Doubles
2012 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Champion	Tamarine Tanasugarn Zhang Shuai
Runner-up	Jarmila Gajdošová Monica Niculescu
Score	2–6, 6–2, [10–8]

The 2012 Guangzhou International Women's open doubles was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Guangzhou, China.

Hsieh Su-wei and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Hsieh played alongside Hsieh Shu-ying, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn and Zhang Shuai. Zheng competed with Tetiana Luzhanska, but lost in the semifinals to Jarmila Gajdošová and Monica Niculescu.
Tamarine Tanasugarn and Zhang Shuai defeated in the final the first seeded Jarmila Gajdošová and Monica Niculescu with the score 2–6, 6–2, [10–8].

Seeds

Draw

Key

• 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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	J Gajdošová M Niculescu	6	7
		V Savinykh Y Xu	1	5				1	J Gajdošová M Niculescu	6	6
		T Babos M Minella	4	1				WC	Z Yan L Zhang	1	4
	WC	Z Yan L Zhang	6	6											1	J Gajdošová M Niculescu	7	77
	4	N Bratchikova A Kudryavtseva	1	77	[1]											T Luzhanska S Zheng	5	63
		S Aoyama K-c Chang	6	65	[10]				S Aoyama K-c Chang	6	4	[12]
		A Cornet P Parmentier							T Luzhanska S Zheng	1	6	[14]
		T Luzhanska S Zheng	w/o																			1	J Gajdošová M Niculescu	6	2	[8]
		S-y Hsieh S-w Hsieh	4	6	[12]																	3	T Tanasugarn S Zhang	2	6	[10]
		L Kumkhum V Wongteanchai	6	1	[10]				S-y Hsieh S-w Hsieh	3	6	[11]
		E Sema Y Sema	1	2				3	T Tanasugarn S Zhang	6	3	[13]
	3	T Tanasugarn S Zhang	6	6											3	T Tanasugarn S Zhang	6	6
	WC	C Liang R Tian	2	6	[6]											X Han W Liu	3	3
		X Han W Liu	6	2	[10]				X Han W Liu	5
		C-w Chan S Sun	64	3				2	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	1r
	2	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	77	6

References

• Main Draw