2012 Korea Open – Doubles

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Doubles
2012 Korea Open
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears
Runners-up Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Akgul Amanmuradova
Flag of the United States.svg Vania King
Score2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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The 2012 Korea Open doubles was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts in Seoul, South Korea.

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Natalie Grandin and Vladimíra Uhlířová were the defending champions, but they lost in the semifinals to first seeded and American pair Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears.
Kops-Jones and Spears went on to win the title by defeating Akgul Amanmuradova and Vania King 2–6, 6–2, [10–8] in the final.

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Kops-Jones / Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears (champions)
  2. Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues / Flag of India.svg Sania Mirza (first round)
  3. Flag of South Africa.svg Natalie Grandin / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimíra Uhlířová (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Russia.svg Vera Dushevina / Flag of Poland.svg Alicja Rosolska (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of the United States.svg R Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
67
  Flag of Colombia.svg C Castaño
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Hrdinová
0 5  1 Flag of the United States.svg R Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
65 [10]
WC Flag of South Korea.svg S-h Han
Flag of South Korea.svg S-r Lee
62 [6]   Flag of Croatia.svg D Jurak
Flag of Hungary.svg K Marosi
2 7[8]
  Flag of Croatia.svg D Jurak
Flag of Hungary.svg K Marosi
3 6[10]1 Flag of the United States.svg R Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
66 
3 Flag of South Africa.svg N Grandin
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová
66 3 Flag of South Africa.svg N Grandin
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová
3 3  
  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg C-j Chuang
Flag of Japan.svg K Date-Krumm
2 1  3 Flag of South Africa.svg N Grandin
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg V Uhlířová
776 
  Flag of Romania.svg A Cadanţu
Flag of the United States.svg V Lepchenko
4 6[10]  Flag of Romania.svg A Cadanţu
Flag of the United States.svg V Lepchenko
653  
  Flag of the United States.svg J Craybas
Flag of France.svg C Garcia
63 [7] 1 Flag of the United States.svg R Kops-Jones
Flag of the United States.svg A Spears
2 6[10]
WC Flag of South Korea.svg J-h Choi
Flag of South Korea.svg N-y Jun
4 2    Flag of Uzbekistan.svg A Amanmuradova
Flag of the United States.svg V King
62 [8]
  Flag of Austria.svg T Paszek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg K Zakopalová
66   Flag of Austria.svg T Paszek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg K Zakopalová
63 [10]
  Flag of Russia.svg K Lykina
Flag of Spain.svg C Suárez Navarro
2 3  4 Flag of Russia.svg V Dushevina
Flag of Poland.svg A Rosolska
3 6[5]
4 Flag of Russia.svg V Dushevina
Flag of Poland.svg A Rosolska
66   Flag of Austria.svg T Paszek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg K Zakopalová
7102 [10]
  Flag of Greece.svg E Daniilidou
Flag of the United States.svg M Moulton-Levy
66   Flag of Uzbekistan.svg A Amanmuradova
Flag of the United States.svg V King
686[12]
  Flag of Japan.svg R Fujiwara
Flag of Thailand.svg N Lertcheewakarn
2 4    Flag of Greece.svg E Daniilidou
Flag of the United States.svg M Moulton-Levy
4 6[4]
  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg A Amanmuradova
Flag of the United States.svg V King
5 6[10]  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg A Amanmuradova
Flag of the United States.svg V King
64 [10]
2 Flag of Spain.svg A Medina Garrigues
Flag of India.svg S Mirza
74 [7]

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