2016 China Open – Women's doubles

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

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.

Seeds

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