# 2016 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Babos played alongside Yaroslava Shvedova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu. Mladenovic teamed up with Caroline Garcia, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–1, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–3].

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (champions)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová (second round)
* Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (semifinals)
* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)
* Chan Yung-jan / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (second round)
* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (final)
* Julia Görges / Karolína Plíšková (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 | Final |
| 1 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu | 3 | 4 | 1 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] |
| | | | | 7 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 1 | 7$^7$ | [3] |
| 4 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 2 | 5 | 7 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 1 | 7$^7$ | [3] |
| 7 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### 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 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] | | S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Irigoyen A Rosolska | 2 | 7$^7$ | [6] | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Atawo A Spears | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | C Liang Y Wang | 2 | 3 | | | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Knapp F Schiavone | 2 | 1 | | 8 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 3 | [5] | WC | C Giovine A Moratelli | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Giovine A Moratelli | 0 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | |
| WC | S Kuznetsova A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 3 | [7] | | | | | | | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 4 | 6 | [10] | | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 2 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang D Jurak | 2 | 1 | | 6 | Y-j Chan A-L Grönefeld | 6 | 6$^1$ | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Y-j Chan A-L Grönefeld | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 0 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Krajicek B Strýcová | 1 | 6 | [9] | 5 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 7$^7$ | 1 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jans-Ignacik T Maria | 6$^1$ | 1 | | | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 6$^4$ | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena S Errani | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | V King A Kudryavtseva | 2 | 6 | [5] | | L Arruabarrena S Errani | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 7 |
| | L Kichenok O Savchuk | 4 | 3 | | 7 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | [12] | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski An Rodionova | 3 | 2 | | | K Bertens J Larsson | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bertens J Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 6 | 7 | | | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |