Li Na was the defending champion, but chose not to compete after winning the French Open singles title the previous week.
Victoria Azarenka defeated Samantha Stosur in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2012 WTA Qatar Open.
Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2012 Indian Wells Masters.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5.
Maria Kirilenko was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.
Ekaterina Makarova won the title, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 7–6(9–7).
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Julie Coin and Pauline Parmentier.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–4, 6–3.
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but lost to Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova in the second round.
Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik won the title, defeating Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the final, 4–0, ret.
Daniela Hantuchová was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Kimiko Date-Krumm.
Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, 6–7(1–7), 1–6.
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.
Jelena Janković and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but they chose not to compete together. Janković played alongside Klára Koukalová, but lost in the second round to Michaëlla Krajicek and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. Srebotnik teamed up with Květa Peschke, but lost in the second round to Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title, defeating Cara Black and Sania Mirza in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–3.
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Šafářová.
Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears won the title, defeating Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 6–1, 2–0, ret.
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hlaváčková played alongside Zheng Jie, but lost in the quarterfinals to Kimiko Date-Krumm and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. Hradecká teamed up with Michaëlla Krajicek, but lost in the third round to Zarina Diyas and Xu Yifan.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won their second Grand Slam doubles title together, defeating Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.
Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta won the first edition of the tournament by defeating Cara Black and Caroline Garcia 6–4, 5–7, [12–10] in the final.
Cara Black and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai, 4–6, 4–6.
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but Peng chose not to participate this year. Hsieh played alongside Flavia Pennetta, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.
Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions, however Peng chose not to participate. Zhang partnered with Chuang Chia-jung, but lost in the first round to Anastasia Rodionova and Vera Zvonareva.
Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan won the title, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Tamarine Tanasugarn in the final, 2–6, 6–4, [10–3].
Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova were defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Rodionova partnered up with her sister Arina, but they lost in the quarterfinals to Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro. Kudryavtseva played alongside Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but they lost in the semifinals to Muguruza and Suárez Navarro.
Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won the title, defeating Muguruza and Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–3, 6–2.
Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua were the defending champions, but Dellacqua retired from professional tennis in February 2018, and Barty decided not to participate.
Peng Shuai 
Alla Kudryavtseva 
Anastasia Rodionova 
