# 2016 Western & Southern Open – Men's doubles

Daniel Nestor and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Nestor played alongside Vasek Pospisil, but lost in the semifinals to Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo. Roger-Vasselin teamed up with Julien Benneteau, but lost in the first round to Milos Raonic and Nenad Zimonjić.
Dodig and Melo won the title, defeating Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the final, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–6].

## Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (quarterfinals)
* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (semifinals)
* Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)
* Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo (champions)
* Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (final)
* Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil (semifinals)
* Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea (second round)
* Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Daniel Nestor Vasek Pospisil | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo | 6 | 6 | 4 | Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | [10] |
| | | | | 5 | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | [6] |
| 5 | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 6 | 7$^7$ | 5 | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | [6] |
| 2 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 6$^2$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Baker R Harrison | 6 | 7$^7$ | | WC | B Baker R Harrison | 4 | 7$^7$ | [2] | | | | | | | | | |
| | F López M López | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | 1 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 4 | [6] | | | | |
| WC | E Butorac T Fritz | w/o | | | | | | | | 6 | D Nestor V Pospisil | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | G Dimitrov S Wawrinka | | | | WC | E Butorac T Fritz | 7$^7$ | 4 | [5] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | D Nestor V Pospisil | 6$^2$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | D Nestor V Pospisil | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | I Dodig M Melo | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | I Dodig M Melo | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Johnson S Querrey | | | | | B Tomic V Troicki | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Tomic V Troicki | w/o | | | | | | | | 4 | I Dodig M Melo | 7$^{10}$ | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Raonic N Zimonjić | 4 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | 8 | R Klaasen R Ram | 6$^8$ | 5 | | | | | |
| | J Benneteau É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 5 | [3] | | M Raonic N Zimonjić | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | R Klaasen R Ram | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | 5 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| R Gasquet G Simon | 6 | 3 | [11] | | D Inglot M Matkowski | 3 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| D Inglot M Matkowski | 4 | 6 | [13] | | | | | | 5 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 4 | 6 | [11] | | | | |
| P Cuevas M Granollers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 2 | [9] | | | | |
| Ł Kubot A Peya | 2 | 4 | | | P Cuevas M Granollers | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 3 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | 7 | R Bopanna F Mergea | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Chardy D Goffin | 3 | 6 | [8] | | T Huey M Mirnyi | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| T Huey M Mirnyi | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | T Huey M Mirnyi | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| L Pouille J-W Tsonga | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| H Kontinen J Peers | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | | | L Pouille J-W Tsonga | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |