# 2016 US Open – Men's doubles

Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares.
Murray and Soares went on to win the title, defeating Pablo Carreño Busta and Guillermo García-López in the final, 6–2, 6–3.

## Seeds

    01. Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (semifinals)
    02. Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo (first round)
    03. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (quarterfinals)
    04. Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (champions)
    05. Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (third round)
    06. Daniel Nestor / Vasek Pospisil (first round, retired)
    07. Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram (second round)
    08. Feliciano López / Marc López (semifinals)
    09. Treat Huey / Max Mirnyi (first round)
    10. Henri Kontinen / John Peers (second round)
    11. Julien Benneteau / Édouard Roger-Vasselin (first round)
    12. Łukasz Kubot / Alexander Peya (quarterfinals)
    13. Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (first round)
    14. Pablo Cuevas / Marcel Granollers (first round)
    15. Oliver Marach / Fabrice Martin (second round)
    16. Radek Štěpánek / Nenad Zimonjić (first round)

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Robert Lindstedt Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Robert Lindstedt Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 3 | 6$^4$ | | 1 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 7$^{11}$ | 2 | 6 | 4 | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | Chris Guccione André Sá | 6$^9$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Chris Guccione André Sá | 6$^9$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Feliciano López Marc López | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | 8 | Feliciano López Marc López | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 12 | Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya | 6$^8$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | | Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López | 7$^{10}$ | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M McDonald M Redlicki | 6$^8$ | 1 | | 1 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Haase A Sitak | 6 | 6 | | | R Haase A Sitak | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Kudla D Novikov | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Thiem T-S Weissborn | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | J Chardy S Groth | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| Alt | C Fleming M Fyrstenberg | 4 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | D Thiem T-S Weissborn | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Chardy S Groth | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | J Chardy S Groth | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | JS Cabal R Farah | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 10 | H Kontinen J Peers | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Lindstedt A-u-H Qureshi | 3 | 6$^4$ |
| | F Delbonis G Pella | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | 10 | H Kontinen J Peers | 5 | 7$^9$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Lindstedt A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 6 | | | R Lindstedt A-u-H Qureshi | 7 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Berlocq A Ramos-Viñolas | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | R Lindstedt A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | J Peralta H Zeballos | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | M Pavić M Venus | 6 | 6 | | | M Pavić M Venus | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | J Knowle F Mayer | 1 | 3 | | 5 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6$^3$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Elias J Sousa | 3 | 7$^7$ | 5 | 4 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | M Matkowski J Melzer | 4 | | | PR | M Matkowski J Melzer | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dolgopolov S Stakhovsky | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | 4 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | |
| PR | B Baker M Daniell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | PR | B Baker M Daniell | 3 | 6$^7$ | | | | | |
| | M Jaziri H Podlipnik-Castillo | 3 | 2 | | PR | B Baker M Daniell | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bopanna F Nielsen | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | R Bopanna F Nielsen | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | R Štěpánek N Zimonjić | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Murray B Soares | 7$^{11}$ | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | T Huey M Mirnyi | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | C Guccione A Sá | 6$^9$ | 6 | 3 |
| | N Almagro V Estrella Burgos | 6 | 6 | | | N Almagro V Estrella Burgos | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Fognini A Seppi | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | F Fognini A Seppi | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Johnson S Querrey | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | N Almagro V Estrella Burgos | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | C Guccione A Sá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Guccione A Sá | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | J McNally J. J. Wolf | 4 | 4 | | | C Guccione A Sá | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Butorac S Lipsky | 3 | 4 | | 7 | R Klaasen R Ram | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R Klaasen R Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | F López M López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Harrison A Krajicek | 4 | 4 | | 8 | F López M López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Baghdatis G Müller | 6 | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | | M Baghdatis G Müller | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Brown B Paire | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | 8 | F López M López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Í Cervantes P Lorenzi | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | T Bellucci M Demoliner | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| PR | Y-h Lu J Tipsarević | 6 | 6 | | PR | Y-h Lu J Tipsarević | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Bellucci M Demoliner | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | T Bellucci M Demoliner | 3 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | J Benneteau É Roger-Vasselin | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | F López M López | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | P Cuevas M Granollers | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 |
| | D Marrero F Verdasco | 2 | 7 | 6 | | D Marrero F Verdasco | 7 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kuznetsov M Youzhny | 5 | 3 | | | A Molteni D Schwartzman | 5 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Molteni D Schwartzman | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Marrero F Verdasco | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | J Erlich S González | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | G Durán M González | 1 | 3 | | | J Erlich S González | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kližan A Shamasdin | 1 | 3 | | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | D Nestor V Pospisil | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Fritz T Paul | 2 | | | WC | T Fritz T Paul | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Nguyen N Rubin | 3 | 3 | | | D Evans N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Evans N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Evans N Kyrgios | | | | | | | | |
| | S Robert D Sela | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 12 | Ł Kubot A Peya | w/o | | | | | | | |
| PR | A Begemann L Paes | 6 | 5 | 4 | | S Robert D Sela | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Meister E Quigley | 6$^5$ | 1 | | 12 | Ł Kubot A Peya | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Ł Kubot A Peya | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Ł Kubot A Peya | 6$^8$ | 7$^7$ | 4 |
| 15 | O Marach F Martin | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | P Carreño Busta G García-López | 7$^{10}$ | 6$^3$ | 6 |
| PR | M Draganja D Inglot | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | O Marach F Martin | 5 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Koolhof M Middelkoop | 4 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | P Carreño Busta G García-López | 7 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Carreño Busta G García-López | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | P Carreño Busta G García-López | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Mannarino P-H Mathieu | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | N Monroe D Young | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | D Lajović V Troicki | 4 | 6 | 6 | | D Lajović V Troicki | 6$^4$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Monroe D Young | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | N Monroe D Young | 7$^7$ | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | I Dodig M Melo | 5 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Other entry information
### Wild cards

* Taylor Fritz / Tommy Paul
* Ryan Harrison / Austin Krajicek
* Denis Kudla / Dennis Novikov
* Mackenzie McDonald / Martin Redlicki
* John McNally / J. J. Wolf
* Nicolas Meister / Eric Quigley
* Daniel Nguyen / Noah Rubin

### Protected ranking

* Brian Baker / Marcus Daniell
* Andre Begemann / Leander Paes
* Marin Draganja / Dominic Inglot
* Julian Knowle / Florian Mayer
* Lu Yen-hsun / Janko Tipsarević
* Marcin Matkowski / Jürgen Melzer

### Alternates

* Colin Fleming / Mariusz Fyrstenberg