2012 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but this year Bhupathi played with Rohan Bopanna and Paes, who also won the tournament in 2010, played with Radek Štěpánek. Bhupathi and Bopanna were defeated in the semifinals by Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor, who were then defeated in the final by Paes and Štěpánek 3–6, 6–1, [10–8].

Seeds
• # 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan (semifinals)

• # 🇧🇾 Max Mirnyi / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (final)

• # 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra / 🇷🇸 Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Robert Lindstedt / 🇷🇴 Horia Tecău (first round)

• # 🇵🇱 Mariusz Fyrstenberg / 🇵🇱 Marcin Matkowski (first round)

• # 🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi / 🇮🇳 Rohan Bopanna (semifinals)

• # 🇮🇳 Leander Paes / 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (champions)

• # 🇨🇿 František Čermák / 🇸🇰 Filip Polášek (first round)