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].

Women's doubles
2016 Italian Open
Final
ChampionsSwitzerland Martina Hingis
India Sania Mirza
Runners-upRussia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
Score6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–3]
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Seeds

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

Draw

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Finals

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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

Top half

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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

Bottom half

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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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