title: 2016 German Open – Doubles
text: # 2016 German Open – Doubles
  
  Jamie Murray and John Peers were the defending champions, but Murray chose to participate in the Davis Cup quarterfinals instead. Peers played alongside Henri Kontinen and successfully defended the title, defeating Daniel Nestor and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the final, 7–5, 6–3.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Łukasz Kubot / Alexander Peya (quarterfinals)
  * Henri Kontinen / John Peers (champions)
  * Daniel Nestor / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (final)
  * Mate Pavić / Michael Venus (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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ł Kubot A Peya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Zverev M Zverev | 0 | 2 | | 1 | Ł Kubot A Peya | 2 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P-H Mathieu B Paire | $7^7$ | 0 | [5] | | G Durán J Erlich | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | G Durán J Erlich | $6^4$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | G Durán J Erlich | 4 | 1 | | | | |
  | 3 | D Nestor A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | D Nestor A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | LL | D Masur C-M Stebe | 2 | 1 | | 3 | D Nestor A-u-H Qureshi | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Fleming M Fyrstenberg | $6^5$ | 6 | [10] | | C Fleming M Fyrstenberg | 3 | 6 | [2] | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Almagro M González | $7^7$ | 3 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | 3 | D Nestor A-u-H Qureshi | 5 | 3 |
  | WC | A Begemann J-L Struff | 7 | 5 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | 2 | H Kontinen J Peers | 7 | 6 |
  | | O Marach F Martin | 5 | 7 | [10] | | O Marach F Martin | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Chardy S Robert | 6 | 6 | | | J Chardy S Robert | 3 | 6 | [3] | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | M Pavić M Venus | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | O Marach F Martin | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | Q | K de Schepper A Michon | $6^4$ | $6^5$ | | | | | | | 2 | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Í Cervantes L Mayer | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | Í Cervantes L Mayer | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Berlocq P Cuevas | $6^2$ | 4 | | 2 | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | H Kontinen J Peers | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  ### Seeds
  
  * Guido Andreozzi / Nicolás Kicker (first round)
  * Jan Mertl / Jan Šátral (first round)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Kenny de Schepper / Axel Michon
  
  ### Lucky losers
  
  * Daniel Masur / Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
  
  ### Qualifying draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Guido Andreozzi Nicolás Kicker | 4 | 6 | [7] | | | | |
  | WC | Daniel Masur Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | |
  | WC | Daniel Masur Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6 | 4 | [10] | WC | Daniel Masur Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 4 | 1 |
  | | | | | | | Kenny de Schepper Axel Michon | 6 | 6 |
  | | Kenny de Schepper Axel Michon | $7^7$ | $6^1$ | [10] | | Kenny de Schepper Axel Michon | 6 | 6 |
  | 2 | Jan Mertl Jan Šátral | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | [8] | | | | |
  