# 2016 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles

Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo were the defending champions, but Dodig chose not to participate this year. Melo played alongside Vasek Pospisil, but lost to John Peers and Henri Kontinen in the semifinals.
Kontinen and Peers won the title, defeating top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the final, 6–4, 3–6, [10–6].

## Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (final)
* Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (second round)
* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (quarterfinals)
* Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (second round)
* Feliciano López / Marc López (quarterfinals)
* Marcelo Melo / Vasek Pospisil (semifinals)
* Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram (second round)
* Rohan Bopanna / Daniel Nestor (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 | Final |
| 1 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | |
| 8 | Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | | |
| 8 | Rohan Bopanna Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | [6] | 1 | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut | 4 | 6 | [6] |
| | | | | | | Henri Kontinen John Peers | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| | Henri Kontinen John Peers | 6 | 6 | | | Henri Kontinen John Peers | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| 6 | Marcelo Melo Vasek Pospisil | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |

### 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 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Martin G Simon | 4 | 7$^7$ | [7] | | M Kližan J Sousa | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kližan J Sousa | 6 | 6$^2$ | [10] | | | | | | 1 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 6$^5$ | [10] | | | | | |
| | J Benneteau É Roger-Vasselin | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 5 | F López M López | 3 | 7$^7$ | [6] | | | | | |
| | P Cuevas D Marrero | 6 | 0 | [6] | | J Benneteau É Roger-Vasselin | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | F López M López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P-H Herbert N Mahut | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | R Bopanna D Nestor | 4 | 6 | [6] |
| | | | | | 4 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | 3 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Inglot M Matkowski | 2 | 3 | | | N Monroe J Sock | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Monroe J Sock | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Monroe J Sock | 6 | 3 | [5] | | | | | |
| WC | J Eysseric T Lamasine | 5 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | 8 | R Bopanna D Nestor | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| | L Pouille J-W Tsonga | 7 | 3 | [10] | | L Pouille J-W Tsonga | 6$^6$ | 7$^7$ | [12] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | R Bopanna D Nestor | 7$^8$ | 6$^2$ | [14] | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| | | | | 7 | R Klaasen R Ram | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 6 | | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Huey M Mirnyi | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Q Halys A Mannarino | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | N Djokovic N Zimonjić | 3 | 4 | WC | Q Halys A Mannarino | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Melo V Pospisil | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | 6 | M Melo V Pospisil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Lorenzi A Ramos Viñolas | 1 | 5 | | P Kohlschreiber D Thiem | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber D Thiem | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 6 | M Melo V Pospisil | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| | G Dimitrov A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | G Dimitrov A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | |
| | JS Cabal R Farah | 2 | 6$^5$ | | G Dimitrov A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | J Murray B Soares | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |