# 2016 Miami Open – Women's doubles

Former tenis players, Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Margarita Gasparyan and Monica Niculescu. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová won the title, defeating Tímea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 6–3, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (second round)
* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (first round)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová (champions)
* Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (final)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (quarterfinals)
* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (first round)
* Andreja Klepač / Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
* Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai (semifinals)

## 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Margarita Gasparyan Monica Niculescu | 5 | 6 | [8] | | | | |
| 4 | Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | |
| 4 | Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova | 7 | 4 | [10] | 4 | Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai | 2 | 1 | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena R Olaru | 0 | 4 | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 6 | 2 | [10] | | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Puig H Watson | 1 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | V King A Kudryavtseva | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | V King A Kudryavtseva | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 3 | [8] | | V King A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | An Rodionova G Voskoboeva | 6 | 6$^4$ | [10] | | An Rodionova G Voskoboeva | 0 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 3 | 7$^7$ | [2] | | | | | | | | | | | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 5 | 6 | [8] |
| 4 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 4 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 7 | 4 | [10] |
| | D Jurak K Jans-Ignacik | 3 | 7 | [5] | 4 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bertens J Larsson | 6 | 6$^5$ | [7] | | C Dellacqua S Stosur | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dellacqua S Stosur | 3 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | 4 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski L Kichenok | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Rosolska L Siegemund | 6 | 7 | | | A Rosolska L Siegemund | 6$^4$ | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 6 | 6$^6$ | [10] | | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 7$^7$ | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 3 | 7$^8$ | [5] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Spears N Melichar | 4 | 1 | | 5 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | B Bencic S Vogt | 1 | 2 | | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang C Liang | 2 | 3 | | | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Keys S Stephens | 4 | 2 | | 3 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Y Xu S Zheng | 2 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Y Xu S Zheng | 2 | 1 |
| WC | S Kuznetsova A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 3 | [10] | 8 | Y Xu S Zheng | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | K Marosi K Siniaková | 2 | 4 | | | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 6 | 3 | [4] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | E Makarova B Strýcová | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 7 | 2 | [6] | | | | | | | | |
| | E Makarova B Strýcová | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | E Makarova B Strýcová | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |