title: 2016 Qatar Total Open – Doubles
text: # 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)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Daria Kasatkina Elena Vesnina | 6 | $6^5$ | [8] | | | | |
  | 4 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 3 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | |
  | 4 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 3 | $7^7$ | [10] | 4 | Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro | 3 | 3 |
  | | Gabriela Dabrowski María José Martínez Sánchez | 1 | 4 | | | Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro | 3 | 3 |
  | | Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C-j Chuang O Kalashnikova | 4 | 2 | | Y Xu S Zheng | 4 | 6 | [4] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Xu S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis S Mirza | 6 | 4 | [5] | | | | | |
  | | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
  | | V Dushevina K Siniaková | 4 | 5 | | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Halep R Olaru | 5 | 4 | 8 | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | A Klepač K Srebotnik | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Kasatkina E Vesnina | 6 | $6^5$ | [8] |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 3 | $7^7$ | [10] |
  | | | | | 4 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C-w Chan K Marosi | 6 | 6 | | C-w Chan K Marosi | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Kichenok N Kichenok | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | H-c Chan Y-j Chan | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | |
  | WC | O Jabeur O Mourad | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 6 | T Babos J Görges | 1 | $6^6$ | | | | | | |
  | WC | P Kvitová B Strýcová | 6 | 6 | WC | P Kvitová B Strýcová | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Liang Y Wang | 3 | 4 | 6 | T Babos J Görges | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | T Babos J Görges | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | R Atawo A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | F Al-Nabhani V Lepchenko | 1 | 4 | | 7 | R Atawo A Spears | $6^4$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Jurak N Melichar | 6 | 1 | [3] | | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | |
  | | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | $6^4$ | 5 | | | | |
  | | N Broady A Rosolska | 4 | 2 | | | K Bondarenko O Savchuk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | A Hlaváčková L Hradecká | 6 | 4 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 6 | 6 |
  | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 3 | 6 | [10] | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Hantuchová E Makarova | 6 | 5 | [3] | | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Gasparyan M Niculescu | 4 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | S Errani C Suárez Navarro | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | |
  | | A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | B Mattek-Sands Y Shvedova | 7 | 4 | [5] | | | |
  | | K Jans-Ignacik B Krejčíková | 6 | 6 | | | K Jans-Ignacik B Krejčíková | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | B Mattek-Sands Y Shvedova | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  