2016 Wuhan Open – Doubles

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hingis played alongside CoCo Vandeweghe, but lost in the second round to Aleksandra Krunić and Kateřina Siniaková.

Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the final to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová, 1–6, 4–6.

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (second round)

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

• # 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza / 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová (final)

• # Martina Hingis / 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe (second round)

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

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

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

• # 🇩🇪 Julia Görges / 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (second round)