2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles
# 2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Mirza chose to compete in Tokyo instead. Hingis played alongside Jelena Janković, but lost in the semifinals to Olga Govortsova and Vera Lapko.

Asia Muhammad and Peng Shuai won the title, defeating Govortsova and Lapko in the final, 6–2, $7–6^{(7–3)}.$

## Seeds

* María Irigoyen / Tatjana Maria (quarterfinals)
* Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok (quarterfinals)
* Martina Hingis / Jelena Janković (semifinals)
* Asia Muhammad / Peng Shuai (champions)

## 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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | M Irigoyen T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-w Chan C-w Hsu | 2 | 3 | | 1 | M Irigoyen T Maria | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Liu J Lu | $7^7$ | 6 | | | C Liu J Lu | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | X Han J Namigata | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | C Liu J Lu | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | A Muhammad S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | A Muhammad S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | K-y Ng S Zheng | 1 | 2 | | 4 | A Muhammad S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Li Y Tanaka | 3 | $6^2$ | | | J Brady A Riske | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Brady A Riske | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Muhammad S Peng | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | V Golubic İ Soylu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | O Govortsova V Lapko | 2 | $6^3$ |
| | X You L Zhu | 3 | 0 | | | V Golubic İ Soylu | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Rae A Smith | 3 | $7^7$ | [5] | 3 | M Hingis J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Hingis J Janković | 6 | $6^5$ | [10] | | | | | | 3 | M Hingis J Janković | 4 | 6 | [8] | | | | |
| | N Abduraimova F Xun | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | WC | O Govortsova V Lapko | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| WC | O Govortsova V Lapko | 6 | 6 | | WC | O Govortsova V Lapko | 6 | 2 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Marozava S Shapatava | 3 | 1 | | 2 | L Kichenok N Kichenok | 3 | 6 | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Kichenok N Kichenok | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
