# 2016 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles

Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Sania Mirza and Barbora Strýcová.
Mirza and Strýcová went on to win the title, defeating Martina Hingis and CoCo Vandeweghe in the final, 7–5, 6–4.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (second round)
* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (semifinals)
* Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
* Martina Hingis / CoCo Vandeweghe (final)
* Julia Görges / Karolína Plíšková (semifinals)
* Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears (quarterfinals)
* Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová (champions)
* Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai (second 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Martina Hingis CoCo Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Martina Hingis CoCo Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 | 4 | Martina Hingis CoCo Vandeweghe | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | 7 | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 6 | 7 | 7 | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 2 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 2 | [4] | | | | | | | | |
| | V King M Niculescu | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | V King M Niculescu | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | C Liang Y Wang | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | V King M Niculescu | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 5 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 2 | 5 | | | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 7$^{11}$ | 5 | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko C-j Chuang | 1 | 7$^7$ | [10] | 5 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6$^9$ | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6$^1$ | [12] | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Hingis C Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | M Hingis C Vandeweghe | $^{w/o}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Bencic K Flipkens | 4 | 1 | | | K Bertens J Larsson | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bertens J Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | M Hingis C Vandeweghe | $^{w/o}$ | | | | | |
| | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | | | | | | |
| | R Olaru R Voráčová | 3 | 2 | | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena O Savchuk | 4 | 2 | | 8 | Y Xu S Zheng | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Jurak An Rodionova | 2 | 3 | | 7 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Davis V Lepchenko | 5 | 2 | | | C McHale M Sanchez | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C McHale M Sanchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 2 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | | |
| | N Melichar V Wongteanchai | 6 | 4 | [9] | | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | R Atawo A Spears | 6$^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 2 | 5 |
| | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 7$^7$ | 3 | [7] | 6 | R Atawo A Spears | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Gavrilova D Kasatkina | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | E Hozumi M Kato | 6 | 1 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Hozumi M Kato | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 6 | R Atawo A Spears | 5 | 6 | [8] | | | | |
| | L Kichenok N Kichenok | 4 | 6 | [3] | | | | | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 7 | 2 | [10] | | | | |
| | M Irigoyen O Kalashnikova | 6 | 2 | [10] | | M Irigoyen O Kalashnikova | 0 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 1 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |