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Wheelchair men's doubles
2012 Australian Open
Final
ChampionNetherlands Ronald Vink
Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
Runner-upFrance Stéphane Houdet
France Nicolas Peifer
Score6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Events
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WC Singles men women quad
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Ronald Vink and Robin Ammerlaan defeated Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 to win the men's doubles wheelchair tennis title at the 2012 Australian Open.

The 2012 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles was a tennis tournament that featured 8 paraplegic male tennis players, which was part of the NEC Tour. The tournament took place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 January to 28 January 2012, it was the 10th edition of the Australian Open men's wheelchair event and the first Grand Slam event of 2012. The tournament was played on Plexicushion Prestige AO hard courts, which was rated a medium-fast pace by the ITF. The competition was organised by the International Tennis Federation and Tennis Australia.

Shingo Kunieda and Maikel Scheffers were the reigning champions, but Kunieda did not participate. Scheffers partnered Satoshi Saida, but was defeated in the semifinals by Houdet and Peifer.

Seeds

  1. France Stéphane Houdet / France Nicolas Peifer (final)
  2. Netherlands Ronald Vink / Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan (champions)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 France Stéphane Houdet
France Nicolas Peifer
6 6  
  Japan Satoshi Saida
Netherlands Maikel Scheffers
2 1  
1 France Stéphane Houdet
France Nicolas Peifer
2 6 1
2 Netherlands Ronald Vink
Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
6 4 6
  Australia Ben Weekes
Sweden Stefan Olsson
3 2  
2 Netherlands Ronald Vink
Netherlands Robin Ammerlaan
6 6  

References

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

External links

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