2016 Australian Open – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
2016 Australian Open
Champions	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares
Runners-up	Daniel Nestor Radek Štepánek
Final score	2–6, 6–4, 7–5

Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Adrian Mannarino and Lucas Pouille.

Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares won the title, defeating Daniel Nestor and Radek Štepánek in the final, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5.

Australian Lleyton Hewitt played his final ever professional match in either singles or doubles; partnering Sam Groth, the pair lost to Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil in the third round.^[1]

Seeds

01.   Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (Quarterfinals)

02.   Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo (Third round)

03.   Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (Third round)

04.   Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea (Third round)

05.   Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini (Second round)

06.   Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut (Second round)

07.   Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares (Champions)

08.   Henri Kontinen / John Peers (Second round)

09.   Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock (Quarterfinals)

10.   Łukasz Kubot / Marcin Matkowski (Second round)

11.   Dominic Inglot / Robert Lindstedt (Third round)

12.   Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (Third round)

13.   Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram (Quarterfinals)

14.   Treat Huey / Max Mirnyi (Quarterfinals)

15.   Feliciano López / Marc López (Second round)

16.   Pablo Cuevas / Marcel Granollers (Semifinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Jean-Julien Rojer   Horia Tecău	6^5	7^7	4
		Adrian Mannarino   Lucas Pouille	7^7	6^2	6
									Adrian Mannarino   Lucas Pouille	3	1
								7	Jamie Murray   Bruno Soares	6	6
	13	Raven Klaasen   Rajeev Ram	7^7	4	6^3
	7	Jamie Murray   Bruno Soares	6^3	6	7^7
															7	Jamie Murray   Bruno Soares	2	6	7
																Daniel Nestor   Radek Štěpánek	6	4	5
		Daniel Nestor   Radek Štěpánek	6	6
	14	Treat Huey   Max Mirnyi	4	4
									Daniel Nestor   Radek Štěpánek	7^13	6
								16	Pablo Cuevas   Marcel Granollers	6^11	4
	9	Vasek Pospisil   Jack Sock	7	1	2
	16	Pablo Cuevas   Marcel Granollers	5	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
1	J-J Rojer   H Tecău	7	6
	M Kližan   S Stakhovsky	5	2				1	J-J Rojer   H Tecău	6	3	6
	B Becker   D Thiem	6	7^7					B Becker   D Thiem	3	6	3
Alt	P Lorenzi   G Pella	3	6^4											1	J-J Rojer   H Tecău	7^7	6
	M Cecchinato   A Seppi	6	7^8												M Cecchinato   A Seppi	6^0	3
PR	J Benneteau   É Roger-Vasselin	3	6^6					M Cecchinato   A Seppi	1	7^7	7
	D Muñoz de la Nava   A Ramos-Viñolas	4	3				15	F López   M López	6	6^1	5
15	F López   M López	6	6																		1	J-J Rojer   H Tecău	6^5	7^7	4
12	JS Cabal   R Farah	6	6																			A Mannarino   L Pouille	7^7	6^2	6
	J Chardy   L Paes	3	4				12	JS Cabal   R Farah	6	6
PR	B Baker   D Kudla	1	2					O Marach   F Martin	2	1
	O Marach   F Martin	6	6											12	JS Cabal   R Farah	3	6^6
	A Mannarino   L Pouille	6	6												A Mannarino   L Pouille	6	7^8
	V Estrella Burgos   S Giraldo	1	3					A Mannarino   L Pouille	7^7	6
	R Junaid   M Kukushkin	6^1	6	3			5	S Bolelli   F Fognini	6^5	4
5	S Bolelli   F Fognini	7^7	3	6

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
3	B Bryan   M Bryan	7	7^7
	C Guccione   A Sá	5	6^4				3	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	6
WC	A Bolt   A Whittington	6^4	6	4			PR	M Bhupathi   G Müller	3	2
PR	M Bhupathi   G Müller	7^7	3	6										3	B Bryan   M Bryan	6	3	4
	S Johnson   S Querrey	6	7^7											13	R Klaasen   R Ram	3	6	6
	L Rosol   I Zelenay	3	6^3					S Johnson   S Querrey	6	3	6^4
	M Daniell   A Sitak	3	6	4			13	R Klaasen   R Ram	3	6	7^7
13	R Klaasen   R Ram	6	4	6																	13	R Klaasen   R Ram	7^7	4	6^3
11	D Inglot   R Lindstedt	6	6																		7	J Murray   B Soares	6^3	6	7^7
	S Betov   T Gabashvili	4	3				11	D Inglot   R Lindstedt	7^7	6^5	6
	P Oswald   A Shamasdin	4	5					E Butorac   S Lipsky	6^5	7^7	4
	E Butorac   S Lipsky	6	7											11	D Inglot   R Lindstedt	3	4
	M Fyrstenberg   J Janowicz	6	7											7	J Murray   B Soares	6	6
	F Delbonis   G Durán	4	5					M Fyrstenberg   J Janowicz	5	3
	J Marray   A-u-H Qureshi	3	4				7	J Murray   B Soares	7	6
7	J Murray   B Soares	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
6	P-H Herbert   N Mahut	6	6
	N Monroe   H Podlipnik-Castillo	1	4				6	P-H Herbert   N Mahut	7^7	4	1
	R Albot   H Chung	6	3	4			Alt	P Andújar   P Carreño Busta	6^4	6	6
Alt	P Andújar   P Carreño Busta	3	6	6										Alt	P Andújar   P Carreño Busta	7	4	4
WC	C-p Hsieh   T-h Yang	1	5												D Nestor   R Štěpánek	5	6	6
	D Nestor   R Štěpánek	6	7					D Nestor   R Štěpánek	7^7	6
	G García-López   D Marrero	1	7^7	3			10	Ł Kubot   M Matkowski	6^4	1
10	Ł Kubot   M Matkowski	6	6^2	6																		D Nestor   R Štěpánek	6	6
14	T Huey   M Mirnyi	7^7	4	7^12																	14	T Huey   M Mirnyi	4	4
	A Bury   D Istomin	6^3	6	6^10			14	T Huey   M Mirnyi	5	7^7	6
	T Bellucci   M Demoliner	4	6	7				T Bellucci   M Demoliner	7	6^2	4
	S González   J Knowle	6	3	5										14	T Huey   M Mirnyi	6	6
WC	J Duckworth   J Millman	6^4	6	3										4	R Bopanna   F Mergea	4	3
PR	L Dlouhý   J Veselý	7^7	2	6			PR	L Dlouhý   J Veselý	3	2
WC	O Jasika   N Kyrgios	5	3				4	R Bopanna   F Mergea	6	6
4	R Bopanna   F Mergea	7	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
8	H Kontinen   J Peers	6	7
WC	L Saville   J-P Smith	3	5				8	H Kontinen   J Peers	6	4	4
WC	S Groth   L Hewitt	4	2				WC	S Groth   L Hewitt	2	6	6
	D Lajović   V Troicki	6	1^r											WC	S Groth   L Hewitt	4	2
	R Haase   F Verdasco	6	3	6										9	V Pospisil   J Sock	6	6
	J Erlich   C Fleming	4	6	3				R Haase   F Verdasco
	P Petzschner   A Peya	6	6^5	6^5			9	V Pospisil   J Sock	w/o
9	V Pospisil   J Sock	1	7^7	7^7																	9	V Pospisil   J Sock	7	1	2
16	P Cuevas   M Granollers	6	6																		16	P Cuevas   M Granollers	5	6	6
PR	A Dolgopolov   D Tursunov	2	2				16	P Cuevas   M Granollers	6	3	6
	M Elgin   M Middelkoop	6	2	6				M Elgin   M Middelkoop	4	6	2
	L Mayer   J Sousa	3	6	3										16	P Cuevas   M Granollers	7^7	2	6
	M Pavić   M Venus	3	4											2	I Dodig   M Melo	6^3	6	3
WC	A Krajicek   D Young	6	6				WC	A Krajicek   D Young	2	3
	A Bedene   D Brown	3	4				2	I Dodig   M Melo	6	6
2	I Dodig   M Melo	6	6

References

1. "Australian Open: Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Groth lose men's doubles match to end Hewitt's career". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 24 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

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