2012 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
2012 Australian Open
2011 Champions	Bob Bryan   Mike Bryan

Main article: 2012 Australian Open

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan are the defending champions.

Seeds

1. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
2. Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor
3. Michaël Llodra / Nenad Zimonjić
4. Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna
5. Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner
6. Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski
7. Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău
8. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer

9. Olivier Marach / Alexander Peya
10. Eric Butorac / Bruno Soares
11. František Čermák / Filip Polášek
12. Santiago González / Christopher Kas
13. Scott Lipsky / Rajeev Ram
14. Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini
15. Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins
16. Paul Hanley / Jamie Murray

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

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top Half

Section 1

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

1

B Bryan M Bryan

J Erlich A Ram

WC

L Hewitt P Luczak

M Bachinger P Kohlschreiber

A Bogomolov, Jr. I Kunitsyn

M Kukushkin D Tursunov

R Harrison R Sweeting

15

C Fleming R Hutchins

11

F Čermák F Polášek

J Benneteau N Mahut

M Elgin A Kudryavtsev

R Haase J Nieminen

P Andújar G García López

Y-h Lu J Tipsarević

J Delgado J Marray

4

4

6

M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski

6

M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski

6

6

Section 2

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

4

M Bhupathi R Bopanna

WC

M Ebden C Guccione

I Karlović F Moser

C Ball TC Huey

M Mertiňák A Sá

A Dolgopolov D Molchanov

A Montañés A Ramos

64

68

13

S Lipsky R Ram

13

S Lipsky R Ram

77

710

9

O Marach A Peya

V Hănescu O Rochus

A Falla S Giraldo

K Anderson R de Voest

WC

C Ebelthite M Matosevic

WC

L Saville A Whittington

WC

A Siljeström I Zelenay

7

R Lindstedt H Tecău

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	8	A-u-H Qureshi J-J Rojer
		I Ljubičić C-M Stebe
		T Bellucci M Melo
		P Marx A Shamasdin
	WC	J Duckworth A Feeney
		F Cipolla D Istomin
		A Clément L Dlouhý
	10	E Butorac B Soares
	14	S Bolelli F Fognini	5	6	6
		R Machado L Rosol	7	4	2			14	S Bolelli F Fognini
		L Paes R Štěpánek
	WC	G Jones J-P Smith
		M López D Marrero	3	6	6
		A Seppi S Vagnozzi	6	4	3				M López D Marrero
		J Kerr D Young
	3	M Llodra N Zimonjić

Section 4

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

5

J Melzer P Petzschner

N Almagro P Riba

D Brown I Dodig

JI Chela E Schwank

J Cerretani D Norman

C Berlocq L Mayer

M Granollers Ł Kubot

12

S González C Kas

16

P Hanley J Murray

J Knowle M Kohlmann

X Malisse K Skupski

D Bracciali P Starace

S Stakhovsky M Youzhny

JS Cabal R Farah

WC

B Mitchell M Reid

2

M Mirnyi D Nestor

References

• Main Draw