title: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Men's doubles
text: # 2016 Apia International Sydney – Men's doubles
  
  Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Nestor teamed up with Marcelo Melo, but lost in the quarterfinals to Łukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski.
  
  Bopanna played alongside Florin Mergea, but lost in the final to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, 3–6, $6–7^{(6–8)}.$
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (first round)
  * Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (first round)
  * Marcelo Melo / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
  * Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea (final)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | $6^9$ | [4] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Reid J Thompson | 4 | $7^{11}$ | [10] | WC | M Reid J Thompson | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 5 | [11] | | J Murray B Soares | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Duckworth J Millman | 4 | 7 | [9] | | | | | | | J Murray B Soares | 7 | 2 | [10] | | | | |
  | 3 | M Melo D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Ł Kubot M Matkowski | 5 | 6 | [3] | | | | |
  | | J Chardy L Paes | 4 | 4 | | 3 | M Melo D Nestor | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Ł Kubot M Matkowski | 6 | 7 | | | Ł Kubot M Matkowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M López A Seppi | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Murray B Soares | 6 | $7^8$ |
  | | S Bolelli P Cuevas | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | R Bopanna F Mergea | 3 | $6^6$ |
  | | S Groth J Peers | 6 | 6 | | | S Groth J Peers | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Istomin H Kontinen | $7^7$ | 3 | [8] | 4 | R Bopanna F Mergea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | R Bopanna F Mergea | $6^2$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | R Bopanna F Mergea | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | T Bellucci L Mayer | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | T Bellucci L Mayer | $6^8$ | 4 | | | | | |
  | Alt | T Gabashvili M Kukushkin | 4 | 6 | [8] | | T Bellucci L Mayer | $7^7$ | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Erlich C Fleming | 7 | 7 | | | J Erlich C Fleming | $6^0$ | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  