2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champions | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares |
| Runners-up | Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek |
| Score | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Andy Murray and Jamie Murray were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to first seeded Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek.
Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares won the title, defeating Paes and Štěpánek 6–3, 7–6(7–5) in the final.
Seeds
- Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek (final)
- Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi / Jean-Julien Rojer (first round)
- Santiago González / Scott Lipsky (first round)
- Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares (champions)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | L Paes R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Knowle F Polášek | 4 | 4 | 1 | L Paes R Štěpánek | 6 | 3 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E Butorac J Nieminen | 7 | 3 | [4] | A Murray J Murray | 4 | 6 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Murray J Murray | 5 | 6 | [10] | 1 | L Paes R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | S González S Lipsky | 61 | 3 | D Bracciali F Čermák | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Mónaco K Nishikori | 77 | 6 | J Mónaco K Nishikori | 1 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Y Sugita Y Uchiyama | 2 | 64 | D Bracciali F Čermák | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Bracciali F Čermák | 6 | 77 | 1 | L Paes R Štěpánek | 3 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | H Moriya T Suzuki | 3 | 4 | 4 | A Peya B Soares | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Chardy M Melo | 6 | 6 | J Chardy M Melo | 77 | 3 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B Paire S Wawrinka | 5 | 2 | 4 | A Peya B Soares | 64 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | A Peya B Soares | 7 | 6 | 4 | A Peya B Soares | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TC Huey J Marray | 64 | 5 | T Berdych N Zimonjić | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| P Petzschner J Tipsarević | 77 | 7 | P Petzschner J Tipsarević | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Berdych N Zimonjić | 77 | 6 | T Berdych N Zimonjić | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | A-u-H Qureshi J-J Rojer | 65 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||