2016 Nottingham Open – Women's doubles
# 2016 Nottingham Open – Women's doubles

Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears were the defending champions but chose not to participate this year. Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai won the title, defeating Gabriela Dabrowski and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final, 7–5, 3–6, [10–7].

## Seeds

* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (quarterfinals)
* Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai (quarterfinals)
* Han Xinyun / Wang Yafan (quarterfinals)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Yang Zhaoxuan (final)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 4 | 6 | [13] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Olaru A Tatishvili | 6 | 3 | [11] | 1 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Melichar A Rosolska | 2 | 4 | | | A Hlaváčková S Peng | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Hlaváčková S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Hlaváčková S Peng | w/o | | | | | | |
| 3 | X Han Y Wang | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | | | | | | | |
| | O Savchuk K Zhang | $6^1$ | 1 | | 3 | X Han Y Wang | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Christie L Robson | $7^7$ | 4 | [10] | | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ka Plíšková Kr Plíšková | $6^2$ | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | | A Hlaváčková S Peng | 7 | 3 | [10] |
| | J Rae A Smith | 3 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Dabrowski Z Yang | 5 | 6 | [7] |
| | A Kudryavtseva L Zhu | 6 | 3 | [10] | | A Kudryavtseva L Zhu | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ç Büyükakçay K Nara | 3 | 2 | | 4 | G Dabrowski Z Yang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | G Dabrowski Z Yang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | G Dabrowski Z Yang | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama R Voráčová | 6 | 2 | [9] | | | | | | | N Broady A Sevastova | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | N Broady A Sevastova | 3 | 6 | [11] | | N Broady A Sevastova | 2 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Davis C McHale | 3 | 6 | [8] | 2 | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 5 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
