2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
# 2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

The 2012 Guangzhou International Women's open doubles was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Guangzhou, China.

Hsieh Su-wei and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Hsieh played alongside Hsieh Shu-ying, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn and Zhang Shuai. Zheng competed with Tetiana Luzhanska, but lost in the semifinals to Jarmila Gajdošová and Monica Niculescu. Tamarine Tanasugarn and Zhang Shuai defeated in the final the first seeded Jarmila Gajdošová and Monica Niculescu with the score 2–6, 6–2, [10–8].

## Seeds

* Jarmila Gajdošová / Monica Niculescu (final)
* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (quarterfinals, retired)
* Tamarine Tanasugarn / Zhang Shuai (champions)
* Nina Bratchikova / Alla Kudryavtseva (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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Gajdošová M Niculescu | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Savinykh Y Xu | 1 | 5 | | 1 | J Gajdošová M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Babos M Minella | 4 | 1 | | WC | Z Yan L Zhang | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Yan L Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Gajdošová M Niculescu | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
| 4 | N Bratchikova A Kudryavtseva | 1 | $7^7$ | [1] | | | | | | | T Luzhanska S Zheng | 5 | $6^3$ | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama K-c Chang | 6 | $6^5$ | [10] | | S Aoyama K-c Chang | 6 | 4 | [12] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet P Parmentier | | | | | T Luzhanska S Zheng | 1 | 6 | [14] | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Luzhanska S Zheng | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Gajdošová M Niculescu | 6 | 2 | [8] |
| | S-y Hsieh S-w Hsieh | 4 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Tanasugarn S Zhang | 2 | 6 | [10] |
| | L Kumkhum V Wongteanchai | 6 | 1 | [10] | | S-y Hsieh S-w Hsieh | 3 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Sema Y Sema | 1 | 2 | | 3 | T Tanasugarn S Zhang | 6 | 3 | [13] | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | T Tanasugarn S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | T Tanasugarn S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | C Liang R Tian | 2 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | X Han W Liu | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | X Han W Liu | 6 | 2 | [10] | | X Han W Liu | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-w Chan S Sun | $6^4$ | 3 | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
