2012 Italian Open – Women's doubles

2012 Italian Open s ITA Sara Errani ITA Roberta Vinci RUS Ekaterina Makarova RUS Elena Vesnina 6–2, 7–5 28 8 2012 Italian Open (tennis) Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie were the defending champions but decided not to defend the title together. Peng chose to play with Sabine Lisicki while Zheng played with Hsieh Su-wei. Both lost in the first round. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title by defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6–2, 7–5 in the final. Seeds The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round. 30em USA Liezel Huber / USA Lisa Raymond (semifinals) CZE Květa Peschke / SLO Katarina Srebotnik (second round) ITA Sara Errani / ITA Roberta Vinci (champions) CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / AUS Anastasia Rodionova (withdrew because of a right thigh injury for Hlaváčková) RUS Maria Kirilenko / RUS Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals) GER Julia Görges / USA Vania King (second round) RSA Natalie Grandin / CZE Vladimíra Uhlířová (second round) USA Raquel Kops-Jones / USA Abigail Spears (first round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 180 1 USA Liezel Huber USA Lisa Raymond 1 3 3 ITA Sara Errani ITA Roberta Vinci 6 6   RUS Ekaterina Makarova RUS Elena Vesnina 6 6   USA Jamie Hampton GEO Anna Tatishvili 3 3 3 ITA Sara Errani ITA Roberta Vinci 6 7   RUS Ekaterina Makarova RUS Elena Vesnina 2 5 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals USA B Mattek-Sands IND S Mirza 6 6 NZL M Erakovic ROU M Niculescu 2 1 WC ITA N Burnett ITA A Virgili 2 2 SVK D Cibulková SVK J Husárová 6 6 SUI T Bacsinszky ITA A Brianti 0 2 7 RSA N Grandin CZE V Uhlířová 6 6 ARG G Dulko ARG P Suárez 6 6 SWE S Arvidsson AUS J Gajdošová 4 2 CZE I Benešová ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 6 SLO A Klepač POL A Rosolska 0 1 BLR O Govortsova KAZ G Voskoboeva 3 3 5 RUS M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova 6 6 1 USA L Huber USA L Raymond 6 6 USA B Mattek-Sands IND S Mirza 1 3 SVK D Cibulková SVK J Husárová 6 6 7 RSA N Grandin CZE V Uhlířová 3 2 3 ITA S Errani ITA R Vinci 6 6 ARG G Dulko ARG P Suárez 3 4 CZE I Benešová ESP A Medina Garrigues 2 5 5 RUS M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova 6 7 1 USA L Huber USA L Raymond w/o SVK D Cibulková SVK J Husárová 3 ITA S Errani ITA R Vinci 7 6 5 RUS M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova 5 2 1 USA L Huber USA L Raymond 1 3 3 ITA S Errani ITA R Vinci 6 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 USA R Kops-Jones USA A Spears 3 1 TPE K-c Chang RUS V Dushevina 6 6 WC ITA ME Camerin ITA K Knapp w/o GER S Lisicki CHN S Peng ESP N Llagostera Vives ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 5 68 RUS E Makarova RUS E Vesnina 7 710 6 GER J Görges USA V King 7 6 POL K Jans-Ignacik RUS A Kudryavtseva 5 2 USA J Hampton GEO A Tatishvili 1 6 [11] TPE S-w Hsieh CHN J Zheng 6 3 [9] GER A-L Grönefeld CRO P Martić 3 4 ITA F Pennetta ITA F Schiavone 6 6 TPE K-c Chang RUS V Dushevina 3 6 [10] WC ITA ME Camerin ITA K Knapp 6 1 [5] RUS E Makarova RUS E Vesnina 6 6 Alt USA J Craybas USA S Stephens 4 2 6 GER J Görges USA V King 3 63 USA J Hampton GEO A Tatishvili 6 77 ITA F Pennetta ITA F Schiavone 6 6 2 CZE K Peschke SLO K Srebotnik 2 4 TPE K-c Chang RUS V Dushevina 2 2 RUS E Makarova RUS E Vesnina 6 6 USA J Hampton GEO A Tatishvili w/o ITA F Pennetta ITA F Schiavone RUS E Makarova RUS E Vesnina 6 6 USA J Hampton GEO A Tatishvili 3 3 External links WTA tournament draws Italian Open - Doubles Women's Doubles Category:2012 in Italian women's sport