2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles

The 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles[1][2] is a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic men tennis players, which is part of the NEC Tour. The tournament takes place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 January to 28 January 2012, it is the 10th edition of the Australian Open women's wheelchair event and the first Grand Slam event of 2012. The tournament is played on Plexicushion Prestige AO hard courts, which is rated a medium-fast pace by the ITF. The competition is organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.

Wheelchair Women's Doubles
2012 Australian Open
Champion	Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven
Runner-up	Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis
Final score	4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Esther Vergeer and Sharon Walraven were the defending champions and confirmed their title.[3][4]

Seeds

1. Esther Vergeer / Sharon Walraven (Champions)
2. Aniek van Koot / Marjolein Buis (Final)

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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven	6	6
		Sabine Ellerbrock Yui Kamiji	1	1
								1	Esther Vergeer Sharon Walraven	4	6	6
								2	Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis	6	2	4
		Annick Sevenans Daniela di Toro	2	3
	2	Aniek van Koot Marjolein Buis	6	6

External links

• Main Draw

References

1. "itftennis.com Australien open Wheelchair championships preview". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
2. Australian open
3. Australian Open Wheelchair results Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine beta.ITFtennis.com
4. Results Women Wheelchair Doubles www.australianopen.com