# 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Serena and Venus Williams defeated Tímea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. It was the Williams sisters' sixth Wimbledon doubles title, and their 14th and last major doubles title overall.
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Babos and Shvedova.

## Seeds

    01. Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)
    02. Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)
    03. Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (second round)
    04. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (quarterfinals)
    05. Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (final)
    06. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (third round)
    07. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová (first round)
    08. Julia Görges / Karolína Plíšková (semifinals)
    09. Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai (first round)
    10. Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears (semifinals)
    11. Andreja Klepač / Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
    12. Margarita Gasparyan / Monica Niculescu (first round)
    13. Vania King / Alla Kudryavtseva (second round)
    14. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja (third round, retired)
    15. Sara Errani / Oksana Kalashnikova (first round)
    16. Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson (second round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | 5 | Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| PR | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke | 4 | 2 | | 10 | Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| 10 | Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6 | 6 |
| | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 6$^1$ | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 6$^1$ | 6 | 2 | | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | |
| 8 | Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková | 7$^{11}$ | 6 | | 8 | Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | |
| 2 | Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic | 6$^9$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Friedsam L Siegemund | 2 | 5 | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barthel C-j Chuang | 3 | 3 | | | E Hozumi M Kato | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Hozumi M Kato | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok V Lepchenko | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | C McHale J Ostapenko | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | C McHale J Ostapenko | 3 | 6 | 6 | | C McHale J Ostapenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Hibino A Rosolska | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | V King A Kudryavtseva | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | V King A Kudryavtseva | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Y Xu S Zheng | 6$^6$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 |
| | D Jurak An Rodionova | 7$^8$ | 2 | 7 | | D Jurak An Rodionova | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Flipkens A Petkovic | 4 | 6 | 4 | | J Konta M Sanchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Konta M Sanchez | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | J Konta M Sanchez | 6 | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| Q | S Aoyama M Ninomiya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | N Kichenok L Tsurenko | 1 | 1 | | Q | S Aoyama M Ninomiya | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keys S Stephens | 2 | 4 | | 5 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 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 |
| 3 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Barty L Robson | 4 | 2 | | 3 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena D Kovinić | 5 | 6$^5$ | | | J Janković A Krunić | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Janković A Krunić | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | J Janković A Krunić | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| PR | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | PR | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Kuznetsova R Vinci | 7 | 2 | 1 | PR | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu R Olaru | 3 | 4 | | 16 | K Bertens J Larsson | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | K Bertens J Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | PR | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 |
| Q | C-w Chan X Han | 1 | 4 | | 10 | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Brengle T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | M Brengle T Maria | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Hantuchová D Vekić | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 10 | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Hercog M Lučić-Baroni | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | D Gavrilova D Kasatkina | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Doi E Svitolina | 7 | 6 | | | M Doi E Svitolina | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gavrilova D Kasatkina | 6 | 0 | 7 | | D Gavrilova D Kasatkina | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 7$^7$ | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Liang Y Wang | 6$^3$ | 6 | 7 | 6 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6$^2$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 6 | 4 | 3 | | A Cornet X Knoll | 3 | 7$^7$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cornet X Knoll | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | I Falconi N Gibbs | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | | | | | | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | E Mertens A-S Mestach | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Q | E Mertens A-S Mestach | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Williams V Williams | 7 | 6 | | | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Williams V Williams | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | S Errani O Kalashnikova | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6$^1$ | 6 | 2 |
| | M Krajicek B Strýcová | 4 | 7 | 6 | | M Krajicek B Strýcová | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Moore C Perrin | 0 | 5 | | | M Duque Mariño M Puig | 6$^6$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Duque Mariño M Puig | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | M Krajicek B Strýcová | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | L Chirico A Riske | 7 | 6$^1$ | 5 | | | | | | 4 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Beck Y Wickmayer | 5 | 7$^7$ | 7 | | A Beck Y Wickmayer | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Rae A Smith | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 7 | 4 | 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 |
| 8 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Allertová AK Schmiedlová | 2 | 1 | | 8 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Irigoyen P Kania | 3 | 6 | 4 | | Y Putintseva M Rybáriková | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Putintseva M Rybáriková | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 7$^7$ | 6$^0$ | 6 | | | | |
| | N Broady H Watson | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | N Broady H Watson | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | |
| | Ç Büyükakçay K Jans-Ignacik | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | N Broady H Watson | 7$^9$ | 7$^{12}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Panova S Rogers | 4 | 6 | 6 | | A Panova S Rogers | 6$^7$ | 6$^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 7$^{11}$ | 6 |
| 14 | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6$^9$ | 3 |
| | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bouchard S Lisicki | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 14 | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 3$^r$ | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh N Melichar | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 5 | | | | | | |
| PR | S Peng S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | PR | S Peng S Zhang | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Schuurs R Voráčová | 2 | 2 | | 2 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |