2012 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, but withdrew because of Shvedova's heat illness. Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká won the title after defeating Katarina Srebotnik and Zheng Jie 6–1, 6–3 in the final.

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

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

• # 🇺🇸 Vania King / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (withdrew because of Shvedova's heat illness)

• # 🇷🇺 Maria Kirilenko / 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (withdrew because of Petrova's dizziness)

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

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

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

• # Katarina Srebotnik / 🇨🇳 Zheng Jie (final)