2012 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles
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| Doubles | |
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| 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
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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
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
[edit]| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||