2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles

Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but were beaten in the Quarterfinals by Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna.
Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek won the title, beating Bhupathi and Bopanna in the final by the score of 6–7^(7–9), 6–3, [10–5] .

Doubles
2012 Shanghai Rolex Masters
Champions	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek
Runners-up	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna
Final score	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, [10–5]

Seeds

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

1. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (Second round)
2. Max Mirnyi / Daniel Nestor (Quarterfinals)
3. Robert Lindstedt / Horia Tecău (Second round)
4. Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek (Champions)
5. Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (Second round)
6. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer (Quarterfinals)
7. Mahesh Bhupathi / Rohan Bopanna (Final)
8. Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares (Second round)

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
		Marin Čilić Marcelo Melo	0	2
	4	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	6	6
								4	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	6^7	6	[10]
								7	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	7^9	3	[5]
		Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	7^7	3	[8]
	7	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6^4	6	[10]

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	B Bryan M Bryan	4	6	[6]
		E Butorac P Petzschner	6	6					E Butorac P Petzschner	6	3	[10]
		T Bellucci B Tomic	1	0												E Butorac P Petzschner	3	6^5
		M Čilić M Melo	6	3	[10]											M Čilić M Melo	6	7^7
		C Berlocq A Seppi	3	6	[4]				M Čilić M Melo	7	7^7
								5	M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski	5	6^4
																							M Čilić M Melo	0	2
																						4	L Paes R Štěpánek	6	6
								4	L Paes R Štěpánek	6	6
		K Anderson S Querrey	6	5	[18]				K Anderson S Querrey	4	4
		A Dolgopolov J-W Tsonga	4	7	[16]										4	L Paes R Štěpánek	7	6^4	[10]
		J Melzer M Raonic	6	6												J Melzer M Raonic	5	7^7	[5]
	WC	Y Chang Z Li	1	4					J Melzer M Raonic	6	6
								8	A Peya B Soares	3	4

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								6	A-u-H Qureshi J-J Rojer	6	1	[10]
		D Marrero F Verdasco	3	4					P Andújar F López	2	6	[8]
		P Andújar F López	6	6											6	A-u-H Qureshi J-J Rojer	6^2	6	[10]
	Alt	F Fognini M Kližan	7	4	[5]											C Fleming R Hutchins	7^7	4	[12]
		C Fleming R Hutchins	5	6	[10]				C Fleming R Hutchins	6	7
								3	R Lindstedt H Tecău	4	5
																							C Fleming R Hutchins	7^7	3	[8]
																						7	M Bhupathi R Bopanna	6^4	6	[10]
								7	M Bhupathi R Bopanna	7^11	6
		TC Huey J Marray	7	4	[10]				TC Huey J Marray	6^9	4
	WC	M Gong Z Zhang	5	6	[6]										7	M Bhupathi R Bopanna	7^9	6
		S González S Lipsky	4	6	[6]										2	M Mirnyi D Nestor	6^7	4
		T Berdych N Zimonjić	6	3	[10]				T Berdych N Zimonjić	2	6^5
								2	M Mirnyi D Nestor	6	7^7

References

• Main Draw