2016 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Gabriela Dabrowski and María José Martínez Sánchez. Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan won the title, defeating Sara Errani and Carla Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–3, 6–3.

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # Martina Hingis / 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)

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

• # Chan Hao-ching /  Chan Yung-jan (champions)

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

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

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

• # Andreja Klepač /  Katarina Srebotnik (second round)