2016 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2016 Australian Open
Champions	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
Runners-up	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Final score	7–6^(7–1), 6–3

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but Šafářová withdrew before the tournament due to a bacterial infection. Mattek-Sands played alongside Sabine Lisicki, but lost in the second round to Anastasia and Arina Rodionova.

Top seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza won the title, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3.

Seeds

01.   Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (Champions)

02.   Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (Quarterfinals)

03.   Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (Third round)

04.   Tímea Babos / Katarina Srebotnik (Second round)

05.   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Elena Vesnina (Third round)

06.   Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears (Second round)

07.   Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (Finals)

08.   Lara Arruabarrena / Andreja Klepač (First round)

09.   Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu (First round)

10.   Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja (Third round)

11.   Yaroslava Shvedova / Samantha Stosur (Second round)

12.   Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Coco Vandeweghe (Quarterfinals)

13.   Julia Görges / Karolína Plíšková (Semifinals)

14.   Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson (First round)

15.   Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai (Semifinals)

16.   Gabriela Dabrowski / Alicja Rosolska (First round)

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	Martina Hingis   Sania Mirza	6	4	6
	12	Anna-Lena Grönefeld   Coco Vandeweghe	2	6	1
								1	Martina Hingis   Sania Mirza	6	6
								13	Julia Görges   Karolína Plíšková	1	0
	13	Julia Görges   Karolína Plíšková	6	6
	PR	Vania King   Alla Kudryavtseva	2	4
															1	Martina Hingis   Sania Mirza	7^7	6
															7	Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká	6^1	3
		Anastasia Rodionova   Arina Rodionova	2	7	4
	15	Xu Yifan   Zheng Saisai	6	5	6
								15	Xu Yifan   Zheng Saisai	6	3	1
								7	Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká	3	6	6
	7	Andrea Hlaváčková   Lucie Hradecká	2	7	6
	2	Chan Hao-ching   Chan Yung-jan	6	5	3

Top half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
1	M Hingis   S Mirza	6	6
	M Duque Mariño   T Pereira	2	3				1	M Hingis   S Mirza	6	6
WC	K Birrell   P Hon	4	3					L Kichenok   N Kichenok	2	3
	L Kichenok   N Kichenok	6	6											1	M Hingis   S Mirza	6	6
WC	J Moore   S Sanders	6	6												S Kuznetsova   R Vinci	1	3
WC	E Perez   B Woolcock	4	2				WC	J Moore   S Sanders	0	3
	S Kuznetsova   R Vinci	6	3	6				S Kuznetsova   R Vinci	6	6
14	K Bertens   J Larsson	2	6	2																	1	M Hingis   S Mirza	6	4	6
12	A-L Grönefeld   C Vandeweghe	6	7^8																		12	A-L Grönefeld   C Vandeweghe	2	6	1
	A Beck   C Witthöft	3	6^6				12	A-L Grönefeld   C Vandeweghe	w/o
WC	T Patterson   O Rogowska	4	5					B Bencic   M Rybáriková
	B Bencic   M Rybáriková	6	7											12	A-L Grönefeld   C Vandeweghe	7^7	3	6
	M Lučić-Baroni   B Strýcová	7^7	6												M Lučić-Baroni   B Strýcová	6^5	6	3
	M Barthel   L Siegemund	6^4	1					M Lučić-Baroni   B Strýcová	6^4	6	6
	S Errani   MJ Martínez Sánchez	2	3				6	R Atawo   A Spears	7^7	1	2
6	R Atawo   A Spears	6	6

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
3	C Garcia   K Mladenovic	6	6
	M Irigoyen   MT Torró Flor	3	2				3	C Garcia   K Mladenovic	6	6
Alt	M Sanchez   S Vogt	6	2	7^7			Alt	M Sanchez   S Vogt	2	1
	D Jurak   N Melichar	3	6	6^1										3	C Garcia   K Mladenovic	1	6^5
	A Van Uytvanck   Y Wickmayer	3	3											13	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	6	7^7
	B Krejčíková   Y Wang	6	6					B Krejčíková   Y Wang	5	3
	C-j Chuang   O Govortsova	6^6	4				13	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	7	6
13	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	7^8	6																		13	J Görges   Ka Plíšková	6	6
11	Y Shvedova   S Stosur	7^7	6																		PR	V King   A Kudryavtseva	2	4
	A Dulgheru   S Soler Espinosa	6^3	3				11	Y Shvedova   S Stosur	1	4
PR	V King   A Kudryavtseva	6	6				PR	V King   A Kudryavtseva	6	6
	C-w Chan   K Nara	1	4											PR	V King   A Kudryavtseva	2	6	6
	Y Bonaventure   R Olaru	6	6											5	A Pavlyuchenkova   E Vesnina	6	4	3
	J Janković   A Petkovic	4	4					Y Bonaventure   R Olaru	1	2
	D Gavrilova   E Svitolina	0	2				5	A Pavlyuchenkova   E Vesnina	6	6
5	A Pavlyuchenkova   E Vesnina	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
8	L Arruabarrena   A Klepač	0	4
	An Rodionova   Ar Rodionova	6	6					An Rodionova   Ar Rodionova	6	4	7^7
	K Jans-Ignacik   P Kania	2	6	4				S Lisicki   B Mattek-Sands	4	6	6^5
	S Lisicki   B Mattek-Sands	6	3	6											An Rodionova   Ar Rodionova	5	6	6
	M Keys   A Tomljanović	6	6												D Cibulková   K Flipkens	7	2	4
	J Husárová   AK Schmiedlová	3	4					M Keys   A Tomljanović	3	5
	D Cibulková   K Flipkens	6	3	6				D Cibulková   K Flipkens	6	7
9	I-C Begu   M Niculescu	4	6	4																		An Rodionova   Ar Rodionova	2	7	4
15	Y Xu   S Zheng	6	6																		15	Y Xu   S Zheng	6	5	6
	J Ostapenko   Y Putintseva	4	3				15	Y Xu   S Zheng	6	6
	D Kasatkina   D Kovinić	5	6	6				D Kasatkina   D Kovinić	3	2
	M Brengle   T Maria	7	4	3										15	Y Xu   S Zheng	6	6
	M Doi   N Hibino	6	2	6^0											S-w Hsieh   O Kalashnikova	2	4
	S-w Hsieh   O Kalashnikova	2	6	7^7				S-w Hsieh   O Kalashnikova	6	4	7
	V Dushevina   K Siniaková	3	5				4	T Babos   K Srebotnik	3	6	5
4	T Babos   K Srebotnik	6	7

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
7	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	6	6^4	6
WC	S Aoyama   M Ninomiya	2	7^7	1			7	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	7	6
	Z Diyas   K Zhang	2	4					M Gasparyan   A Panova	5	1
	M Gasparyan   A Panova	6	6											7	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	6	7^9
	I Falconi   V Lepchenko	6^6	6	6										10	A Medina Garrigues   A Parra Santonja	2	6^7
WC	A Bai   N Bains	7^8	2	3				I Falconi   V Lepchenko	2	2
	P Hercog   C McHale	3	3				10	A Medina Garrigues   A Parra Santonja	6	6
10	A Medina Garrigues   A Parra Santonja	6	6																		7	A Hlaváčková   L Hradecká	2	7	6
16	G Dabrowski   A Rosolska	1	6^7																		2	H-c Chan   Y-j Chan	6	5	3
	J Konta   H Watson	6	7^9					J Konta   H Watson	2	3
	J Rae   A Smith	3	6	7^7				J Rae   A Smith	6	6
PR	C Liang   S Peng	6	2	6^2											J Rae   A Smith	3	4
	K Bondarenko   O Savchuk	6	6											2	H-c Chan   Y-j Chan	6	6
	A Cornet   M Linette	4	0					K Bondarenko   O Savchuk	3	3
	D Allertová   D Schuurs	1	1				2	H-c Chan   Y-j Chan	6	6
2	H-c Chan   Y-j Chan	6	6

References

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