2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Bopanna played alongside Florin Mergea, but lost in the first round to Nestor and Radek Štěpánek. Nestor and Štěpánek lost in the quarterfinals to Łukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski.
Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi won the title, defeating Feliciano López and Marc López in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [14–12].

Men's doubles
2016 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champions	Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi
Runners-up	Feliciano López Marc López
Score	6–2, 3–6, [14–12]
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Main article: 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships

Seeds

1. Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)
2. Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea (first round)
3. Vasek Pospisil / Nenad Zimonjić (first round)
4. Henri Kontinen / John Peers (first 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

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J-J Rojer H Tecău	6	7
		G García-López V Troicki	2	5				1	J-J Rojer H Tecău	4	4
		D Inglot R Lindstedt	63	3					F López M López	6	6
		F López M López	77	6												F López M López	6	78
	3	V Pospisil N Zimonjić	4	4											Q	H Chung J Veselý	4	66
	Q	H Chung J Veselý	6	6				Q	H Chung J Veselý	62	78	[11]
		R Bautista Agut J Sousa	2	6	[10]				R Bautista Agut J Sousa	77	66	[9]
	WC	S Bubka S Stakhovsky	6	2	[8]																		F López M López	2	6	[12]
	WC	M Bhupathi A-u-H Qureshi	4	2																			S Bolelli A Seppi	6	3	[14]
		S Bolelli A Seppi	6	6					S Bolelli A Seppi	6	6
		J Murray T Robredo	2	6	[10]				J Murray T Robredo	4	3
	4	H Kontinen J Peers	6	4	[8]											S Bolelli A Seppi	6	6
		I Dodig M Draganja	6	4	[7]											Ł Kubot M Matkowski	4	4
		Ł Kubot M Matkowski	4	6	[10]				Ł Kubot M Matkowski	3	6	[10]
		D Nestor R Štěpánek	3	78	[10]				D Nestor R Štěpánek	6	3	[5]
	2	R Bopanna F Mergea	6	66	[4]

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Rameez Junaid / Jonathan Marray (first round)
2. Leonardo Mayer / Lukáš Rosol (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Hyeon Chung / Jiří Veselý

Qualifying draw

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Rameez Junaid Jonathan Marray	4	6	[7]
		Hyeon Chung Jiří Veselý	6	3	[10]
									Hyeon Chung Jiří Veselý	6	6
									Thomas Fabbiano Franko Škugor	3	4
		Thomas Fabbiano Franko Škugor	6	2	[10]
	2	Leonardo Mayer Lukáš Rosol	4	6	[7]

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw