# 2016 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Top seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza defeated Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–3, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2016 Australian Open.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but Šafářová withdrew before the tournament due to a bacterial infection. Mattek-Sands played alongside Sabine Lisicki, but lost in the second round to Anastasia and Arina Rodionova.

## Seeds

    01. Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (champions)
    02. Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (quarterfinals)
    03. Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (third round)
    04. Tímea Babos / Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
    05. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Elena Vesnina (third round)
    06. Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears (second round)
    07. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (finals)
    08. Lara Arruabarrena / Andreja Klepač (first round)
    09. Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu (first round)
    10. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja (third round)
    11. Yaroslava Shvedova / Samantha Stosur (second round)
    12. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / CoCo Vandeweghe (quarterfinals)
    13. Julia Görges / Karolína Plíšková (semifinals)
    14. Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson (first round)
    15. Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai (semifinals)
    16. Gabriela Dabrowski / Alicja Rosolska (first round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld CoCo Vandeweghe | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld CoCo Vandeweghe | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| 13 | Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | 13 | Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| PR | Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 6$^1$ | 3 |
| | Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 6$^1$ | 3 |
| 15 | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Duque Mariño T Pereira | 2 | 3 | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Birrell P Hon | 4 | 3 | | | L Kichenok N Kichenok | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok N Kichenok | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | J Moore S Sanders | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Kuznetsova R Vinci | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| WC | E Perez B Woolcock | 4 | 2 | | WC | J Moore S Sanders | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Kuznetsova R Vinci | 6 | 3 | 6 | | S Kuznetsova R Vinci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | K Bertens J Larsson | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| | A Beck C Witthöft | 3 | 6$^6$ | | 12 | A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Patterson O Rogowska | 4 | 5 | | | B Bencic M Rybáriková | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bencic M Rybáriková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 12 | A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Lučić-Baroni B Strýcová | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | M Lučić-Baroni B Strýcová | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | M Barthel L Siegemund | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | M Lučić-Baroni B Strýcová | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Errani MJ Martínez Sánchez | 2 | 3 | | 6 | R Atawo A Spears | 7$^7$ | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Irigoyen MT Torró Flor | 3 | 2 | | 3 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | M Sanchez S Vogt | 6 | 2 | 7$^7$ | Alt | M Sanchez S Vogt | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Jurak N Melichar | 3 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | | 3 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | A Van Uytvanck Y Wickmayer | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 13 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | B Krejčíková Y Wang | 6 | 6 | | | B Krejčíková Y Wang | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang O Govortsova | 6$^6$ | 4 | | 13 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Y Shvedova S Stosur | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | PR | V King A Kudryavtseva | 2 | 4 |
| | A Dulgheru S Soler Espinosa | 6$^3$ | 3 | | 11 | Y Shvedova S Stosur | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | V King A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 | | PR | V King A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-w Chan K Nara | 1 | 4 | | | | | | PR | V King A Kudryavtseva | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Y Bonaventure R Olaru | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | A Pavlyuchenkova E Vesnina | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | J Janković A Petkovic | 4 | 4 | | | Y Bonaventure R Olaru | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gavrilova E Svitolina | 0 | 2 | | 5 | A Pavlyuchenkova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Pavlyuchenkova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | L Arruabarrena A Klepač | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | An Rodionova Ar Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | An Rodionova Ar Rodionova | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jans-Ignacik P Kania | 2 | 6 | 4 | | S Lisicki B Mattek-Sands | 4 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lisicki B Mattek-Sands | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | An Rodionova Ar Rodionova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Keys A Tomljanović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Cibulková K Flipkens | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Husárová AK Schmiedlová | 3 | 4 | | | M Keys A Tomljanović | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Cibulková K Flipkens | 6 | 3 | 6 | | D Cibulková K Flipkens | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | An Rodionova Ar Rodionova | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 15 | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | J Ostapenko Y Putintseva | 4 | 3 | | 15 | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Kasatkina D Kovinić | 5 | 6 | 6 | | D Kasatkina D Kovinić | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Brengle T Maria | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 15 | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Doi N Hibino | 6 | 2 | 6$^0$ | | | | | | | S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova | 2 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina K Siniaková | 3 | 5 | | 4 | T Babos K Srebotnik | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Babos K Srebotnik | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Aoyama M Ninomiya | 2 | 7$^7$ | 1 | 7 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Diyas K Zhang | 2 | 4 | | | M Gasparyan A Panova | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gasparyan A Panova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | |
| | I Falconi V Lepchenko | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | 10 | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 2 | 6$^7$ | | | | | |
| WC | A Bai N Bains | 7$^8$ | 2 | 3 | | I Falconi V Lepchenko | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hercog C McHale | 3 | 3 | | 10 | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 16 | G Dabrowski A Rosolska | 1 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| | J Konta H Watson | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | J Konta H Watson | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Rae A Smith | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | J Rae A Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | C Liang S Peng | 6 | 2 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | J Rae A Smith | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Cornet M Linette | 4 | 0 | | | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Allertová D Schuurs | 1 | 1 | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |