# 2016 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Gabriela Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez. Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan won the title, defeating Sara Errani and Carla Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–3, 6–3.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (second round)
* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (champions)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (first round)
* Tímea Babos / Julia Görges (quarterfinals)
* Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears (second round)
* Andreja Klepač / Katarina Srebotnik (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina | 6 | 6$^5$ | [8] | | | | |
| 4 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 3 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | |
| 4 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 3 | 7$^7$ | [10] | 4 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro | 3 | 3 |
| | Gabriela Dabrowski María José Martínez Sánchez | 1 | 4 | | | Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro | 3 | 3 |
| | Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top 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 |
| | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang O Kalashnikova | 4 | 2 | | Y Xu S Zheng | 4 | 6 | [4] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 4 | [5] | | | | | |
| | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina K Siniaková | 4 | 5 | | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Halep R Olaru | 5 | 4 | 8 | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 6 | 6$^5$ | [8] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 3 | 7$^7$ | [10] |
| | | | | 4 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-w Chan K Marosi | 6 | 6 | | C-w Chan K Marosi | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok N Kichenok | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | |
| WC | O Jabeur O Mourad | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 6 | T Babos J Görges | 1 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | |
| WC | P Kvitová B Strýcová | 6 | 6 | WC | P Kvitová B Strýcová | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Liang Y Wang | 3 | 4 | 6 | T Babos J Görges | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | T Babos J Görges | 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 |
| 7 | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Al-Nabhani V Lepchenko | 1 | 4 | | 7 | R Atawo A Spears | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Jurak N Melichar | 6 | 1 | [3] | | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | |
| | N Broady A Rosolska | 4 | 2 | | | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 4 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 6 | 6 |
| | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 3 | 6 | [10] | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová E Makarova | 6 | 5 | [3] | | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 4 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | B Mattek-Sands Y Shvedova | 7 | 4 | [5] | | | |
| | K Jans-Ignacik B Krejčíková | 6 | 6 | | | K Jans-Ignacik B Krejčíková | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Mattek-Sands Y Shvedova | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |