2016 Miami Open – Women's doubles

Former tenis players, Martina Hingis of Czechoslovakia and Sania Mirza of India were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Margarita Gasparyan and Monica Niculescu. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová won the title, defeating Tímea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 6–3, 6–4.

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

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

• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová (champions)

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

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

• # 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (first round)

• # Andreja Klepač /  Katarina Srebotnik (first round)

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