2016 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles
# 2016 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, but Dellacqua chose not to participate this year as she welcomed her second child. Shvedova played alongside Tímea Babos, but lost in the quarterfinals to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic. Garcia and Mladenovic went on to win the title, defeating Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza in the final, 6–4, 6–4.

## Seeds

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

* Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (final)
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová (withdrew)
* Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (quarterfinals)
* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (champions)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (quarterfinals)
* Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro (second round, withdrew)
* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (semifinals)

## 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva | 2 | 0 | 1 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | 5 | Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | 5 | Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 2 | 3 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu M Niculescu | 6 | 4 | [8] | | C-j Chuang D Jurak | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang D Jurak | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 6 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | P Badosa Gibert MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 3 | [7] | | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 6 | 1 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 4 | $6^1$ | | 6 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | V King A Kudryavtseva | 2 | 0 |
| | | | | | 4 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gasparyan K Siniaková | 5 | 6 | [10] | | M Gasparyan K Siniaková | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Peschke B Strýcová | 7 | 2 | [6] | | | | | | 4 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 4 | [9] | | | | |
| | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | V King A Kudryavtseva | 2 | 6 | [11] | | | | |
| | V King A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 | | | V King A Kudryavtseva | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski An Rodionova | 4 | $6^4$ | | 7 | G Muguruza C Suárez Navarro | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | G Muguruza C Suárez Navarro | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe | 4 | 5 | | 5 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Xu S Zheng | 2 | | | | Y Xu S Zheng | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Kasatkina L Siegemund | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | 5 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena S Errani | 6 | 6 | | | L Arruabarrena S Errani | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | T Babos Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | E Makarova E Vesnina | $6^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 8 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 2 | 3 |
| | R Atawo A Spears | $7^7$ | 4 | [5] | 8 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
| | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 6 | 7 | | | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 3 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Soler Espinosa S Sorribes Tormo | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | 8 | E Makarova E Vesnina | w/o | | | | | |
| | M Irigoyen C Liang | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | WC | S Kuznetsova A Pavlyuchenkova | | | | | | |
| WC | S Kuznetsova A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Kuznetsova A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Alt | R Olaru A Rosolska | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
