2016 Apia International Sydney – Women's doubles
# 2016 Apia International Sydney – Women's doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but Mattek-Sands chose not to participate this year. Mirza played alongside Martina Hingis and successfully defended her title, defeating Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 1–6, 7–5, [10–5].

## Seeds

* Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (champions)
* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (semifinals)
* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (final)
* Tímea Babos / Katarina Srebotnik (second 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | An Rodionova Ar Rodionova | 2 | 3 | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Liang S Peng | w/o | | | | C Liang S Peng | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges L Hradecká | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| 4 | T Babos K Srebotnik | 7 | $6^0$ | [13] | | | | | | R Olaru Y Shvedova | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski A Rosolska | 5 | $7^7$ | [11] | 4 | T Babos K Srebotnik | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Olaru Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | R Olaru Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena A Klepač | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 1 | 7 | [10] |
| | S Kuznetsova R Vinci | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 5 | [5] |
| | D Hantuchová J Janković | $6^2$ | 3 | | | S Kuznetsova R Vinci | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh O Kalashnikova | 3 | $7^7$ | [6] | 3 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | $6^3$ | [10] | | | | | 3 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Y Xu S Zheng | $7^7$ | 2 | [2] | | | | | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | K Jans-Ignacik L Siegemund | $6^4$ | 6 | [10] | | K Jans-Ignacik L Siegemund | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 5 | 6 | [7] | 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
