2012 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles

Mixed Doubles
2012 Australian Open
Champions	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău
Runners-up	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes
Final score	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]

Katarina Srebotnik and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but neither of them were able to defend their title after their teams were forced to withdraw.

Srebotnik was scheduled to team up with Nestor's former doubles partner Nenad Zimonjić, but withdrew after being injured in her 2nd round doubles match. Nestor was scheduled to play with Russian Maria Kirilenko but was forced to withdraw after Kirilenko sustained an injury in her 3rd round singles match.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Horia Tecău won the mixed doubles title at the 2012 Australian Open tennis tournament defeating Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes 6–3, 5–7, [10–3].

Seeds

1. Květa Peschke / Mike Bryan (First round)
2. Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić (Withdrew)
3. Maria Kirilenko / Daniel Nestor (Withdrew)
4. Lisa Raymond / Rohan Bopanna (Quarterfinals)
5. Elena Vesnina / Leander Paes (Final)
6. Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi (Semifinals)
7. Andrea Hlaváčková / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Quarterfinals)
8. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Horia Tecău (Champions)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	Alt	Roberta Vinci   Daniele Bracciali	7	2	[7]
	5	Elena Vesnina   Leander Paes	5	6	[10]
								5	Elena Vesnina   Leander Paes	3	7	[3]
								8	Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Horia Tecău	6	5	[10]
	6	Sania Mirza   Mahesh Bhupathi	3	3
	8	Bethanie Mattek-Sands   Horia Tecău	6	6

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	K Peschke M Bryan	6	2	[9]
	Alt	R Vinci D Bracciali	3	6	[11]			Alt	R Vinci D Bracciali	6	7^8
	WC	K Date-Krumm K Nishikori	6	6				WC	K Date-Krumm K Nishikori	3	6^6
		G Dulko E Schwank	4	1											Alt	R Vinci D Bracciali	6	7
	WC	A Barty B Mitchell	1	3											7	A Hlaváčková A-u-H Qureshi	1	5
	WC	J Janković B Tomic	6	6				WC	J Janković B Tomic	3	3
	WC	J Dokić P Hanley	3	1				7	A Hlaváčková A-u-H Qureshi	6	6
	7	A Hlaváčková A-u-H Qureshi	6	6																		Alt	R Vinci D Bracciali	7	2	[7]
	4	L Raymond R Bopanna	6	6																		5	E Vesnina L Paes	5	6	[10]
		G Voskoboeva A Peya	1	0				4	L Raymond R Bopanna	6	6
	WC	O Rogowska M Matosevic	4	2				WC	C Dellacqua M Ebden	4	2
	WC	C Dellacqua M Ebden	6	6											4	L Raymond R Bopanna	2	2
		N Petrova M Melo	6	6^2	[5]										5	E Vesnina L Paes	6	6
		S-w Hsieh M Matkowski	4	7^7	[10]				S-w Hsieh M Matkowski	3	5
		A Pavlyuchenkova M Mirnyi	2	5				5	E Vesnina L Paes	6	7
	5	E Vesnina L Paes	6	7

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	S Mirza M Bhupathi	6	6
		N Grandin J-J Rojer	4	2				6	S Mirza M Bhupathi	3	6	[12]
		I Benešová J Melzer	6	7^8					I Benešová J Melzer	6	4	[10]
		N Llagostera Vives O Marach	1	6^6											6	S Mirza M Bhupathi	7^7	6
		V Uhlířová S Lipsky	7^7	7												L Huber C Fleming	6^5	2
	Alt	P Hercog J-S Cabal	6^4	5					V Uhlířová S Lipsky	3	2
		L Huber C Fleming	7	6					L Huber C Fleming	6	6
	Alt	R Kops-Jones E Butorac	5	2																		6	S Mirza M Bhupathi	3	3
	8	B Mattek-Sands H Tecău	4	6	[10]																	8	B Mattek-Sands H Tecău	6	6
		L Hradecká F Čermák	6	3	[6]			8	B Mattek-Sands H Tecău	6	7^7
		A Rodionova C Kas	6	3	[5]				Y Shvedova A Ram	4	6^2
		Y Shvedova A Ram	4	6	[10]										8	B Mattek-Sands H Tecău	4	6	[13]
		A Spears M Fyrstenberg	6	5	[10]										WC	J Gajdošová B Soares	6	1	[11]
		S Peng J Murray	3	7	[5]				A Spears M Fyrstenberg	3	2
	WC	J Gajdošová B Soares	6^4	6	[11]			WC	J Gajdošová B Soares	6	6
	Alt	K Jans-Ignacik S González	7^7	2	[9]

References

• Source for the draw at australianopen.com