Alex Bogomolov Jr. and Matthew Ebden were the defending champions but decided not to participate together.
Bogomolov played alongside Gilles Müller but withdrew before the second round because of a shoulder injury, while Ebden partnered up with Ryan Harrison to successfully defend the title against Xavier Malisse and Michael Russell with 6–3, 3-6, [10–6] in the final.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2012 BB&T Atlanta Open | |
| Champions |  Matthew Ebden  Ryan Harrison |
| Runners-up |  Xavier Malisse Michael Russell |
| Score | 6–3, 3-6, [10–6] |
Seeds edit
Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins (semifinals)
Santiago González / 
Scott Lipsky (first round)
Treat Conrad Huey / Dominic Inglot (first round)- Jamie Delgado / Ken Skupski (quarterfinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  C Fleming R Hutchins
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 L Dlouhý N Mahut
| 62 | 2 | 1 | C Fleming R Hutchins
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Bogomolov Jr. G Müller
| 77 | 4 | [10] | A Bogomolov Jr. G Müller
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Johnson J Sock
| 62 | 6 | [7] | 1 | C Fleming R Hutchins
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  TC Huey D Inglot
| 3 | 5 | M Ebden R Harrison
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Ebden R Harrison
| 6 | 7 | M Ebden R Harrison
| 62 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
 P Lorenzi R Ram
| 3 | 77 | [6] |  K Anderson R de Voest
| 77 | 4 | [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Anderson R de Voest
| 6 | 63 | [10] | M Ebden R Harrison
| 6 | 3 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| X Malisse M Russell
| 1 | 6 | [10] | X Malisse M Russell
| 3 | 6 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| JP Fruttero D Tursunov
| 6 | 1 | [3] | X Malisse M Russell
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
O Charroin A Shamasdin
| 6 | 4 | [9] | 4 | J Delgado K Skupski
| 60 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | J Delgado K Skupski
| 2 | 6 | [11] | X Malisse M Russell
| 6 | 4 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
| C Ebelthite M Matosevic
| 7 | 7 | R Klaasen D Young
| 4 | 6 | [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | K King I Taboada
| 5 | 5 | C Ebelthite M Matosevic
| 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Klaasen D Young
| 6 | 77 | R Klaasen D Young
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  S González S Lipsky
| 2 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||