2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Champions	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
Runners-up	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Final score	6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [10–3]

Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Babos played alongside Yaroslava Shvedova, but lost in the quarterfinals to Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu. Mladenovic teamed up with Caroline Garcia, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [10–3].

Seeds

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

1. Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (Champions)
2. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová (Second round)
3. Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (Quarterfinals)
4. Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (Semifinals)
5. Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (Quarterfinals)
6. Chan Yung-jan / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Second round)
7. Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (Final)
8. Julia Görges / Karolína Plíšková (Second round)

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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis   Sania Mirza	6	6
		Irina-Camelia Begu   Monica Niculescu	3	4
								1	Martina Hingis   Sania Mirza	6	6^5	[10]
								7	Ekaterina Makarova   Elena Vesnina	1	7^7	[3]
	4	Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká	2	5
	7	Ekaterina Makarova   Elena Vesnina	6	7

Top half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	M Hingis   S Mirza	6	6
	S-w Hsieh   O Kalashnikova	6	6^5	[10]				S-w Hsieh   O Kalashnikova	3	3
	M Irigoyen   A Rosolska	2	7^7	[6]										1	M Hingis   S Mirza	6	6
	R Atawo   A Spears	6	6												R Atawo   A Spears	4	2
	C Liang   Y Wang	2	3					R Atawo   A Spears	6	6
WC	K Knapp   F Schiavone	2	1				8	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	4	3
8	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	6	6																		1	M Hingis   S Mirza	6	6
																						I-C Begu   M Niculescu	3	4
							3	T Babos   Y Shvedova	6	6
	Y Xu   S Zheng	6	3	[5]			WC	C Giovine   A Moratelli	3	2
WC	C Giovine   A Moratelli	0	6	[10]										3	T Babos   Y Shvedova	6^4	3
WC	S Kuznetsova   A Pavlyuchenkova	6	3	[7]											I-C Begu   M Niculescu	7^7	6
	I-C Begu   M Niculescu	4	6	[10]				I-C Begu   M Niculescu	2	7^7	[10]
	C-j Chuang   D Jurak	2	1				6	Y-j Chan   A-L Grönefeld	6	6^1	[8]
6	Y-j Chan   A-L Grönefeld	6	6

Bottom half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	C Garcia   K Mladenovic	6	0	[11]
	M Krajicek   B Strýcová	1	6	[9]			5	C Garcia   K Mladenovic	7^7	1	[10]
	K Jans-Ignacik   T Maria	6^1	1					A Medina Garrigues   A Parra Santonja	6^4	6	[7]
	A Medina Garrigues   A Parra Santonja	7^7	6											5	C Garcia   K Mladenovic	4	4
	L Arruabarrena   S Errani	6	4	[10]										4	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	6	6
	V King   A Kudryavtseva	2	6	[5]				L Arruabarrena   S Errani	4	1
							4	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	6	6
																					4	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	2	5
7	E Makarova   E Vesnina	6	6																		7	E Makarova   E Vesnina	6	7
	L Kichenok   O Savchuk	4	3				7	E Makarova   E Vesnina	7^7	6^5	[12]
	G Dabrowski   An Rodionova	3	2					K Bertens   J Larsson	6^5	7^7	[10]
	K Bertens   J Larsson	6	6											7	E Makarova   E Vesnina	6	6
WC	S Williams   V Williams	1	5												A Klepač   K Srebotnik	2	4
	A Klepač   K Srebotnik	6	7					A Klepač   K Srebotnik	6	6
							2	B Mattek-Sands   L Šafářová	3	4

References

• Main Draw