# 2016 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Coco Vandeweghe won the title, defeating Julia Görges and Karolína Plíšková in the final, 4–6, 6–4, [10–6].

## Seeds

* Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (second round)
* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (second round)
* Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (semifinals)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (quarterfinals)
* Ekaterina Makarova / Lucie Šafářová (first round)
* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (withdrew due to Garcia's back injury)
* Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro (first round)
* Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Sara Errani Oksana Kalashnikova | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Sara Errani Oksana Kalashnikova | 4 | 3 | | Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 4 | [6] |
| | | | | | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Coco Vandeweghe | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| 3 | Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova | 6 | 4 | [4] | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Coco Vandeweghe | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Coco Vandeweghe | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dellacqua S Stosur | 3 | 5 | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V King A Kudryavtseva | 4 | 6 | [10] | | V King A Kudryavtseva | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld B Strýcová | 6 | 3 | [5] | | | | | | | V King A Kudryavtseva | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | An Rodionova G Voskoboeva | 4 | 3 | | | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 1 | 7$^7$ | [4] | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | G Muguruza C Suárez Navarro | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Errani O Kalashnikova | 4 | 3 |
| WC | K Flipkens A Ivanovic | 2 | 2 | | 4 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang C Liang | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 3 | [5] | | | |
| | S Errani O Kalashnikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Errani O Kalashnikova | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 0 | 2 | | | S Errani O Kalashnikova | 7$^7$ | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 6$^2$ | 1 | | Alt | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 6$^5$ | 7 | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 5 | E Makarova L Šafářová | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 5 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Kuznetsova A Pavlyuchenkova | 2 | 4 | | K Bertens J Larsson | 7 | 5 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bertens J Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 7 | 4 | [3] | | | | | |
| | Y Xu S Zheng | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| | K Jans-Ignacik A Rosolska | 5 | 6$^1$ | | Y Xu S Zheng | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Jurak L Siegemund | 4 | 2 | 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 4 | [4] |
| 8 | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | B Mattek-Sands C Vandeweghe | 2 | 6 | [10] |
| | V Dushevina K Siniaková | 3 | 4 | 8 | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu R Olaru | 2 | 6$^5$ | WC | D Allertová P Kvitová | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Allertová P Kvitová | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 8 | R Atawo A Spears | 5 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | B Mattek-Sands C Vandeweghe | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | B Mattek-Sands C Vandeweghe | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6$^4$ | 5 | | B Mattek-Sands C Vandeweghe | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Kerber A Petkovic | 4 | 3 | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |