See main article: 2012 Brisbane International. Alisa Kleybanova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the defending champions but decided not to participate.
Spanish couple Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja won the tournament beating Americans Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in the final,7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2).