2016 Australian Open – Men's doubles

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 Štěpánek 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.

Seeds
• Jean-Julien Rojer / 🇷🇴 Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)

• Ivan Dodig / 🇧🇷 Marcelo Melo (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan (third round)

• 🇮🇳 Rohan Bopanna / 🇷🇴 Florin Mergea (third round)

• 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli / 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini (second round)

• 🇫🇷 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut (second round)

• 🇬🇧 Jamie Murray / 🇧🇷 Bruno Soares (champions)

• 🇫🇮 Henri Kontinen / 🇦🇺 John Peers (second round)

• 🇨🇦 Vasek Pospisil / 🇺🇸 Jack Sock (quarterfinals)

• 🇵🇱 Łukasz Kubot / 🇵🇱 Marcin Matkowski  (second round)

• 🇬🇧 Dominic Inglot / 🇸🇪 Robert Lindstedt (third round)

• 🇨🇴 Juan Sebastián Cabal / 🇨🇴 Robert Farah (third round)

•  Raven Klaasen / 🇺🇸 Rajeev Ram (quarterfinals)

•  Treat Huey / 🇧🇾 Max Mirnyi (quarterfinals)

• 🇪🇸 Feliciano López / 🇪🇸 Marc López (second round)

•  Pablo Cuevas / 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers (semifinals)