2016 Tianjin Open – Doubles

Xu Yifan and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, but Zheng chose to play in Hong Kong instead.

Xu played alongside Magda Linette, but they lost in the final to Christina McHale and Peng Shuai, 6–7(8–10), 0–6.

Seeds
• # 🇪🇸 Arantxa Parra Santonja / 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Lara Arruabarrena / Oksana Kalashnikova (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇷 María Irigoyen / 🇩🇪 Tatjana Maria (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Christina McHale / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (champions)