2012 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
# 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Liezel Huber and María José Martínez Sánchez are the defending champions but chose not to participate together. Huber played with Lisa Raymond as the first seed while Martínez Sánchez played with Shahar Pe'er. Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond won the title, defeating Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina 6–2, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

* Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond (champions)
* Sania Mirza / Elena Vesnina (final)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Agnieszka Radwańska (first round)
* Nuria Llagostera Vives / Anastasia Rodionova (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges J Zheng | 6 | 4 | [5] | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues A Rosolska | | | | | A Medina Garrigues A Rosolska | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lisicki M Kirilenko | w/o | | | | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | N Llagostera Vives An Rodionova | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | N Llagostera Vives A Rodionova | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | N Grandin V Uhlířová | 6 | 1 | [6] | 4 | N Llagostera Vives A Rodionova | 6 | 2 | [12] | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 3 | $7^7$ | [10] | | R Kops-Jones A Spears | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Pennetta F Schiavone | 6 | $6^2$ | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Huber L Raymond | 6 | 6 |
| | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 2 | 1 |
| | K Jans-Ignacik A Kudryavtseva | 1 | 2 | | | I Benešová B Záhlavová-Strýcová | 3 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | D Hantuchová A Radwańska | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 2 | $7^7$ | [11] | | | | |
| | MJ Martínez Sánchez S Pe'er | $6^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | $6^5$ | [13] | | | | |
| WC | C Dellacqua S Stosur | $7^7$ | 1 | [5] | | MJ Martínez Sánchez S Pe'er | 1 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Al-Nabhani A Klepač | 1 | 3 | | 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Mirza E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
