2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Babos played alongside Julia Görges, but lost in the semifinals to Caroline Garcia and Mladenovic. Chuang Chia-jung and Darija Jurak won the title, defeating Garcia and Mladenovic in the final, 6–4, 6–4.

Seeds
• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (final)

• # 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká (first round)

• # 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos / 🇩🇪 Julia Görges (semifinals)