# 2016 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles

Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, 3–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$.

## Seeds

* Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (first round)
* Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo (first round)
* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (quarterfinals)
* Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)
* Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea (first round)
* Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock (final)
* Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (champions)
* Édouard Roger-Vasselin / Nenad Zimonjić (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 |
| 6 | Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock | 4 | 6 | [12] | | | | |
| | Feliciano López Marc López | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | Feliciano López Marc López | 6 | 3 | [10] | 6 | Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock | 3 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | | 7 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 8 | Édouard Roger-Vasselin Nenad Zimonjić | 6 | 3 | [6] | 7 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 7 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 4 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6$^6$ | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ł Kubot M Matkowski | 7$^8$ | 3 | [10] | | Ł Kubot M Matkowski | 2 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet B Paire | 3 | 6 | [4] | | P Kohlschreiber D Thiem | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber D Thiem | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | P Kohlschreiber D Thiem | 5 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | H Kontinen J Peers | 6$^6$ | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | V Pospisil J Sock | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | T Bellucci G Pella | 7$^8$ | 7 | | | T Bellucci G Pella | 3 | 7$^8$ | [5] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-u-H Qureshi G Simon | 0 | 5 | | 6 | V Pospisil J Sock | 6 | 6$^6$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | V Pospisil J Sock | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | V Pospisil J Sock | 4 | 6 | [12] |
| 4 | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6$^5$ | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | | F López M López | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| | T Huey M Kližan | 4 | 7$^7$ | [9] | 4 | J Murray B Soares | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | JS Cabal R Farah | 3 | 1$^r$ | | | D Inglot R Lindstedt | 6 | 3 | [4] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Inglot R Lindstedt | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | J Murray B Soares | 7$^7$ | 6$^2$ | [8] | | | | | |
| | J Isner M Raonic | 7 | 6$^5$ | [10] | | | | | | | F López M López | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | |
| | C Fleming A Murray | 5 | 7$^7$ | [8] | | J Isner M Raonic | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F López M López | 2 | 6 | [10] | | F López M López | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Bopanna F Mergea | 6 | 4 | [4] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 8 | É Roger-Vasselin N Zimonjić | 6 | 6$^6$ | [17] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | M Michalička I Minář | 3 | 7$^8$ | [15] | 8 | É Roger-Vasselin N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Goffin J Sousa | 6 | 4 | [10] | | D Goffin J Sousa | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Marrero B Tomic | 1 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | 8 | É Roger-Vasselin N Zimonjić | 4 | 6 | [14] | | | | | |
| | R Bautista Agut V Troicki | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 1 | [12] | | | | | |
| | P Cuevas M Granollers | 6 | 3 | [4] | | R Bautista Agut V Troicki | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Nadal F Verdasco | 6 | 5 | [8] | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 3 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | É Roger-Vasselin N Zimonjić | 6 | 3 | [6] |
| 7 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| | G Dimitrov M Mirnyi | 6$^5$ | 2 | | 7 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Nestor R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | D Nestor R Štěpánek | 6 | 4 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Klaasen R Ram | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Alt | J Chardy F Martin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Alt | J Chardy F Martin | 1 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | S Johnson S Querrey | 4 | 3 | | Alt | J Chardy F Martin | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | JM del Potro L Mayer | 6 | 6 | | PR | JM del Potro L Mayer | 7$^7$ | 3 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | I Dodig M Melo | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |