# 2016 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles

Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Klaasen teamed up with Rajeev Ram, but they lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nenad Zimonjić in the second round. Melo played alongside Łukasz Kubot, but they lost to Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers in the second round.
John Isner and Jack Sock won the title, defeating Henri Kontinen and John Peers in the final, 6–4, 6–4.

## Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (quarterfinals)
* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (semifinals)
* Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo (second round)
* Feliciano López / Marc López (quarterfinals)
* Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram (second round)
* Rohan Bopanna / Daniel Nestor (second round)
* Treat Huey / Max Mirnyi (second round)
* Robert Lindstedt / Vasek Pospisil (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 |
| | Henri Kontinen John Peers | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Marin Čilić Mate Pavić | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | Marin Čilić Mate Pavić | 3 | 4 | Henri Kontinen John Peers | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | John Isner Jack Sock | 6 | 6 |
| | John Isner Jack Sock | 6 | 7$^7$ | John Isner Jack Sock | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 2 | 6$^2$ | | | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| | | | | 1 | J Murray B Soares | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Li D Wu | 5 | 6$^4$ | | R Bautista Agut D Ferrer | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bautista Agut D Ferrer | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 1 | J Murray B Soares | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | |
| | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | |
| PR | P Petzschner A Zverev | 2 | 3 | | H Kontinen J Peers | 6$^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | R Lindstedt V Pospisil | 7$^7$ | 1 | [7] | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Čilić M Pavić | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | 3 | Ł Kubot M Melo | 6 | 4 | [4] | | | | | | | |
| | O Marach F Martin | 2 | 6$^4$ | | P Cuevas M Granollers | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | |
| | P Cuevas M Granollers | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | P Cuevas M Granollers | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | |
| | P Lorenzi A Ramos Viñolas | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | M Čilić M Pavić | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | |
| | M Čilić M Pavić | 6 | 6 | | M Čilić M Pavić | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | R Bopanna D Nestor | 7 | 4 | [8] | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 7 | T Huey M Mirnyi | 6 | 6$^6$ | [5] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Gong Z Zhang | 3 | 3 | | | J Isner J Sock | 1 | 7$^8$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Isner J Sock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Isner J Sock | 6$^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | J Benneteau É Roger-Vasselin | 7$^{11}$ | 3 | [8] | | | | | | 4 | F López M López | 7$^7$ | 4 | [7] | | | | |
| | JS Cabal R Farah | 6$^9$ | 6 | [10] | | JS Cabal R Farah | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | F López M López | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Isner J Sock | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 2 | 6$^2$ |
| | | | | | 5 | R Klaasen R Ram | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Johnson S Querrey | 4 | 4 | | | J-W Tsonga N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-W Tsonga N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J-W Tsonga N Zimonjić | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | M Kližan J Sousa | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Matkowski J-J Rojer | 6 | 6 | | | M Matkowski J-J Rojer | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |