2016 Italian Open – Women's doubles

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

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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6	6
		Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	3	4
								1	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6	65	[10]
								7	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	1	77	[3]
	4	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	2	5
	7	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6	7

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	6
		S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova	6	65	[10]				S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova	3	3
		M Irigoyen A Rosolska	2	77	[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	64	3
	WC	S Kuznetsova A Pavlyuchenkova	6	3	[7]											I-C Begu M Niculescu	77	6
		I-C Begu M Niculescu	4	6	[10]				I-C Begu M Niculescu	2	77	[10]
		C-j Chuang D Jurak	2	1				6	Y-j Chan A-L Grönefeld	6	61	[8]
	6	Y-j Chan A-L Grönefeld	6	6

	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	77	1	[10]
		K Jans-Ignacik T Maria	61	1					A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	64	6	[7]
		A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	77	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	77	65	[12]
		G Dabrowski An Rodionova	3	2					K Bertens J Larsson	65	77	[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

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