title: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
text: # Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
  
  Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina defeated Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the bronze-medal match, the Czech Republic's Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová defeated compatriots Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká, 7–5, 6–1.
  
  The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6–14 August 2016.
  
  The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the two-time reigning gold medalists and top seeds, but they lost in the first round to Šafářová and Strýcová. The defeat ended the Williams sisters' 15 match winning streak in women's doubles at the Olympics, and marked their first loss together in Olympic competition.
  
  Hingis attempted to complete the career Golden Slam; she was originally to partner with Belinda Bencic but eventually partnered with Bacsinszky instead after Bencic had withdrawn due to ongoing wrist injury.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  August :
  
  | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | — | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
  | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | play cancelled due to rain | Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Bronze medal match | Gold medal match |
  
  ## Seeds
  
      01.  Serena Williams (USA) / Venus Williams (USA) (first round)
      02.  Caroline Garcia (FRA) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (first round)
      03.  Chan Hao-ching (TPE) / Chan Yung-jan (TPE) (quarterfinals)
      04.  Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) / Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) (quarterfinals)
      05.  Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) / Martina Hingis (SUI) (final, silver medalists)
      06.  Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) / Lucie Hradecká (CZE) (semifinals, fourth place)
      07.  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (champions, gold medalists)
      08.  Sara Errani (ITA) / Roberta Vinci (ITA) (quarterfinals)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * INV = Tripartite invitation
  * IP = ITF place
  * Alt = Alternate
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Lucie Šafářová (CZE) Barbora Strýcová (CZE) | $6^7$ | 4 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Elena Vesnina (RUS) | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Elena Vesnina (RUS) | $7^9$ | 6 | | 7 | Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Elena Vesnina (RUS) | 6 | 6 | |
  | | | | | | 5 | Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) Martina Hingis (SUI) | 4 | 4 | |
  | 5 | Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) Martina Hingis (SUI) | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | 5 | Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) Martina Hingis (SUI) | 4 | 4 | |
  | 6 | Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE) | 7 | $6^3$ | 2 | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
  | | | | | | | Lucie Šafářová (CZE) Barbora Strýcová (CZE) | 7 | 6 | |
  | | | | | | 6 | Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE) | 5 | 1 | |
  
  ### Top 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 | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | S Williams (USA) V Williams (USA) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE) | 6 | 6 | | | L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE) | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | IP | K Jans-Ignacik (POL) P Kania (POL) | 4 | 7 | 3 | IP | E Bouchard (CAN) G Dabrowski (CAN) | $7^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | IP | E Bouchard (CAN) G Dabrowski (CAN) | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE) | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | IP | L Kichenok (UKR) N Kichenok (UKR) | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | S Errani (ITA) R Vinci (ITA) | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
  | | Y Xu (CHN) S Zheng (CHN) | 6 | 6 | | | Y Xu (CHN) S Zheng (CHN) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Kerber (GER) A Petkovic (GER) | 2 | 2 | | 8 | S Errani (ITA) R Vinci (ITA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | S Errani (ITA) R Vinci (ITA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE) | $6^7$ | 4 |
  | 4 | G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP) | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS) | $7^9$ | 6 |
  | IP | PC Gonçalves (BRA) T Pereira (BRA) | $6^6$ | 2 | | 4 | G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP) | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Shvedova (KAZ) G Voskoboeva (KAZ) | 1 | $0^r$ | | Alt | K Flipkens (BEL) Y Wickmayer (BEL) | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | K Flipkens (BEL) Y Wickmayer (BEL) | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | 4 | G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP) | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
  | IP | T Babos (HUN) RL Jani (HUN) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | IP | A Mitu (ROU) R Olaru (ROU) | 6 | 6 | | IP | A Mitu (ROU) R Olaru (ROU) | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | IP | An Rodionova (AUS) Ar Rodionova (AUS) | 1 | 2 | | 7 | E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS) | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | T Bacsinszky (SUI) M Hingis (SUI) | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Gavrilova (AUS) S Stosur (AUS) | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | T Bacsinszky (SUI) M Hingis (SUI) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Medina Garrigues (ESP) A Parra Santonja (ESP) | 1 | 1 | | | B Mattek-Sands (USA) C Vandeweghe (USA) | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Mattek-Sands (USA) C Vandeweghe (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | T Bacsinszky (SUI) M Hingis (SUI) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | J Konta (GBR) H Watson (GBR) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | H-c Chan (TPE) Y-j Chan (TPE) | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | | J Janković (SRB) A Krunić (SRB) | 2 | 1 | | | J Konta (GBR) H Watson (GBR) | 6 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I-C Begu (ROU) M Niculescu (ROU) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | H-c Chan (TPE) Y-j Chan (TPE) | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | H-c Chan (TPE) Y-j Chan (TPE) | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Bacsinszky (SUI) M Hingis (SUI) | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | 6 | A Hlaváčková (CZE) L Hradecká (CZE) | $7^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Hlaváčková (CZE) L Hradecká (CZE) | 7 | $6^3$ | 2 |
  | | O Savchuk (UKR) E Svitolina (UKR) | $6^1$ | 6 | 4 | 6 | A Hlaváčková (CZE) L Hradecká (CZE) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | PR | S Peng (CHN) S Zhang (CHN) | $7^8$ | 5 | 7 | PR | S Peng (CHN) S Zhang (CHN) | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Mirza (IND) P Thombare (IND) | $6^6$ | 7 | 5 | | | | | | 6 | A Hlaváčková (CZE) L Hradecká (CZE) | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |
  | | D Kasatkina (RUS) S Kuznetsova (RUS) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Kasatkina (RUS) S Kuznetsova (RUS) | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
  | | A-L Grönefeld (GER) L Siegemund (GER) | 1 | 4 | | | D Kasatkina (RUS) S Kuznetsova (RUS) | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | IP | M Doi (JPN) E Hozumi (JPN) | 6 | 0 | 6 | IP | M Doi (JPN) E Hozumi (JPN) | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | C Garcia (FRA) K Mladenovic (FRA) | 0 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  