2016 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Gabriela Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez.
Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan won the title, defeating Sara Errani and Carla Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–3, 6–3.

Doubles
2016 Qatar Total Open
Final
Champions	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
Runners-up	Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro
Score	6–3, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
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Seeds

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

1.   Martina Hingis /   Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)
2.   Bethanie Mattek-Sands /   Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
3.   Caroline Garcia /   Kristina Mladenovic (second round)
4.   Chan Hao-ching /   Chan Yung-jan (champions)
5.   Andrea Hlaváčková /   Lucie Hradecká (first round)
6.   Tímea Babos /   Julia Görges (quarterfinals)
7.   Raquel Atawo /   Abigail Spears (second round)
8.   Andreja Klepač /   Katarina Srebotnik (second round)

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

	Semifinals							Final
		Daria Kasatkina   Elena Vesnina	6	6^5	[8]
	4	Chan Hao-ching   Chan Yung-jan	3	7^7	[10]
								4	Chan Hao-ching   Chan Yung-jan	6	6
									Sara Errani   Carla Suárez Navarro	3	3
		Gabriela Dabrowski   María José Martínez Sánchez	1	4
		Sara Errani   Carla Suárez Navarro	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Hingis   S Mirza	6	4	[10]
		C-j Chuang   O Kalashnikova	4	2					Y Xu   S Zheng	4	6	[4]
		Y Xu   S Zheng	6	6											1	M Hingis   S Mirza	6	4	[5]
		D Kasatkina   E Vesnina	6	7												D Kasatkina   E Vesnina	2	6	[10]
		V Dushevina   K Siniaková	4	5					D Kasatkina   E Vesnina	6	6
	WC	S Halep   R Olaru	5	4				8	A Klepač   K Srebotnik	4	4
	8	A Klepač   K Srebotnik	7	6																			D Kasatkina   E Vesnina	6	6^5	[8]
																						4	H-c Chan   Y-j Chan	3	7^7	[10]
								4	H-c Chan   Y-j Chan	6	6
		C-w Chan   K Marosi	6	6					C-w Chan   K Marosi	2	1
		L Kichenok   N Kichenok	2	4											4	H-c Chan   Y-j Chan	6	7^8
	WC	O Jabeur   O Mourad	0	1											6	T Babos   J Görges	1	6^6
	WC	P Kvitová   B Strýcová	6	6				WC	P Kvitová   B Strýcová
		C Liang   Y Wang	3	4				6	T Babos   J Görges	w/o
	6	T Babos   J Görges	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	R Atawo   A Spears	6	6
	WC	F Al-Nabhani   V Lepchenko	1	4				7	R Atawo   A Spears	6^4	1
		D Jurak   N Melichar	6	1	[3]				G Dabrowski   MJ Martínez Sánchez	7^7	6
		G Dabrowski   MJ Martínez Sánchez	2	6	[10]											G Dabrowski   MJ Martínez Sánchez	7^7	7
		K Bondarenko   O Savchuk	6	6												K Bondarenko   O Savchuk	6^4	5
		N Broady   A Rosolska	4	2					K Bondarenko   O Savchuk	6	6
								3	C Garcia   K Mladenovic	4	4
																							G Dabrowski   MJ Martínez Sánchez	1	4
	5	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	6	4	[6]																		S Errani   C Suárez Navarro	6	6
		S Errani   C Suárez Navarro	3	6	[10]				S Errani   C Suárez Navarro	3	6	[10]
		D Hantuchová   E Makarova	6	5	[3]				M Gasparyan   M Niculescu	6	2	[7]
		M Gasparyan   M Niculescu	4	7	[10]											S Errani   C Suárez Navarro	5	6	[10]
		A-L Grönefeld   C Vandeweghe	4	4											2	B Mattek-Sands   Y Shvedova	7	4	[5]
		K Jans-Ignacik   B Krejčíková	6	6					K Jans-Ignacik   B Krejčíková	3	6^4
								2	B Mattek-Sands   Y Shvedova	6	7^7

References