2012 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
2012 Australian Open
Champions	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău
Runners-up	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes
Score	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
Seeds	8

Main article: 2012 Australian Open

Katarina Srebotnik and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate together. Srebotnik was scheduled to play with Nenad Zimonjić, but the pair were forced to withdraw from their first round match after Srebotnik was injured during her 2nd round doubles match. Nestor was scheduled to play with Maria Kirilenko, but the pair withdrew after Kirilenko sustained an injury during her 3rd round singles match.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecău won the mixed doubles title at the 2012 Australian Open tennis tournament, defeating Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes in the final 6–3, 5–7, [10–3].

Seeds

1. Květa Peschke / Mike Bryan (first round)
2. Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić (withdrew)
3. Maria Kirilenko / Daniel Nestor (withdrew)
4. Lisa Raymond / Rohan Bopanna (quarterfinals)
5. Elena Vesnina / Leander Paes (final)
6. Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi (semifinals)
7. Andrea Hlaváčková / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (quarterfinals)
8. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău (champions)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	Alt	Roberta Vinci Daniele Bracciali	7	2	[7]
	5	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes	5	6	[10]
								5	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes	3	7	[3]
								8	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău	6	5	[10]
	6	Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi	3	3
	8	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	K Peschke M Bryan	6	2	[9]
	Alt	R Vinci D Bracciali	3	6	[11]			Alt	R Vinci D Bracciali	6	78
	WC	K Date-Krumm K Nishikori	6	6				WC	K Date-Krumm K Nishikori	3	66
		G Dulko E Schwank	4	1											Alt	R Vinci D Bracciali	6	7
	WC	A Barty B Mitchell	1	3											7	A Hlaváčková A-u-H Qureshi	1	5
	WC	J Janković B Tomic	6	6				WC	J Janković B Tomic	3	3
	WC	J Dokić P Hanley	3	1				7	A Hlaváčková A-u-H Qureshi	6	6
	7	A Hlaváčková A-u-H Qureshi	6	6																		Alt	R Vinci D Bracciali	7	2	[7]
	4	L Raymond R Bopanna	6	6																		5	E Vesnina L Paes	5	6	[10]
		G Voskoboeva A Peya	1	0				4	L Raymond R Bopanna	6	6
	WC	O Rogowska M Matosevic	4	2				WC	C Dellacqua M Ebden	4	2
	WC	C Dellacqua M Ebden	6	6											4	L Raymond R Bopanna	2	2
		N Petrova M Melo	6	62	[5]										5	E Vesnina L Paes	6	6
		S-w Hsieh M Matkowski	4	77	[10]				S-w Hsieh M Matkowski	3	5
		A Pavlyuchenkova M Mirnyi	2	5				5	E Vesnina L Paes	6	7
	5	E Vesnina L Paes	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	S Mirza M Bhupathi	6	6
		N Grandin J-J Rojer	4	2				6	S Mirza M Bhupathi	3	6	[12]
		I Benešová J Melzer	6	78					I Benešová J Melzer	6	4	[10]
		N Llagostera Vives O Marach	1	66											6	S Mirza M Bhupathi	77	6
		V Uhlířová S Lipsky	77	7												L Huber C Fleming	65	2
	Alt	P Hercog J-S Cabal	64	5					V Uhlířová S Lipsky	3	2
		L Huber C Fleming	7	6					L Huber C Fleming	6	6
	Alt	R Kops-Jones E Butorac	5	2																		6	S Mirza M Bhupathi	3	3
	8	B Mattek-Sands H Tecău	4	6	[10]																	8	B Mattek-Sands H Tecău	6	6
		L Hradecká F Čermák	6	3	[6]			8	B Mattek-Sands H Tecău	6	77
		A Rodionova C Kas	6	3	[5]				Y Shvedova A Ram	4	62
		Y Shvedova A Ram	4	6	[10]										8	B Mattek-Sands H Tecău	4	6	[13]
		A Spears M Fyrstenberg	6	5	[10]										WC	J Gajdošová B Soares	6	1	[11]
		S Peng J Murray	3	7	[5]				A Spears M Fyrstenberg	3	2
	WC	J Gajdošová B Soares	64	6	[11]			WC	J Gajdošová B Soares	6	6
	Alt	K Jans-Ignacik S González	77	2	[9]

References

• [1] Source for the draw at ausopen.com
• 2012 Australian Open – Doubles draws and results at the International Tennis Federation