title: 2016 Columbus Challenger 1 – Doubles
text: # 2016 Columbus Challenger 1 – Doubles
  
  Chase Buchanan and Blaž Rola were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.
  
  Miķelis Lībietis and Dennis Novikov won the title after defeating Philip Bester and Peter Polansky 7–5, $7–6^{(7–4)}$ in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Sam Groth / Austin Krajicek (first round)
  * Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela / Max Schnur (first round)
  * Matt Reid / John-Patrick Smith (first round)
  * Marcelo Arévalo / Sekou Bangoura (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
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
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  | 1 | S Groth A Krajicek | 4 | 6 | [3] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Lībietis D Novikov | 6 | 3 | [10] | | M Lībietis D Novikov | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Erik Crepaldi E King | 3 | 1 | | WC | J McNally J. J. Wolf | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J McNally J. J. Wolf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Lībietis D Novikov | $7^9$ | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | 3 | M Reid J-P Smith | 3 | $7^7$ | [7] | | | | | | WC | H Pöllänen M Torpegaard | $6^7$ | $6^0$ | | | | |
  | | S de Waard B McLachlan | 6 | $6^3$ | [10] | | S de Waard B McLachlan | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D O'Hare J Salisbury | 3 | 6 | [5] | WC | H Pöllänen M Torpegaard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | H Pöllänen M Torpegaard | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | M Lībietis D Novikov | 7 | $7^7$ |
  | | N Scholtz T Vorster | 1 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | P Bester P Polansky | 5 | $6^4$ |
  | | G Clezar LD Martínez | 6 | 3 | [10] | | G Clezar LD Martínez | 5 | 6 | [6] | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Bester P Polansky | 6 | 5 | [10] | | P Bester P Polansky | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | M Arévalo S Bangoura | 2 | 7 | [7] | | | | | | | P Bester P Polansky | 2 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | |
  | | L Bambridge L Glasspool | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Meister E Quigley | 6 | $6^5$ | [6] | | | |
  | WC | Hugo Di Feo Martin Joyce | 5 | 2 | | | L Bambridge L Glasspool | 6 | 3 | [6] | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Meister E Quigley | $7^7$ | 6 | | | N Meister E Quigley | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | MÁ Reyes-Varela M Schnur | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  