Women's doubles
2016 Australian Open
Champions	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
Runners-up	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Score	7–6(7–1), 6–3

Top seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza defeated Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2016 Australian Open.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but Šafářová withdrew before the tournament due to a bacterial infection. Mattek-Sands played alongside Sabine Lisicki, but lost in the second round to Anastasia and Arina Rodionova.

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6	4	6
	12	Anna-Lena Grönefeld CoCo Vandeweghe	2	6	1
								1	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6	6
								13	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková	1	0
	13	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková	6	6
	PR	Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva	2	4
															1	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	77	6
															7	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	61	3
		Anastasia Rodionova Arina Rodionova	2	7	4
	15	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	6	5	6
								15	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	6	3	1
								7	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	3	6	6
	7	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	2	7	6
	2	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	6	5	3

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	6
		M Duque Mariño T Pereira	2	3				1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	6
	WC	K Birrell P Hon	4	3					L Kichenok N Kichenok	2	3
		L Kichenok N Kichenok	6	6											1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	6
	WC	J Moore S Sanders	6	6												S Kuznetsova R Vinci	1	3
	WC	E Perez B Woolcock	4	2				WC	J Moore S Sanders	0	3
		S Kuznetsova R Vinci	6	3	6				S Kuznetsova R Vinci	6	6
	14	K Bertens J Larsson	2	6	2																	1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	4	6
	12	A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe	6	78																		12	A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe	2	6	1
		A Beck C Witthöft	3	66				12	A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe	w/o
	WC	T Patterson O Rogowska	4	5					B Bencic M Rybáriková
		B Bencic M Rybáriková	6	7											12	A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe	77	3	6
		M Lučić-Baroni B Strýcová	77	6												M Lučić-Baroni B Strýcová	65	6	3
		M Barthel L Siegemund	64	1					M Lučić-Baroni B Strýcová	64	6	6
		S Errani MJ Martínez Sánchez	2	3				6	R Atawo A Spears	77	1	2
	6	R Atawo A Spears	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	C Garcia K Mladenovic	6	6
		M Irigoyen MT Torró Flor	3	2				3	C Garcia K Mladenovic	6	6
	Alt	M Sanchez S Vogt	6	2	77			Alt	M Sanchez S Vogt	2	1
		D Jurak N Melichar	3	6	61										3	C Garcia K Mladenovic	1	65
		A Van Uytvanck Y Wickmayer	3	3											13	J Görges Ka Plíšková	6	77
		B Krejčíková Y Wang	6	6					B Krejčíková Y Wang	5	3
		C-j Chuang O Govortsova	66	4				13	J Görges Ka Plíšková	7	6
	13	J Görges Ka Plíšková	78	6																		13	J Görges Ka Plíšková	6	6
	11	Y Shvedova S Stosur	77	6																		PR	V King A Kudryavtseva	2	4
		A Dulgheru S Soler Espinosa	63	3				11	Y Shvedova S Stosur	1	4
	PR	V King A Kudryavtseva	6	6				PR	V King A Kudryavtseva	6	6
		C-w Chan K Nara	1	4											PR	V King A Kudryavtseva	2	6	6
		Y Bonaventure R Olaru	6	6											5	A Pavlyuchenkova E Vesnina	6	4	3
		J Janković A Petkovic	4	4					Y Bonaventure R Olaru	1	2
		D Gavrilova E Svitolina	0	2				5	A Pavlyuchenkova E Vesnina	6	6
	5	A Pavlyuchenkova E Vesnina	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	L Arruabarrena A Klepač	0	4
		An Rodionova Ar Rodionova	6	6					An Rodionova Ar Rodionova	6	4	77
		K Jans-Ignacik P Kania	2	6	4				S Lisicki B Mattek-Sands	4	6	65
		S Lisicki B Mattek-Sands	6	3	6											An Rodionova Ar Rodionova	5	6	6
		M Keys A Tomljanović	6	6												D Cibulková K Flipkens	7	2	4
		J Husárová AK Schmiedlová	3	4					M Keys A Tomljanović	3	5
		D Cibulková K Flipkens	6	3	6				D Cibulková K Flipkens	6	7
	9	I-C Begu M Niculescu	4	6	4																		An Rodionova Ar Rodionova	2	7	4
	15	Y Xu S Zheng	6	6																		15	Y Xu S Zheng	6	5	6
		J Ostapenko Y Putintseva	4	3				15	Y Xu S Zheng	6	6
		D Kasatkina D Kovinić	5	6	6				D Kasatkina D Kovinić	3	2
		M Brengle T Maria	7	4	3										15	Y Xu S Zheng	6	6
		M Doi N Hibino	6	2	60											S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova	2	4
		S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova	2	6	77				S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova	6	4	7
		V Dushevina K Siniaková	3	5				4	T Babos K Srebotnik	3	6	5
	4	T Babos K Srebotnik	6	7

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	64	6
	WC	S Aoyama M Ninomiya	2	77	1			7	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	7	6
		Z Diyas K Zhang	2	4					M Gasparyan A Panova	5	1
		M Gasparyan A Panova	6	6											7	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	79
		I Falconi V Lepchenko	66	6	6										10	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	2	67
	WC	A Bai N Bains	78	2	3				I Falconi V Lepchenko	2	2
		P Hercog C McHale	3	3				10	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	6	6
	10	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	6	6																		7	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	2	7	6
	16	G Dabrowski A Rosolska	1	67																		2	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	6	5	3
		J Konta H Watson	6	79					J Konta H Watson	2	3
		J Rae A Smith	3	6	77				J Rae A Smith	6	6
	PR	C Liang S Peng	6	2	62											J Rae A Smith	3	4
		K Bondarenko O Savchuk	6	6											2	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	6	6
		A Cornet M Linette	4	0					K Bondarenko O Savchuk	3	3
		D Allertová D Schuurs	1	1				2	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	6	6
	2	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	6	6

External links

• 2016 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation