2012 China Open – Women's doubles

October 2012 2012 China Open s RUS Ekaterina Makarova RUS Elena Vesnina ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives IND Sania Mirza 7–5, 7–5 China Open – Women's doubles China Open – Women's doubles 2012 China Open (tennis) Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Peschke partnered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, but lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova. Srebotnik played alongside Zheng Jie, but lost in the semifinals to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sania Mirza. Third seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Llagostera Vives and Mirza in the final by the score of 7–5, 7–5. Seeds The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em ITA Sara Errani / ITA Roberta Vinci (withdrew, due to left thigh injury for Errani) RUS Maria Kirilenko / RUS Nadia Petrova (semifinals) RUS Ekaterina Makarova / RUS Elena Vesnina (champions) USA Vania King / KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova (second round) ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives / IND Sania Mirza (final) SLO Katarina Srebotnik / CHN Zheng Jie (semifinals) GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld / CZE Květa Peschke (quarterfinals) USA Raquel Kops-Jones / USA Abigail Spears (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 6 SLO Katarina Srebotnik CHN Zheng Jie 5 1 5 ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives IND Sania Mirza 7 6 3 RUS Ekaterina Makarova RUS Elena Vesnina 6 7 2 RUS Maria Kirilenko RUS Nadia Petrova 4 5 5 ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives IND Sania Mirza 5 5 3 RUS Ekaterina Makarova RUS Elena Vesnina 7 7 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals HUN T Babos LUX M Minella 2 2 RUS V Dushevina POL A Rosolska 6 6 RSA N Grandin CZE V Uhlířová 4 3 TPE C-j Chuang CHN S Zhang 6 6 SVK D Cibulková SVK J Husárová 5 4 6 SLO K Srebotnik CHN J Zheng 7 6 USA L Raymond AUS S Stosur 64 6 [6] GER J Görges CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 77 4 [10] GEO A Tatishvili KAZ G Voskoboeva 77 2 [4] SUI T Bacsinszky ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 61 6 [10] CRO P Martić GBR H Watson 3 4 5 ESP N Llagostera Vives IND S Mirza 6 6 Alt CHN W Liu CHN S Sun 4 65 RUS V Dushevina POL A Rosolska 6 77 TPE C-j Chuang CHN S Zhang 5 4 6 SLO K Srebotnik CHN J Zheng 7 6 4 USA V King KAZ Y Shvedova 66 2 GER J Görges CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 78 6 SUI T Bacsinszky ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 3 [9] 5 ESP N Llagostera Vives IND S Mirza 4 6 [11] RUS V Dushevina POL A Rosolska 3 3 6 SLO K Srebotnik CHN J Zheng 6 6 GER J Görges CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 4 [14] 5 ESP N Llagostera Vives IND S Mirza 4 6 [16] 6 SLO K Srebotnik CHN J Zheng 5 1 5 ESP N Llagostera Vives IND S Mirza 7 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 USA R Kops-Jones USA A Spears 63 6 [10] Alt COL C Castaño FRA V Razzano 77 4 [5] BLR O Govortsova ROU M Niculescu 3 2 SVK D Hantuchová CHN S Peng 6 6 WC CHN H Tang CHN R Tian 3 6 [13] WC CHN Z Yan CHN S Zheng 6 1 [11] 7 GER A-L Grönefeld CZE K Peschke 6 6 FRA A Cornet JPN K Date-Krumm 3 1 AUS C Dellacqua POL K Jans-Ignacik 1 1 TPE S-w Hsieh ESP A Medina Garrigues 6 6 WC SRB J Janković GER A Petkovic 6 6 CRO D Jurak HUN K Marosi 3 1 8 USA R Kops-Jones USA A Spears 4 77 [10] SVK D Hantuchová CHN S Peng 6 64 [6] WC CHN H Tang CHN R Tian 2 3 3 RUS E Makarova RUS E Vesnina 6 6 7 GER A-L Grönefeld CZE K Peschke 7 6 TPE S-w Hsieh ESP A Medina Garrigues 5 4 WC SRB J Janković GER A Petkovic 3 6 [6] 2 RUS M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova 6 3 [10] 8 USA R Kops-Jones USA A Spears 4 6 [1] 3 RUS E Makarova RUS E Vesnina 6 3 [10] 7 GER A-L Grönefeld CZE K Peschke 65 77 [6] 2 RUS M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova 77 64 [10] 3 RUS E Makarova RUS E Vesnina 6 7 2 RUS M Kirilenko RUS N Petrova 4 5 References Main Draw China Open - Doubles Category:2012 China Open (tennis)