2016 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Top seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza defeated Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–3, to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2016 Australian Open.

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.

Seeds
• Martina Hingis / 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza (champions)

• Chan Hao-ching /  Chan Yung-jan (quarterfinals)

• 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (third round)

• 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos /  Katarina Srebotnik (second round)

• 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Raquel Atawo / 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears (second round)

• 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká (finals)

• 🇪🇸 Lara Arruabarrena /  Andreja Klepač (first round)

• 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu / 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu (first round)

• 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues / 🇪🇸 Arantxa Parra Santonja (third round)

• 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova / 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (second round)

• 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld / 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe (quarterfinals)

• 🇩🇪 Julia Görges / 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (semifinals)

•  Kiki Bertens / 🇸🇪 Johanna Larsson (first round)

• 🇨🇳 Xu Yifan / 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai (semifinals)

• 🇨🇦 Gabriela Dabrowski / 🇵🇱 Alicja Rosolska (first round)