2016 China Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2016 China Open
Champions	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
Runners-up	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
Score	6−4, 6−4

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 Julia Görges and Karolína Plíšková. Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the second round to Gabriela Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová won the title, defeating Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 6−4, 6−4.

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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	0	6	[10]
	3	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	6	1	[6]
								1	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	4	4
								5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	6	6
		Gabriela Dabrowski María José Martínez Sánchez	6	1	[12]
	5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	4	6	[14]

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	C Garcia K Mladenovic	6	2	[10]
		C Liang Z Yang	3	3					A Krunić K Siniaková	0	6	[7]
		A Krunić K Siniaková	6	6											1	C Garcia K Mladenovic	6	6
	WC	T Bacsinszky J Ostapenko	6	6											WC	T Bacsinszky J Ostapenko	4	3
	WC	X You L Zhu	4	2				WC	T Bacsinszky J Ostapenko	77	0	[10]
		O Savchuk Y Wang	3	1				8	T Babos Y Shvedova	63	6	[5]
	8	T Babos Y Shvedova	6	6																		1	C Garcia K Mladenovic	0	6	[10]
																						3	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	6	1	[6]
								3	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	78	6
		V King M Niculescu	7	6					V King M Niculescu	66	4
		Y Xu S Zheng	5	2											3	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	6	6
		A Klepač K Srebotnik	4	6	[10]											L Arruabarrena O Kalashnikova	2	0
		R Atawo A Spears	6	2	[4]				A Klepač K Srebotnik	7	5	[4]
		L Arruabarrena O Kalashnikova	4	6	[10]				L Arruabarrena O Kalashnikova	5	7	[10]
	6	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	4	[8]

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	M Hingis C Vandeweghe	6	6
		M Irigoyen T Maria	1	1				7	M Hingis C Vandeweghe	4	6	[8]
		J Görges Ka Plíšková	6	6					J Görges Ka Plíšková	6	3	[10]
		S Aoyama M Ninomiya	2	1												J Görges Ka Plíšková	4	4
		D Kasatkina A Rosolska	3	4												G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6
		G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6					G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez	4	6	[10]
								4	S Mirza B Strýcová	6	1	[4]
																							G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	1	[12]
	5	B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová	7	77																		5	B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová	4	6	[14]
		A-L Grönefeld K Peschke	5	65				5	B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová	6	6
		A Parra Santonja An Rodionova	3	1					K Bondarenko C-j Chuang	1	4
		K Bondarenko C-j Chuang	6	6											5	B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová	6	6
	WC	C McHale S Peng	6	6											WC	C McHale S Peng	4	2
	WC	L Siegemund E Svitolina	4	2				WC	C McHale S Peng	6	6
								2	E Makarova E Vesnina	3	1

• Main Draw