2012 US Open – Women's doubles

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but lost to Hsieh Su-wei and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the third round.

Kim Clijsters played her last women's doubles match before retiring at these championships. Playing with Kirsten Flipkens, she lost to Zhang Shuai and Chuang Chia-jung in the first round.

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci defeated Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the title.

Seeds
• # 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber / 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (third round)

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

• # 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká (final)

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

• # 🇺🇸 Vania King / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (third round)

• # 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (third round)

• # Katarina Srebotnik / 🇨🇳 Zheng Jie (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Nuria Llagostera Vives / 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez (semifinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Raquel Kops-Jones / 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears (third round)

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

• # 🇩🇪 Julia Görges / 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova / 🇰🇿 Galina Voskoboeva (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands/ 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza (third round)

• # Natalie Grandin / 🇨🇿 Vladimíra Uhlířová (third round)

• # 🇵🇱 Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (second round)

• # Hsieh Su-wei / 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues (semifinals)