2016 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2016 Italian Open
Champions	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
Runners-up	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Score	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [10–3]
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Main article: 2016 Italian Open (tennis)

Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Babos played alongside Yaroslava Shvedova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu. Mladenovic teamed up with Caroline Garcia, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [10–3].

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (champions)
2. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová (second round)
3. Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
4. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (semifinals)
5. Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)
6. Chan Yung-jan / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (second round)
7. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (final)
8. 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							Final
	1	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6	6
		Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	3	4
								1	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6	6^5	[10]
								7	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	1	7^7	[3]
	4	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	2	5
	7	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6	7

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	6
		S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova	6	6^5	[10]				S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova	3	3
		M Irigoyen A Rosolska	2	7^7	[6]										1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	6
		R Atawo A Spears	6	6												R Atawo A Spears	4	2
		C Liang Y Wang	2	3					R Atawo A Spears	6	6
	WC	K Knapp F Schiavone	2	1				8	J Görges Ka Plíšková	4	3
	8	J Görges Ka Plíšková	6	6																		1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	6
																							I-C Begu M Niculescu	3	4
								3	T Babos Y Shvedova	6	6
		Y Xu S Zheng	6	3	[5]			WC	C Giovine A Moratelli	3	2
	WC	C Giovine A Moratelli	0	6	[10]										3	T Babos Y Shvedova	6^4	3
	WC	S Kuznetsova A Pavlyuchenkova	6	3	[7]											I-C Begu M Niculescu	7^7	6
		I-C Begu M Niculescu	4	6	[10]				I-C Begu M Niculescu	2	7^7	[10]
		C-j Chuang D Jurak	2	1				6	Y-j Chan A-L Grönefeld	6	6^1	[8]
	6	Y-j Chan A-L Grönefeld	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	C Garcia K Mladenovic	6	0	[11]
		M Krajicek B Strýcová	1	6	[9]			5	C Garcia K Mladenovic	7^7	1	[10]
		K Jans-Ignacik T Maria	6^1	1					A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	6^4	6	[7]
		A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	7^7	6											5	C Garcia K Mladenovic	4	4
		L Arruabarrena S Errani	6	4	[10]										4	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	6
		V King A Kudryavtseva	2	6	[5]				L Arruabarrena S Errani	4	1
								4	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	6
																						4	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	2	5
	7	E Makarova E Vesnina	6	6																		7	E Makarova E Vesnina	6	7
		L Kichenok O Savchuk	4	3				7	E Makarova E Vesnina	7^7	6^5	[12]
		G Dabrowski An Rodionova	3	2					K Bertens J Larsson	6^5	7^7	[10]
		K Bertens J Larsson	6	6											7	E Makarova E Vesnina	6	6
	WC	S Williams V Williams	1	5												A Klepač K Srebotnik	2	4
		A Klepač K Srebotnik	6	7					A Klepač K Srebotnik	6	6
								2	B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová	3	4

External links

• WTA tournament draws