Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles

Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Final

Champions

Runners-up

Score

6–4, 6–4

Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women	mixed

Qualification

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Summer Olympics

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Women's doubles tennis

at the Games of the XXX Olympiad

Venue

All England Club, Wimbledon

Date

28 July to 5 August 2012

Competitors

62 from 21 nations

Medalists

		Serena Williams Venus Williams	United States
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	Czech Republic
		Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova	Russia

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2016 →

Defending gold medalists Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the United States successfully defended their title, beating the Czech Republic's Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Williams sisters did not drop a set en route to their third gold medal in doubles. They became the first players in tennis history to win four Olympic gold medals, with the pairing also winning the doubles golds in 2000 and 2008, and Venus winning the 2000 singles and Serena winning the 2012 singles events.^[1] In the bronze medal match, Russia's Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova defeated the United States' Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.

The tournament was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London of the United Kingdom.

All matches were the best of three sets, with tie-breaks used for the first two sets of each match.^[2]

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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.

Liezel Huber (USA) / Lisa Raymond (USA) (semifinals, fourth place)
Sara Errani (ITA) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (quarterfinals)
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) / Nadia Petrova (RUS) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) / Lucie Hradecká (CZE) (final, silver medalists)
Angelique Kerber (GER) / Sabine Lisicki (GER) (second round)
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (quarterfinals)
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) / Francesca Schiavone (ITA) (second round)
Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) / María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP) (second round)

Draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

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

^ "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.
^ "Tennis – About". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

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