2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles

Defending champions Esther Vergeer and Sharon Walraven defeated Aniek van Koot and Marjolein Buis in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2012 Australian Open.[1][2]

Wheelchair women's doubles
2012 Australian Open
ChampionNetherlands Esther Vergeer
Netherlands Sharon Walraven
Runner-upNetherlands Aniek van Koot
Netherlands Marjolein Buis
Score4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Main article: 2012 Australian Open

The 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles[3][4] is a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic women tennis players, which is part of the NEC Tour. The tournament takes place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 January to 28 January 2012, it is the 10th edition of the Australian Open women's wheelchair event and the first Grand Slam event of 2012. The tournament is played on Plexicushion Prestige AO hard courts, which is rated a medium-fast pace by the ITF. The competition is organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.

Seeds
  1. Netherlands Esther Vergeer / Netherlands Sharon Walraven (champions)
  2. Netherlands Aniek van Koot / Netherlands Marjolein Buis (final)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
1 Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Netherlands Sharon Walraven 		6 6  
  Germany Sabine Ellerbrock
Japan Yui Kamiji 		1 1  
1 Netherlands Esther Vergeer
Netherlands Sharon Walraven 		4 6 6
2 Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Netherlands Marjolein Buis 		6 2 4
  Belgium Annick Sevenans
Australia Daniela Di Toro 		2 3  
2 Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Netherlands Marjolein Buis 		6 6  

References
  1. Australian Open Wheelchair results Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine beta.ITFtennis.com
  2. Results Women Wheelchair Doubles www.australianopen.com
  3. "itftennis.com Australien open Wheelchair championships preview". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  4. Australian open
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