Australian Open 2012 / men's doubles

Australian Open 2012
Singles:	Men's	Ladies
Double:	Men's	Ladies	Mixed
Singles:	Juniors	Juniors
Double:	Juniors	Juniors
R. Single:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
R. Double:	Men's	Ladies	Quad
Australian Open men's doubles
2011 ◄ 2012 ► 2013
Grand Slams 2012 men's doubles
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Men's doubles from the Australian Open 2012 .

Defending champions were Bob and Mike Bryan , who reached the final again, but lost there against the unset team Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek . Paes won for the first time in Melbourne and was able to complete his personal career grand slam. For him it was the seventh triumph in a Grand Slam tournament , for Štěpánek it was the first.

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   final 02.  Max Mirny Daniel Nestor   Semifinals 03.  Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić   Round of 16 04th  Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna   Round of 16 05.  Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner   Round of 16 06th  Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski   Quarter finals 07th  Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau   Semifinals 08th.  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer   Round of 16

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Oliver Marach Alexander Peya   1 round 10.  Eric Butorac Bruno Soares   Quarter finals 11.  František Čermák Filip Polášek   Round of 16 12.  Santiago González Christopher Kas   Quarter finals 13.  Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram   Quarter finals 14th  Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini   2nd round 15th  Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins   Round of 16 16.  Paul Hanley Jamie Murray   1 round

Main round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Bob Bryan Mike Bryan

6th

6 4

6th

6th

Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski

4th

7th

4th

1

Bob Bryan Mike Bryan

4th

6th

7th

7th

Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau

6th

3

6 5

13

Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram

4th

4th

7th

Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau

6th

6th

1

Bob Bryan Mike Bryan

6 1

2

Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek

7th

6th

10

Eric Butorac Bruno Soares

4th

6 4

Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek

6th

7th

Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek

2

6th

6th

2

Max Mirny Daniel Nestor

6th

4th

4th

12

Santiago González Christopher Kas

1

7th

2

2

Max Mirny Daniel Nestor

6th

6 4

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

7th

6th

J. Erlich A. Ram

6 6

4th

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

7th

WC

L. Hewitt P. Luczak

3

6 5

WC

L. Hewitt P. Luczak

7th

6th

M. Bachinger P. Kohlschreiber

5

3

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

0

6th

15th

C. Fleming R. Hutchins

4th

6th

2

A. Bogomolov junior I. Kunitsyn

6th

7th

M. Kukuschkin D. Tursunow

4th

5

A. Bogomolov junior I. Kunitsyn

0

3

15th

C. Fleming R. Hutchins

6th

6th

R. Harrison R. Sweeting

5

6 2

15th

C. Fleming R. Hutchins

7th

7th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

11

F. Čermák F. Polášek

6th

7th

J. Benneteau N. Mahut

4th

6 1

11

F. Čermák F. Polášek

4th

6th

7th

M. Jelgin A. Kudryavtsev

6th

4th

5

M. Jelgin A. Kudryavtsev

6th

7th

R. Haase J. Nieminen

2

6 6

11

F. Čermák F. Polášek

4th

3

6th

M. Fyrstenberg, M. Matkowski

6th

6th

P. Andújar G. García-López

6th

2

6th

OLD

T. Kamke F. Nielsen

3

6th

3

P. Andújar G. García-López

3

5

6th

M. Fyrstenberg, M. Matkowski

6th

7th

J. Delgado J. Marray

4th

4th

6th

M. Fyrstenberg, M. Matkowski

6th

6th

Upper half 3

First round

Second round

Round of 16

4th

M. Bhupathi R. Bopanna

5

6th

6th

WC

M. Ebden C. Guccione

7th

4th

4th

4th

M. Bhupathi R. Bopanna

6th

6th

C. Ball, T. C. Huey

2

2

I. Karlović F. Moser

3

4th

C. Ball, T. C. Huey

6th

6th

4th

M. Bhupathi R. Bopanna

6 6

2

13

S. Lipsky R. Ram

7th

6th

M. Mertiňák A. Sá

6th

6th

O. Dolhopolov D. Molchanov

2

2

M. Mertiňák A. Sá

7th

3

2

13

S. Lipsky R. Ram

5

6th

6th

A. Montañés A. Ramos

6 4

6 8

13

S. Lipsky R. Ram

7th

7th

Upper half 4

First round

Second round

Round of 16

9

O. Marach A. Peya

6 4

6th

5

V. Hănescu O. Rochus

7th

4th

7th

V. Hănescu O. Rochus

4th

4th

OLD

R. Mello J. Souza

6th

6th

A. Falla S. Giraldo

7th

5

4th

OLD

R. Mello J. Souza

6 3

7th

6th

OLD

R. Mello J. Souza

4th

3

7th

R. Lindstedt H. Tecau

6th

6th

WC

C. Ebelthite, M. Matosevic

6th

6th

WC

L. Saville A. Whittington

0

3

WC

C. Ebelthite, M. Matosevic

6th

4th

2

7th

R. Lindstedt H. Tecau

3

6th

6th

A. Siljeström I. Zelenay

3

6 6

7th

R. Lindstedt H. Tecau

6th

7th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

8th

A.-ul-H. Qureshi J.-J. Rojer

6th

7th

I. Ljubičić C.-M. Stand

3

6 11

8th

A.-ul-H. Qureshi J.-J. Rojer

7th

6th

P. Marx A. Shamasdin

6 8

4th

T. Bellucci, M. Melo

5

6 7

P. Marx A. Shamasdin

7th

7th

8th

A.-ul-H. Qureshi J.-J. Rojer

4th

2

10

E. Butorac B. Soares

6th

6th

WC

J. Duckworth A. Feeney

2

6th

6 5

F. Cipolla D. Istomin

6th

3

7th

F. Cipolla D. Istomin

2

3

10

E. Butorac B. Soares

6th

6th

OLD

F. Gil D. Gimeno Traver

6 5

6 9

10

E. Butorac B. Soares

7th

7th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

14th

S. Bolelli F. Fognini

5

6th

6th

R. Machado L. Rosol

7th

4th

2

14th

S. Bolelli F. Fognini

2

6 5

L. Paes R. Štěpánek

6th

7th

L. Paes R. Štěpánek

6th

6th

WC

G. Jones J.-P. Smith

2

2

L. Paes R. Štěpánek

7th

7th

3

M. Llodra N. Zimonjić

5

6 2

M. Lopez D. Marrero

3

6th

6th

A. Seppi S. Vagnozzi

6th

4th

3

M. Lopez D. Marrero

3

2

3

M. Llodra N. Zimonjić

6th

6th

J. Kerr D. Young

6 6

3

3

M. Llodra N. Zimonjić

7th

6th

Lower half 3

First round

Second round

Round of 16

5

J. Melzer P. Petzschner

6th

6th

N. Almagro P. Riba

4th

4th

5

J. Melzer P. Petzschner

6th

6th

JI Chela E. Schwank

2

4th

D. Brown I. Dodig

1

4th

JI Chela E. Schwank

6th

6th

5

J. Melzer P. Petzschner

6 1

5

12

S. González C. Kas

7th

7th

J. Cerretani D. Norman

6th

4th

6 6

C. Berlocq L. Mayer

3

6th

7th

C. Berlocq L. Mayer

6th

6 5

1

12

S. González C. Kas

4th

7th

6th

M. Granollers Ł. Kubot

4th

6 1

12

S. González C. Kas

6th

7th

Lower half 4

First round

Second round

Round of 16

16

P. Hanley J. Murray

6 2

6th

6 5

J. Knowle M. Kohlmann

7th

4th

7th

J. Knowle M. Kohlmann

4th

4th

D. Bracciali P. Starace

6th

6th

X. Malisse K. Skupski

6 4

3

D. Bracciali P. Starace

7th

6th

D. Bracciali P. Starace

6 7

2

2

M. Mirny D. Nestor

7th

6th

S. Stachowskyj M. Juschny

4th

5

JS Cabal R. Farah

6th

7th

JS Cabal R. Farah

6 0

2

2

M. Mirny D. Nestor

7th

6th

WC

B. Mitchell M. Reid

2

2

2

M. Mirny D. Nestor

6th

6th

Prize money

At the Australian Open 2012, the following prize money per pair was awarded for reaching the respective rounds in doubles.

round	Australian dollar	US dollars *	Euro *
victory	454,500	473,600	367.200
final	227,250	236,800	183,600
Semifinals	113,000	117,800	91,300
Quarter finals	56,000	58,400	45,200
Round of 16	31,500	32,800	25,400
2nd round	17,200	17,900	13,900
1 round	9,600	10,000	7,800

* As of January 2012, rounded to 100

Web links

• Tournament draw on itftennis.com (English)