2012 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko were the defending champions but Azarenka chose not to participate in doubles this year.

Kirilenko played with Nadia Petrova but lost in the semifinals to eventual champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci. Vinci and Errani won the title after defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final by 6–1, 3–6, [10–4] to win their first ever WTA tier I tournament.

Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round. • # 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber / 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (second round)

• # 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Maria Kirilenko / 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (semifinals)

• # 🇮🇹 Sara Errani / 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci (champions)

• # 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza / 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova (first round)

• # 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova / 🇰🇿 Galina Voskoboeva (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová / 🇨🇿 Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová (first round)