2016 Italian Open – Women's doubles

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

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].

Seeds

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