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
Champions	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
Runners-up	Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro
Score	6–3, 6–3

Main article: 2016 Qatar Total Open

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	65	[8]
	4	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	3	77	[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	65	[8]
																						4	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	3	77	[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	78
	WC	O Jabeur O Mourad	0	1											6	T Babos J Görges	1	66
	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	64	1
		D Jurak N Melichar	6	1	[3]				G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez	77	6
		G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez	2	6	[10]											G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez	77	7
		K Bondarenko O Savchuk	6	6												K Bondarenko O Savchuk	64	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	64
								2	B Mattek-Sands Y Shvedova	6	77

References

• Main Draw