# 2016 Wuhan Open – Doubles

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hingis played alongside CoCo Vandeweghe, but lost in the second round to Aleksandra Krunić and Kateřina Siniaková.
Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the final to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová, 1–6, 4–6.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (second round)
* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (semifinals)
* Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová (final)
* Martina Hingis / CoCo Vandeweghe (second round)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová (champions)
* Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (second round)
* 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Christina McHale Peng Shuai | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | 5 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 6 | 3 | [10] | 3 | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 4 | 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 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 2 | [2] | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | A Cornet P Parmentier | 2 | 3 | | | C McHale S Peng | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | C McHale S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C McHale S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Liang Z Yang | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | K Bondarenko C-j Chuang | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko C-j Chuang | 6 | 7 | | | K Bondarenko C-j Chuang | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | O Savchuk Y Wang | 6 | 2 | [4] | 7 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 4 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | C McHale S Peng | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | M Hingis C Vandeweghe | 7$^7$ | 5 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Krunić K Siniaková | 7 | 6 | | | A Krunić K Siniaková | 6$^4$ | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gavrilova D Kasatkina | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | A Krunić K Siniaková | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Rosolska H Watson | 4 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | 5 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | X Han L Zhu | 6 | 4 | [10] | WC | X Han L Zhu | 4 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Halep J Ostapenko | 1$^r$ | | | 5 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 6 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Irigoyen T Maria | 5 | 3 | 6 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Bacsinszky S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | WC | T Bacsinszky S Kuznetsova | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena O Kalashnikova | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 6 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | |
| | A Parra Santonja An Rodionova | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 3 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| 8 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 4 | 6 | [7] |
| WC | C Liu K Zhang | 3 | 5 | 8 | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 3 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Xu S Zheng | 3 | 4 | | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Atawo A Spears | 3 | 6 | [4] | | | | | |
| | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 0 | [10] | | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6$^3$ | 4 | | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 6 | 5 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 3 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |