2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles

The 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles[1][2] is a tennis tournament featuring 8 paraplegic men 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 men'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.

Wheelchair Men's Doubles
2012 Australian Open
and the Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Champion Ronald Vink
Robin Ammerlaan
Runner-up Stéphane Houdet
Nicolas Peifer
Final score6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Main article: 2012 Australian Open

Shingo Kunieda and Maikel Scheffers are the defending champions. Shingo Kunieda did not return to defend his title. Ronald Vink and Robin Ammerlaan won the tournament.[3][4]

Seeds
  1. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer (Final)
  2. Ronald Vink / Robin Ammerlaan (Champions)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
1 Stéphane Houdet
Nicolas Peifer 		6 6  
  Satoshi Saida
Maikel Scheffers 		2 1  
1 Stéphane Houdet
Nicolas Peifer 		2 6 1
2 Ronald Vink
Robin Ammerlaan 		6 4 6
  Ben Weekes
Stefan Olsson 		3 2  
2 Ronald Vink
Robin Ammerlaan 		6 6  

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