Vinci 4 6 6 AUS An RodionovaAUS Ar Rodionova 6 4 3 AUT T PaszekGER J Wöhr 0 0 8 SVK D HantuchováPOL A Radwańska 6 6 RUS A KudryavtsevaRUS E Makarova 7 6 SLO P HercogCHN J Zheng 5 4 11 ITA S ErraniITA R Vinci 6 6 8 SVK D HantuchováPOL A Radwańska 4 2 RUS A KudryavtsevaRUS E Makarova 3 1 11 ITA S ErraniITA R Vinci 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 USA V KingKAZ Y Shvedova 1 6 6 GER K BarroisGER A-L Grönefeld 6 3 1 Alt LAT L DekmeijereRUS M Kondratieva 4 1 WC AUS S JonesAUS B Bobusic 6 6 GER M BarthelGBR A Keothavong 4 77 5 CRO P MartićFRA K Mladenovic 6 63 7 JPN K Date-KrummCHN S Zhang 2 1 14 TPE S-w HsiehKAZ G Voskoboeva 6 6 10 CZE I BenešováCZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 6 UZB A AmanmuradovaUKR M Koryttseva 4 1 KAZ K PervakUSA S Stephens 64 4 JPN R FujiwaraJPN A Morita 77 6 CZE P CetkovskáFRA S Foretz Gacon 6 6 WC AUS M AdamczakAUS O Rogowska 4 3 SVK M RybárikováCZE K Zakopalová 2 5 7 CZE A HlaváčkováCZE L Hradecká 6 7 3 USA V KingKAZ Y Shvedova 6 6 WC AUS S JonesAUS B Bobusic 1 0 CRO P MartićFRA K Mladenovic 61 7 6 14 TPE S-w HsiehKAZ G Voskoboeva 77 5 3 10 CZE I BenešováCZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 4 6 5 JPN R FujiwaraJPN A Morita 6 3 7 CZE P CetkovskáFRA S Foretz Gacon 5 3 7 CZE A HlaváčkováCZE L Hradecká 7 6 3 USA V KingKAZ Y Shvedova 6 2 6 CRO P MartićFRA K Mladenovic 2 6 2 JPN R FujiwaraJPN A Morita 3 6 2 7 CZE A HlaváčkováCZE L Hradecká 6 3 6 3 USA V KingKAZ Y Shvedova 5 2 7 CZE A HlaváčkováCZE L Hradecká 7 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 5 RUS M KirilenkoRUS N Petrova 6 4 6 THA T TanasugarnESP L Domínguez Lino 2 6 1 POL K Jans-IgnacikPOL U Radwańska 6 7 WC AUS D JefleaAUS V Rajicic 4 5 ROU S HalepNED A Rus 4 4 ROU I-C BeguROU M Niculescu 6 6 ROU S CîrsteaCZE L Šafářová 6 4 4 9 RSA N GrandinCZE V Uhlířová 2 6 6 15 USA R Kops-JonesUSA A Spears 1 6 3 GER J GörgesEST K Kanepi 6 4 6 RUS S KuznetsovaRUS V Zvonareva 77 6 FRA A CornetBLR O Govortsova 64 4 ESP S Soler-EspinosaESP C Suárez Navarro 6 77 TPE C-j ChuangNZL M Erakovic 3 62 USA I FalconiCAN R Marino 6 4 4 4 ARG G DulkoITA F Pennetta 3 6 6 5 RUS M KirilenkoRUS N Petrova 6 6 POL K Jans-IgnacikPOL U Radwańska 1 1 ROU I-C BeguROU M Niculescu 6 4 6 9 RSA N GrandinCZE V Uhlířová 1 6 3 GER J GörgesEST K Kanepi 0 3 RUS S KuznetsovaRUS V Zvonareva 6 6 ESP S Soler-EspinosaESP C Suárez Navarro 2 2 4 ARG G DulkoITA F Pennetta 6 6 5 RUS M KirilenkoRUS N Petrova 0r ROU I-C BeguROU M Niculescu 3 RUS S KuznetsovaRUS V Zvonareva 3 6 77 4 ARG G DulkoITA F Pennetta 6 3 64 ROU I-C BeguROU M Niculescu 5 3 RUS S KuznetsovaRUS V Zvonareva 7 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 IND S MirzaRUS E Vesnina 6 6 GRE E DaniilidouRUS A Panova 0 2 CZE E BirnerováITA A Brianti 6 6 WC AUS S BengsonAUS T Calderwood 4 4 WC AUS A BartyGBR L Robson 6 2 3 SVK D CibulkováUSA J Craybas 3 6 6 RUS N BratchikovaCRO D Jurak 6 3 2 12 AUS J GajdošováUSA B Mattek-Sands 4 6 6 13 ESP N Llagostera VivesESP A Parra Santonja 2 6 6 AUS C DellacquaRSA C Scheepers 6 4 4 SLO A KlepačPOL A Rosolska 78 7 UKR K BondarenkoAUS J Dokić 66 5 ROU A DulgheruFRA V Razzano 6 6 HUN G ArnUKR O Savchuk 4 0 ESP A Medina GarriguesRUS A Pavlyuchenkova 3 1 2 USA L HuberUSA L Raymond 6 6 6 IND S MirzaRUS E Vesnina 7 7 CZE E BirnerováITA A Brianti 5 5 SVK D CibulkováUSA J Craybas 7 3 3 12 AUS J GajdošováUSA B Mattek-Sands 5 6 6 13 ESP N Llagostera VivesESP A Parra Santonja 5 4 SLO A KlepačPOL A Rosolska 7 6 ROU A DulgheruFRA V Razzano 0 0 2 USA L HuberUSA L Raymond 6 6 6 IND S MirzaRUS E Vesnina 7 6 12 AUS J GajdošováUSA B Mattek-Sands 5 3 SLO A KlepačPOL A Rosolska 2 1 2 USA L HuberUSA L Raymond 6 6 6 IND S MirzaRUS E Vesnina 6 5 78 2 USA L HuberUSA L Raymond 3 7 66 References 2012 LD External links 2012 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles Category:2012 in Australian women's sport