Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

The women's doubles tennis tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Champions
Runners-up
Final score6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueAll England Club, Wimbledon
Date28 July to 5 August
Competitors62 from 21 nations
Medalists
Serena Williams
Venus Williams		  United States
Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká		  Czech Republic
Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova		  Russia

All matches were the best of three sets, with tie-breaks used for the first two sets of each match.[1]

Serena and Venus Williams, from the United States, were the defending champions, having won gold in Beijing in 2008. They successfully defended their title, beating the Czech Republic's Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká 6–4, 6–4. With the victory, the Williams sisters claimed their third gold medal in doubles and also became the first players, male or female, in tennis history to win four Olympic golds, with the pairing winning the doubles gold in 2000, 2008, and 2012, and Venus winning the 2000 women's singles and Serena winning the 2012 women's singles tournaments.[2] Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova of Russia won the bronze medal, defeating Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, also of the United States, in the bronze medal match 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.

Calendar
July August
28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5
11:30 11:30 11:30 11:30 11:30 11:30 12:00 12:00 12:00
Round of 32 Round of 32
Round of 16		 Round of 16 Round of 16
Quarterfinals		 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal match
Gold medal match

Seeds

The top seeded team received a bye into the second round.

  1.  Liezel Huber (USA) /  Lisa Raymond (USA) (Semifinals, fourth place)
  2.  Sara Errani (ITA) /  Roberta Vinci (ITA) (Quarterfinals)
  3.  Maria Kirilenko (RUS) /  Nadia Petrova (RUS) (Semifinals, bronze medalists)
  4.  Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) /  Lucie Hradecká (CZE) (Final, silver medalists)
  5.  Angelique Kerber (GER) /  Sabine Lisicki (GER) (Second round)
  6.  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) /  Elena Vesnina (RUS) (Quarterfinals)
  7.  Flavia Pennetta (ITA) /  Francesca Schiavone (ITA) (Second round)
  8.  Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) /  María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) (Second round)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semi-finals Final
          
1  Liezel Huber (USA)
 Lisa Raymond (USA) 		1 62
4  Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)
 Lucie Hradecká (CZE) 		6 77
4  Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)
 Lucie Hradecká (CZE) 		4 4
   Serena Williams (USA)
 Venus Williams (USA) 		6 6
3  Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
 Nadia Petrova (RUS) 		5 4
   Serena Williams (USA)
 Venus Williams (USA) 		7 6 Bronze medal match
1  Liezel Huber (USA)
 Lisa Raymond (USA) 		6 4 1
3  Maria Kirilenko (RUS)
 Nadia Petrova (RUS) 		4 6 6

Top half
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
1  L Huber (USA)
 L Raymond (USA) 		6 77
   A Radwańska (POL)
 U Radwańska (POL) 		6 6  A Radwańska (POL)
 U Radwańska (POL) 		4 63
   D Cibulková (SVK)
 D Hantuchová (SVK) 		2 1 1  L Huber (USA)
 L Raymond (USA) 		6 6
   J Görges (GER)
 A-L Grönefeld (GER) 		6 6 6  E Makarova (RUS)
 E Vesnina (RUS) 		3 3
IP  E Baltacha (GBR)
 A Keothavong (GBR) 		3 1  J Görges (GER)
 A-L Grönefeld (GER) 		2 1
   J Gajdošová (AUS)
 A Rodionova (AUS) 		1 4 6  E Makarova (RUS)
 E Vesnina (RUS) 		6 6
6  E Makarova (RUS)
 E Vesnina (RUS) 		6 6 1  L Huber (USA)
 L Raymond (USA) 		1 62
4  A Hlaváčková (CZE)
 L Hradecká (CZE) 		6 65 6 4  A Hlaváčková (CZE)
 L Hradecká (CZE) 		6 77
IP  T Babos (HUN)
 Á Szávay (HUN) 		1 77 2 4  A Hlaváčková (CZE)
 L Hradecká (CZE) 		6 6
   N Li (CHN)
 S Zhang (CHN) 		6 6  N Li (CHN)
 S Zhang (CHN) 		3 1
   G Dulko (ARG)
 P Suárez (ARG) 		4 2 4  A Hlaváčková (CZE)
 L Hradecká (CZE) 		6 6
IP  R Chakravarthi (IND)
 S Mirza (IND) 		1 6 1 IP  C-j Chuang (TPE)
 S-w Hsieh (TPE) 		3 4
IP  C-j Chuang (TPE)
 S-w Hsieh (TPE) 		6 3 6 IP  C-j Chuang (TPE)
 S-w Hsieh (TPE) 		63 7 6
   A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 A Parra Santonja (ESP) 		64 4 7  F Pennetta (ITA)
 F Schiavone (ITA) 		77 5 4
7  F Pennetta (ITA)
 F Schiavone (ITA) 		77 6

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
8  N Llagostera Vives (ESP)
 MJ Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 		6 6
 C Dellacqua (AUS)
 S Stosur (AUS) 		1 1 8  N Llagostera Vives (ESP)
 MJ Martínez Sánchez (ESP) 		4 2
 S Peng (CHN)
 J Zheng (CHN) 		6 63 6  S Peng (CHN)
 J Zheng (CHN) 		6 6
IP  A Cornet (FRA)
 K Mladenovic (FRA) 		1 77 3  S Peng (CHN)
 J Zheng (CHN) 		5 77 4
 Y Shvedova (KAZ)
 G Voskoboeva (KAZ) 		6 6 3  M Kirilenko (RUS)
 N Petrova (RUS) 		7 64 6
IP  S Dubois (CAN)
 A Wozniak (CAN) 		2 0  Y Shvedova (KAZ)
 G Voskoboeva (KAZ) 		3 2
 K Jans-Ignacik (POL)
 A Rosolska (POL) 		77 3 2 3  M Kirilenko (RUS)
 N Petrova (RUS) 		6 6
3  M Kirilenko (RUS)
 N Petrova (RUS) 		65 6 6 3  M Kirilenko (RUS)
 N Petrova (RUS) 		5 4
5  A Kerber (GER)
 S Lisicki (GER) 		1 6 6  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA) 		7 6
IP  L Robson (GBR)
 H Watson (GBR) 		6 4 3 5  A Kerber (GER)
 S Lisicki (GER) 		2 5
 S Cîrstea (ROU)
 S Halep (ROU) 		3 2  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA) 		6 7
 S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA) 		6 6  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA) 		6 6
IP  M Chakhnashvili (GEO)
 A Tatishvili (GEO) 		60 6 2 2  S Errani (ITA)
 R Vinci (ITA) 		1 1
 A Klepač (SLO)
 K Srebotnik (SLO) 		77 3 6  A Klepač (SLO)
 K Srebotnik (SLO) 		5 6 4
 P Cetkovská (CZE)
 L Šafářová (CZE) 		2 3 2  S Errani (ITA)
 R Vinci (ITA) 		7 4 6
2  S Errani (ITA)
 R Vinci (ITA) 		6 6

References

Women's Doubles Draw

  1. "Tennis – About". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. "Day 9: Williams sisters make history with doubles gold". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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