2016 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Coco Vandeweghe won the title, defeating Julia Görges and Karolína Plíšková in the final, 4–6, 6–4, [10–6].

Seeds
• # Martina Hingis / 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza (second round)

• # Chan Hao-ching /  Chan Yung-jan (second round)

• # 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (semifinals)

• # 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (withdrew due to Garcia's back injury)

• # 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza / 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Raquel Atawo / 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears (quarterfinals)