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2016 Italian Open – Women's doubles

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{{TennisEvents|2016|Italian Open|s

|champ = {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis
{{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza

|runner = {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova
{{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina

|score = 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–3]

|draw = 28

|seeds = 8

}}

{{main|2016 Italian Open (tennis)}}

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].{{cite news |author= |date=May 15, 2016 |title=Sania-Martina clinch Italian Open doubles crown |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/15549221/sania-martina-clinch-italian-open-doubles-crown |work=ESPN |access-date=February 7, 2025}}

Seeds

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

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  1. {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis / {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza (champions)
  2. {{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands / {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Šafářová (second round)
  3. {{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos / {{flagicon|KAZ}} Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
  4. {{flagicon|CZE}} Andrea Hlaváčková / {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Hradecká (semifinals)
  5. {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia / {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)
  6. {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan / {{flagicon|GER}} Anna-Lena Grönefeld (second round)
  7. {{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova / {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina (final)
  8. {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges / {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková (second round)

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Draw

{{Draw key}}

=Finals=

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| RD1=Semifinals

| RD2=Final

|team-width=175

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis
{{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza

| RD1-score1-1=6

| RD1-score1-2=6

| RD1-score1-3=

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ROU}} Irina-Camelia Begu
{{flagicon|ROU}} Monica Niculescu

| RD1-score2-1=3

| RD1-score2-2=4

| RD1-score2-3=

| RD1-seed3=4

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|CZE}} Andrea Hlaváčková
{{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Hradecká

| RD1-score3-1=2

| RD1-score3-2=5

| RD1-score3-3=

| RD1-seed4=7

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova
{{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina

| RD1-score4-1=6

| RD1-score4-2=7

| RD1-score4-3=

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis
{{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza

| RD2-score1-1=6

| RD2-score1-2=65

| RD2-score1-3=[10]

| RD2-seed2=7

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Makarova
{{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina

| RD2-score2-1=1

| RD2-score2-2=77

| RD2-score2-3=[3]

}}

=Top half=

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Quarterfinals

| RD4=Semifinals

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|TPE}} S-w Hsieh
{{nowrap|{{flagicon|Georgia (country)}} O Kalashnikova}}

| RD1-score03-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=65

| RD1-score03-3=[10]

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|ARG}} M Irigoyen
{{flagicon|POL}} A Rosolska

| RD1-score04-1=2

| RD1-score04-2=77

| RD1-score04-3=[6]

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|USA}} R Atawo
{{flagicon|USA}} A Spears

| RD1-score05-1=6

| RD1-score05-2=6

| RD1-score05-3=

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|CHN}} C Liang
{{flagicon|CHN}} Y Wang

| RD1-score06-1=2

| RD1-score06-2=3

| RD1-score06-3=

| RD1-seed07=WC

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|ITA}} K Knapp
{{flagicon|ITA}} F Schiavone

| RD1-score07-1=2

| RD1-score07-2=1

| RD1-score07-3=

| RD1-seed08=8

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|GER}} J Görges
{{flagicon|CZE}} Ka Plíšková

| RD1-score08-1=6

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-score08-3=

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|CHN}} Y Xu
{{flagicon|CHN}} S Zheng

| RD1-score11-1=6

| RD1-score11-2=3

| RD1-score11-3=[5]

| RD1-seed12=WC

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|ITA}} C Giovine
{{flagicon|ITA}} A Moratelli

| RD1-score12-1=0

| RD1-score12-2=6

| RD1-score12-3=[10]

| RD1-seed13=WC

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|RUS}} S Kuznetsova
{{flagicon|RUS}} A Pavlyuchenkova

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score13-2=3

| RD1-score13-3=[7]

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|ROU}} I-C Begu
{{flagicon|ROU}} M Niculescu

| RD1-score14-1=4

| RD1-score14-2=6

| RD1-score14-3=[10]

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|TPE}} C-j Chuang
{{flagicon|CRO}} D Jurak

| RD1-score15-1=2

| RD1-score15-2=1

| RD1-score15-3=

| RD1-seed16=6

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|TPE}} Y-j Chan
{{flagicon|GER}} A-L Grönefeld

| RD1-score16-1=6

| RD1-score16-2=6

| RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|SUI}} M Hingis
{{flagicon|IND}} S Mirza

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score01-3=

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|TPE}} S-w Hsieh
{{nowrap|{{flagicon|Georgia (country)}} O Kalashnikova}}

| RD2-score02-1=3

| RD2-score02-2=3

| RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} R Atawo
{{flagicon|USA}} A Spears

| RD2-score03-1=6

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score03-3=

| RD2-seed04=8

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|GER}} J Görges
{{flagicon|CZE}} Ka Plíšková

| RD2-score04-1=4

| RD2-score04-2=3

| RD2-score04-3=

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|HUN}} T Babos
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Y Shvedova

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score05-3=

| RD2-seed06=WC

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|ITA}} C Giovine
{{flagicon|ITA}} A Moratelli

| RD2-score06-1=3

| RD2-score06-2=2

| RD2-score06-3=

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ROU}} I-C Begu
{{flagicon|ROU}} M Niculescu

| RD2-score07-1=2

| RD2-score07-2=77

| RD2-score07-3=[10]

| RD2-seed08=6

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|TPE}} Y-j Chan
{{flagicon|GER}} A-L Grönefeld

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score08-2=61

| RD2-score08-3=[8]

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|SUI}} M Hingis
{{flagicon|IND}} S Mirza

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} R Atawo
{{flagicon|USA}} A Spears

| RD3-score02-1=4

| RD3-score02-2=2

| RD3-score02-3=

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|HUN}} T Babos
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Y Shvedova

| RD3-score03-1=64

| RD3-score03-2=3

| RD3-score03-3=

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|ROU}} I-C Begu
{{flagicon|ROU}} M Niculescu

| RD3-score04-1=77

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD3-score04-3=

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|SUI}} M Hingis
{{flagicon|IND}} S Mirza

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|ROU}} I-C Begu
{{flagicon|ROU}} M Niculescu

| RD4-score02-1=3

| RD4-score02-2=4

| RD4-score02-3=

}}

=Bottom half=

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Quarterfinals

| RD4=Semifinals

| RD1-seed01=5

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|FRA}} C Garcia
{{flagicon|FRA}} K Mladenovic

| RD1-score01-1=6

| RD1-score01-2=0

| RD1-score01-3=[11]

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|NED}} M Krajicek
{{flagicon|CZE}} B Strýcová

| RD1-score02-1=1

| RD1-score02-2=6

| RD1-score02-3=[9]

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|POL}} K Jans-Ignacik
{{flagicon|GER}} T Maria

| RD1-score03-1=61

| RD1-score03-2=1

| RD1-score03-3=

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ESP}} A Medina Garrigues}}
{{flagicon|ESP}} A Parra Santonja

| RD1-score04-1=77

| RD1-score04-2=6

| RD1-score04-3=

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|ESP}} L Arruabarrena
{{flagicon|ITA}} S Errani

| RD1-score05-1=6

| RD1-score05-2=4

| RD1-score05-3=[10]

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|USA}} V King
{{flagicon|RUS}} A Kudryavtseva

| RD1-score06-1=2

| RD1-score06-2=6

| RD1-score06-3=[5]

| RD1-seed09=7

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|RUS}} E Makarova
{{flagicon|RUS}} E Vesnina

| RD1-score09-1=6

| RD1-score09-2=6

| RD1-score09-3=

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|UKR}} L Kichenok
{{flagicon|UKR}} O Savchuk

| RD1-score10-1=4

| RD1-score10-2=3

| RD1-score10-3=

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|CAN}} G Dabrowski
{{flagicon|AUS}} An Rodionova

| RD1-score11-1=3

| RD1-score11-2=2

| RD1-score11-3=

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|NED}} K Bertens
{{flagicon|SWE}} J Larsson

| RD1-score12-1=6

| RD1-score12-2=6

| RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13=WC

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|USA}} S Williams
{{flagicon|USA}} V Williams

| RD1-score13-1=1

| RD1-score13-2=5

| RD1-score13-3=

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|SLO}} A Klepač
{{flagicon|SLO}} K Srebotnik

| RD1-score14-1=6

| RD1-score14-2=7

| RD1-score14-3=

| RD2-seed01=5

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|FRA}} C Garcia
{{flagicon|FRA}} K Mladenovic

| RD2-score01-1=77

| RD2-score01-2=1

| RD2-score01-3=[10]

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ESP}} A Medina Garrigues}}
{{flagicon|ESP}} A Parra Santonja

| RD2-score02-1=64

| RD2-score02-2=6

| RD2-score02-3=[7]

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|ESP}} L Arruabarrena
{{flagicon|ITA}} S Errani

| RD2-score03-1=4

| RD2-score03-2=1

| RD2-score03-3=

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|CZE}} A Hlaváčková
{{flagicon|CZE}} L Hradecká

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-score04-3=

| RD2-seed05=7

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|RUS}} E Makarova
{{flagicon|RUS}} E Vesnina

| RD2-score05-1=77

| RD2-score05-2=65

| RD2-score05-3=[12]

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|NED}} K Bertens
{{flagicon|SWE}} J Larsson

| RD2-score06-1=65

| RD2-score06-2=77

| RD2-score06-3=[10]

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|SLO}} A Klepač
{{flagicon|SLO}} K Srebotnik

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} B Mattek-Sands
{{flagicon|CZE}} L Šafářová

| RD2-score08-1=3

| RD2-score08-2=4

| RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01=5

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|FRA}} C Garcia
{{flagicon|FRA}} K Mladenovic

| RD3-score01-1=4

| RD3-score01-2=4

| RD3-score01-3=

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|CZE}} A Hlaváčková
{{flagicon|CZE}} L Hradecká

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-score02-3=

| RD3-seed03=7

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|RUS}} E Makarova
{{flagicon|RUS}} E Vesnina

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score03-3=

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|SLO}} A Klepač
{{flagicon|SLO}} K Srebotnik

| RD3-score04-1=2

| RD3-score04-2=4

| RD3-score04-3=

| RD4-seed01=4

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|CZE}} A Hlaváčková
{{flagicon|CZE}} L Hradecká

| RD4-score01-1=2

| RD4-score01-2=5

| RD4-score01-3=

| RD4-seed02=7

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|RUS}} E Makarova
{{flagicon|RUS}} E Vesnina

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score02-2=7

| RD4-score02-3=

}}

References

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External links

  • [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2016/709.pdf WTA tournament draws]

{{2016 WTA Tour}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2016 Italian Open - Women's Doubles}}

Italian Open - Doubles

Women's Doubles

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