2016 Shenzhen Open – Doubles

Doubles
2016 Shenzhen Open
Champions	Vania King Monica Niculescu
Runners-up	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai
Final score	6–1, 6–4

Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok were the defending champions, but chose to participate in Auckland instead.
Vania King and Monica Niculescu won the title, defeating Xu Yifan and Zheng Saisai in the final, 6–1, 6–4.

Seeds

The top seed received a bye into the second round.

1. Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai (Final)
2. Chuang Chia-jung / Oksana Kalashnikova (First round)
3. Vera Dushevina / Kateřina Siniaková (Quarterfinals)
4. Çağla Büyükakçay / Aleksandra Krunić (Semifinals)

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

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	Y Xu   S Zheng	2	6	[11]
	N Gibbs   A Riske	7^7	6					N Gibbs   A Riske	6	3	9
	C-w Chan   K Takahata	6^5	0											1	Y Xu   S Zheng	7^7	6
4	Ç Büyükakçay   A Krunić	w/o												4	Ç Büyükakçay   A Krunić	6^3	3
	M Linette   K Zhang						4	Ç Büyükakçay   A Krunić	4	7^11	[10]
	C Liang   S Peng	6	6					C Liang   S Peng	6	6^9	[0]
WC	Y Li   Y Sheng	2	1																		1	Y Xu   S Zheng	1	4
	Z Diyas   L Zhang	2	4																			V King   M Niculescu	6	6
	A Mitu   PM Țig	6	6					A Mitu   PM Țig	6	3	[19]
	A Beck   E Rodina	6^3	3				3	V Dushevina   K Siniaková	3	6	[17]
3	V Dushevina   K Siniaková	7^7	6												A Mitu   PM Țig	7	6^2	[5]
	V Wongteanchai   Z Yang	0	4												V King   M Niculescu	5	7^7	[10]
	I Khromacheva   L Marozava	6	6					I Khromacheva   L Marozava	2	6^5
	V King   M Niculescu	7	6					V King   M Niculescu	6	7^7
2	C-j Chuang   O Kalashnikova	5	3

References