2016 WTA Finals – Doubles
2016 tennis event results
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Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2016 WTA Finals.[1]
Champions
Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina
Ekaterina Makarova Elena VesninaRunners-up
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová
Bethanie Mattek-Sands 
Lucie ŠafářováScore7–6(7–5), 6–3
Draw8
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2016 WTA Finals | |
| Champions | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina |
| Runners-up | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová |
| Score | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Draw | 8 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions,[2] but were defeated in the semifinals by Makarova and Vesnina.[3]
Seeds
Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (semifinals)
Martina Hingis / 
Sania Mirza (semifinals)- Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová (final)
- Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (champions)
- Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (quarterfinals)
Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (quarterfinals)
Tímea Babos / 
Yaroslava Shvedova (quarterfinals)
Julia Görges / Karolína Plíšková (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Draw
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
| 5 | 78 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova
| 7 | 66 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
| 65 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
| 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
| 3 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
| 6 | 2 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
| 610 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
| 712 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||