2016 Australian Open – Women's doubles

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.

Women's doubles
2016 Australian Open
Champions	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
Runners-up	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Final score	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
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Top seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3.

Seeds

01.     Martina Hingis /   Sania Mirza (champions)

02.     Chan Hao-ching /   Chan Yung-jan (quarterfinals)

03.     Caroline Garcia /   Kristina Mladenovic (third round)

04.     Tímea Babos /   Katarina Srebotnik (second round)

05.     Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova /   Elena Vesnina (third round)

06.     Raquel Atawo /   Abigail Spears (second round)

07.     Andrea Hlaváčková /   Lucie Hradecká (finals)

08.     Lara Arruabarrena /   Andreja Klepač (first round)

09.     Irina-Camelia Begu /   Monica Niculescu (first round)

10.     Anabel Medina Garrigues /   Arantxa Parra Santonja (third round)

11.     Yaroslava Shvedova /   Samantha Stosur (second round)

12.     Anna-Lena Grönefeld /   CoCo Vandeweghe (quarterfinals)

13.     Julia Görges /   Karolína Plíšková (semifinals)

14.     Kiki Bertens /   Johanna Larsson (first round)

15.     Xu Yifan /   Zheng Saisai (semifinals)

16.     Gabriela Dabrowski /   Alicja Rosolska (first round)

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

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

	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	7^7	6
															7	Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká	6^1	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	7^8																		12	A-L Grönefeld   C Vandeweghe	2	6	1
		A Beck   C Witthöft	3	6^6				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	7^7	3	6
		M Lučić-Baroni   B Strýcová	7^7	6												M Lučić-Baroni   B Strýcová	6^5	6	3
		M Barthel   L Siegemund	6^4	1					M Lučić-Baroni   B Strýcová	6^4	6	6
		S Errani   MJ Martínez Sánchez	2	3				6	R Atawo   A Spears	7^7	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	7^7			Alt	M Sanchez   S Vogt	2	1
		D Jurak   N Melichar	3	6	6^1										3	C Garcia   K Mladenovic	1	6^5
		A Van Uytvanck   Y Wickmayer	3	3											13	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	6	7^7
		B Krejčíková   Y Wang	6	6					B Krejčíková   Y Wang	5	3
		C-j Chuang   O Govortsova	6^6	4				13	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	7	6
	13	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	7^8	6																		13	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	6	6
	11	Y Shvedova   S Stosur	7^7	6																		PR	V King   A Kudryavtseva	2	4
		A Dulgheru   S Soler Espinosa	6^3	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	7^7
		K Jans-Ignacik   P Kania	2	6	4				S Lisicki   B Mattek-Sands	4	6	6^5
		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	6^0											S-w Hsieh   O Kalashnikova	2	4
		S-w Hsieh   O Kalashnikova	2	6	7^7				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	6^4	6
	WC	S Aoyama   M Ninomiya	2	7^7	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	7^9
		I Falconi   V Lepchenko	6^6	6	6										10	A Medina Garrigues   A Parra Santonja	2	6^7
	WC	A Bai   N Bains	7^8	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	6^7																		2	H-c Chan   Y-j Chan	6	5	3
		J Konta   H Watson	6	7^9					J Konta   H Watson	2	3
		J Rae   A Smith	3	6	7^7				J Rae   A Smith	6	6
	PR	C Liang   S Peng	6	2	6^2											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