Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2012 Summer Olympics
Champions	Serena Williams Venus Williams
Runners-up	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Score	6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	All England Club, Wimbledon
Date	28 July to 5 August
Competitors	62 from 21 nations
Medalists
Serena Williams Venus Williams  United States Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká  Czech Republic Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova  Russia

The women's doubles tennis tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

All matches were the best of three sets, with tie-breaks used for the first two sets of each match.

Serena and Venus Williams, from the United States, were the defending champions, having won gold in Beijing in 2008. They successfully defended their title, beating the Czech Republic's Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 6–4. With the victory, the Williams sisters claimed their third gold medal in doubles and also became the first players, male or female, in tennis history to win four Olympic golds, with the pairing winning the doubles gold in 2000, 2008, and 2012, and Venus winning the 2000 women's singles and Serena winning the 2012 women's singles tournaments. Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova of Russia won the bronze medal, defeating Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, also of the United States, in the bronze medal match 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.

Calendar

July				August
28	29	30	31	1	2	3	4	5
11:30	11:30	11:30	11:30	11:30	11:30	12:00	12:00	12:00
Round of 32		Round of 32 Round of 16	Round of 16	Round of 16 Quarterfinals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals		Bronze medal match Gold medal match

Seeds

The top seeded team received a bye into the second round.

1.  Liezel Huber (USA) /  Lisa Raymond (USA) (Semifinals, fourth place)
2.  Sara Errani (ITA) /  Roberta Vinci (ITA) (Quarterfinals)
3.  Maria Kirilenko (RUS) /  Nadia Petrova (RUS) (Semifinals, bronze medalists)
4.  Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) /  Lucie Hradecká (CZE) (Final, silver medalists)
5.  Angelique Kerber (GER) /  Sabine Lisicki (GER) (Second round)
6.  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) /  Elena Vesnina (RUS) (Quarterfinals)
7.  Flavia Pennetta (ITA) /  Francesca Schiavone (ITA) (Second round)
8.  Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) /  María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) (Second round)

Draw

Key

• INV = Tripartite invitation
• IP = ITF place
• Alt = Alternate

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Liezel Huber (USA)  Lisa Raymond (USA)	1	62
	4	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)  Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	6	77
								4	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)  Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	4	4
									Serena Williams (USA)  Venus Williams (USA)	6	6
	3	Maria Kirilenko (RUS)  Nadia Petrova (RUS)	5	4
		Serena Williams (USA)  Venus Williams (USA)	7	6				Bronze medal match
								1	Liezel Huber (USA)  Lisa Raymond (USA)	6	4	1
								3	Maria Kirilenko (RUS)  Nadia Petrova (RUS)	4	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
								1	L Huber (USA)  L Raymond (USA)	6	77
		A Radwańska (POL)  U Radwańska (POL)	6	6					A Radwańska (POL)  U Radwańska (POL)	4	63
		D Cibulková (SVK)  D Hantuchová (SVK)	2	1											1	L Huber (USA)  L Raymond (USA)	6	6
		J Görges (GER)  A-L Grönefeld (GER)	6	6											6	E Makarova (RUS)  E Vesnina (RUS)	3	3
	IP	E Baltacha (GBR)  A Keothavong (GBR)	3	1					J Görges (GER)  A-L Grönefeld (GER)	2	1
		J Gajdošová (AUS)  A Rodionova (AUS)	1	4				6	E Makarova (RUS)  E Vesnina (RUS)	6	6
	6	E Makarova (RUS)  E Vesnina (RUS)	6	6																		1	L Huber (USA)  L Raymond (USA)	1	62
	4	A Hlaváčková (CZE)  L Hradecká (CZE)	6	65	6																	4	A Hlaváčková (CZE)  L Hradecká (CZE)	6	77
	IP	T Babos (HUN)  Á Szávay (HUN)	1	77	2			4	A Hlaváčková (CZE)  L Hradecká (CZE)	6	6
		N Li (CHN)  S Zhang (CHN)	6	6					N Li (CHN)  S Zhang (CHN)	3	1
		G Dulko (ARG)  P Suárez (ARG)	4	2											4	A Hlaváčková (CZE)  L Hradecká (CZE)	6	6
	IP	R Chakravarthi (IND)  S Mirza (IND)	1	6	1										IP	C-j Chuang (TPE)  S-w Hsieh (TPE)	3	4
	IP	C-j Chuang (TPE)  S-w Hsieh (TPE)	6	3	6			IP	C-j Chuang (TPE)  S-w Hsieh (TPE)	63	7	6
		A Medina Garrigues (ESP)  A Parra Santonja (ESP)	64	4				7	F Pennetta (ITA)  F Schiavone (ITA)	77	5	4
	7	F Pennetta (ITA)  F Schiavone (ITA)	77	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
	8	N Llagostera Vives (ESP)  MJ Martínez Sánchez (ESP)	6	6
		C Dellacqua (AUS)  S Stosur (AUS)	1	1				8	N Llagostera Vives (ESP)  MJ Martínez Sánchez (ESP)	4	2
		S Peng (CHN)  J Zheng (CHN)	6	63	6				S Peng (CHN)  J Zheng (CHN)	6	6
	IP	A Cornet (FRA)  K Mladenovic (FRA)	1	77	3											S Peng (CHN)  J Zheng (CHN)	5	77	4
		Y Shvedova (KAZ)  G Voskoboeva (KAZ)	6	6											3	M Kirilenko (RUS)  N Petrova (RUS)	7	64	6
	IP	S Dubois (CAN)  A Wozniak (CAN)	2	0					Y Shvedova (KAZ)  G Voskoboeva (KAZ)	3	2
		K Jans-Ignacik (POL)  A Rosolska (POL)	77	3	2			3	M Kirilenko (RUS)  N Petrova (RUS)	6	6
	3	M Kirilenko (RUS)  N Petrova (RUS)	65	6	6																	3	M Kirilenko (RUS)  N Petrova (RUS)	5	4
	5	A Kerber (GER)  S Lisicki (GER)	1	6	6																		S Williams (USA)  V Williams (USA)	7	6
	IP	L Robson (GBR)  H Watson (GBR)	6	4	3			5	A Kerber (GER)  S Lisicki (GER)	2	5
		S Cîrstea (ROU)  S Halep (ROU)	3	2					S Williams (USA)  V Williams (USA)	6	7
		S Williams (USA)  V Williams (USA)	6	6												S Williams (USA)  V Williams (USA)	6	6
	IP	M Chakhnashvili (GEO)  A Tatishvili (GEO)	60	6	2										2	S Errani (ITA)  R Vinci (ITA)	1	1
		A Klepač (SLO)  K Srebotnik (SLO)	77	3	6				A Klepač (SLO)  K Srebotnik (SLO)	5	6	4
		P Cetkovská (CZE)  L Šafářová (CZE)	2	3				2	S Errani (ITA)  R Vinci (ITA)	7	4	6
	2	S Errani (ITA)  R Vinci (ITA)	6	6

References

Women's Doubles Draw