title: 2016 Australian Open – Mixed doubles
text: # 2016 Australian Open – Mixed doubles
  
  Martina Hingis and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig.
  
  Elena Vesnina and Bruno Soares won the title, defeating CoCo Vandeweghe and Horia Tecău in the final, 6–4, 4–6, [10–5].
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Sania Mirza / Ivan Dodig (semifinals)
  * Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Bob Bryan (quarterfinals)
  * Chan Yung-jan / Rohan Bopanna (quarterfinals)
  * Katarina Srebotnik / Jamie Murray (quarterfinals)
  * Elena Vesnina / Bruno Soares (champions)
  * Lucie Hradecká / Marcin Matkowski (first round)
  * Raquel Atawo / Raven Klaasen (first round)
  * Chan Hao-ching / Max Mirnyi (first 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig | 5 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
  | 5 | Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
  | 5 | Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares | 7 | $7^7$ | 5 | Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares | 6 | 4 | [10] |
  | | | | | | CoCo Vandeweghe Horia Tecău | 4 | 6 | [5] |
  | | Andreja Klepač Treat Huey | 4 | 4 | | CoCo Vandeweghe Horia Tecău | 4 | 6 | [5] |
  | | CoCo Vandeweghe Horia Tecău | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | S Mirza I Dodig | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Tomljanović N Kyrgios | 5 | 1 | | 1 | S Mirza I Dodig | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | D Gavrilova L Saville | 4 | $6^5$ | | | Y Shvedova A-u-H Qureshi | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Shvedova A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | 1 | S Mirza I Dodig | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
  | | A Pavlyuchenkova D Inglot | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | M Hingis L Paes | $6^1$ | 3 | | | | |
  | | M Hingis L Paes | 6 | 7 | | | M Hingis L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Stephens J-J Rojer | 6 | 4 | [10] | | S Stephens J-J Rojer | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | H-c Chan M Mirnyi | 4 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Mirza I Dodig | 5 | $6^4$ |
  | 4 | K Srebotnik J Murray | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | E Vesnina B Soares | 7 | $7^7$ |
  | WC | An Rodionova C Guccione | $6^6$ | 0 | | 4 | K Srebotnik J Murray | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A-L Grönefeld R Farah | 4 | 6 | [10] | | A-L Grönefeld R Farah | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Medina Garrigues JS Cabal | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | | 4 | K Srebotnik J Murray | 2 | 3 | | | | |
  | WC | M Inglis B Mitchell | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | E Vesnina B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | S-w Hsieh A Peya | 6 | 6 | | | S-w Hsieh A Peya | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Zheng H Chung | 3 | $7^7$ | [7] | 5 | E Vesnina B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | E Vesnina B Soares | 6 | $6^4$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 R Klaasen | $7^7$ | 2 | [4] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Kudryavtseva R Lindstedt | $6^4$ | 6 | [10] | | A Kudryavtseva R Lindstedt | 3 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Klepač T Huey | 6 | 4 | [10] | | A Klepač T Huey | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Svitolina A Sitak | 4 | 6 | [3] | | | | | | | A Klepač T Huey | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | A Hlaváčková Ł Kubot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | Y-j Chan R Bopanna | 2 | 5 | | | | |
  | | L Arruabarrena D Marrero | 0 | 3 | | | A Hlaváčková Ł Kubot | 6 | 3 | [6] | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | K Birrell J Millman | 5 | 1 | | 3 | Y-j Chan R Bopanna | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Y-j Chan R Bopanna | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Klepač T Huey | 4 | 4 |
  | 6 | L Hradecká M Matkowski | 6 | 5 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | | C Vandeweghe H Tecău | 6 | 6 |
  | | C Vandeweghe H Tecău | 1 | 7 | [10] | | C Vandeweghe H Tecău | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | A Parra Santonja M López | $6^3$ | 5 | | | S Errani F Fognini | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Errani F Fognini | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | C Vandeweghe H Tecău | 6 | $6^5$ | [10] | | | |
  | WC | Ar Rodionova M Reid | 6 | 2 | [8] | | | | | | 2 | B Mattek-Sands B Bryan | 3 | $7^7$ | [6] | | | |
  | | S Stosur J Peers | 4 | 6 | [10] | | S Stosur J Peers | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Moore M Polmans | 2 | 1 | | 2 | B Mattek-Sands B Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | B Mattek-Sands B Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  