2016 Tiburon Challenger – Doubles
# 2016 Tiburon Challenger – Doubles

Johan Brunström and Frederik Nielsen were the defending champions but only Nielsen chose to defend his title, partnering Noah Rubin. Nielsen lost in the first round to Blaž Rola and Grega Žemlja.

Matt Reid and John-Patrick Smith won the title after defeating Quentin Halys and Dennis Novikov 6–1, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Marcelo Arévalo / Julio Peralta (semifinals)
* Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela / Max Schnur (first round)
* Matt Reid / John-Patrick Smith (champions)
* Philip Bester / Peter Polansky (first 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

| 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 Arévalo J Peralta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Paul D Shapovalov | 2 | 2 | | 1 | M Arévalo J Peralta | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Rola G Žemlja | $7^{12}$ | 5 | [10] | Q | B Rola G Žemlja | 4 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Nielsen N Rubin | $6^{10}$ | 7 | [7] | | | | | | 1 | M Arévalo J Peralta | 3 | 6 | [4] | | | | |
| 3 | M Reid J-P Smith | 4 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | | | 3 | M Reid J-P Smith | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | S Kozlov A Krajicek | 6 | $6^4$ | [5] | 3 | M Reid J-P Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S de Waard A Giannessi | 6 | 6 | | | S de Waard A Giannessi | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Clezar B Klein | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Reid J-P Smith | 6 | 6 |
| | B Fratangelo T Smyczek | 6 | 0 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | | Q Halys D Novikov | 1 | 2 |
| WC | S Bangoura M Krueger | 3 | 6 | [13] | WC | S Bangoura M Krueger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D King F Tiafoe | $7^7$ | $6^{18}$ | [10] | | D King F Tiafoe | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Bester P Polansky | $6^2$ | $7^{20}$ | [8] | | | | | | WC | S Bangoura M Krueger | $7^7$ | 2 | [4] | | | | |
| WC | M McDonald B McLachlan | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | Q Halys D Novikov | $6^5$ | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| PR | Y Bhambri JP Fruttero | 3 | 6 | [3] | WC | M McDonald B McLachlan | 6 | 2 | [4] | | | | | | | | | |
| | Q Halys D Novikov | 4 | 6 | [10] | | Q Halys D Novikov | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | MÁ Reyes-Varela M Schnur | 6 | 3 | [5] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
