Marc López and Rafael Nadal were the defending champions but Nadal decided not to participate. López played alongside Albert Ramos, but the pair was defeated in the second round by Dmitry Tursunov and Nenad Zimonjić.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2012 Qatar Open | |
| Champions |  Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol |
| Runners-up |  Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber |
| Score | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Filip Polášek and Lukáš Rosol defeated Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final with a score of 6–3, 6–4 to win their first title in Doha.
Seeds edit
Colin Fleming / Ross Hutchins (first round)
James Cerretani / 
Dick Norman (first round)
Daniele Bracciali / Potito Starace (quarterfinals)
Sergiy Stakhovsky / 
Mikhail Youzhny (first round)
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
| 6 | 4 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| C Kas P Kohlschreiber
| 2 | 6 | [12] | C Kas P Kohlschreiber
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Bogomolov Jr. I Kunitsyn
| 4 | 77 | [10] | A Bogomolov Jr. I Kunitsyn
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
 I Karlović F Moser
| 6 | 62 | 8 | C Kas P Kohlschreiber
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  D Bracciali P Starace
| 6 | 7 | F Cipolla A Seppi
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Brown J-W Tsonga
| 1 | 5 | 3 | D Bracciali P Starace
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Ł Kubot V Troicki
| 4 | 7 | [6] | F Cipolla A Seppi
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Cipolla A Seppi
| 6 | 5 | [10] | C Kas P Kohlschreiber
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  S Sabry M Safwat
| 66 | 5 | F Polášek L Rosol
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Polášek L Rosol
| 78 | 7 | F Polášek L Rosol
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 P Andújar G García López
| 6 | 3 | [10] | P Andújar G García López
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  S Stakhovsky M Youzhny
| 2 | 6 | [6] | F Polášek L Rosol
| 6 | 3 | [13] | |||||||||||||||||||
| M López A Ramos
| 6 | 6 | D Tursunov N Zimonjić
| 2 | 6 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  J Al Mutawa M Ghareeb
| 2 | 1 | M López A Ramos
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Tursunov N Zimonjić
| 6 | 6 | D Tursunov N Zimonjić
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  J Cerretani D Norman
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||