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Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles

Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Champions
Runners-up
Final score 6–4, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
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Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue All England Club, Wimbledon
Date 28 July to 5 August
Competitors 62 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Serena Williams
Venus Williams
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
 Czech Republic
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova
 Russia
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2016 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Serena Williams
Venus Williams
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
 Czech Republic
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova
 Russia

The women's doubles tennis tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 5 August on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon.

All matches were the best of three sets, with tie-breaks used for the first two sets of each match.

Serena and Venus Williams, from the United States, were the defending champions, having won gold in Beijing in 2008. They successfully defended their title, beating the Czech Republic's Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in straight sets in the final. With the victory, the Williams sisters claimed their third gold medal in doubles and also became the first players, male or female, in tennis history to win four Olympic golds, with the pairing winning the doubles gold in 2000, 2008, and 2012, and Venus winning the 2000 women's singles and Serena winning the 2012 women's singles tournaments.

The top seeded team received a bye into the second round.

Women's Doubles Draw


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