2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2016 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Serena Williams Venus Williams
Runners-up	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova
Score	6–3, 6–4
Draw	64 (4 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 2016 Wimbledon Championships

Serena and Venus Williams defeated Tímea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. It was the Williams sisters' sixth Wimbledon doubles title, and their 14th and last major doubles title overall.

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Babos and Shvedova.

Seeds

01.   Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (quarterfinals)

02.   Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)

03.   Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (second round)

04.   Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (quarterfinals)

05.   Tímea Babos / Yaroslava Shvedova (final)

06.   Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (third round)

07.   Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová (first round)

08.   Julia Görges / Karolína Plíšková (semifinals)

09.   Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai (first round)

10.   Raquel Atawo / Abigail Spears (semifinals)

11.   Andreja Klepač / Katarina Srebotnik (first round)

12.   Margarita Gasparyan / Monica Niculescu (first round)

13.   Vania King / Alla Kudryavtseva (second round)

14.   Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja (third round, retired)

15.   Sara Errani / Oksana Kalashnikova (first round)

16.   Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Main article: 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying

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

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	2	4
	5	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova	6	6
								5	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova	6	6
								10	Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears	4	2
	PR	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	4	2
	10	Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears	6	6
															5	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova	3	4
																Serena Williams Venus Williams	6	6
		Serena Williams Venus Williams	77	4	6
	4	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	61	6	2
									Serena Williams Venus Williams	77	6
								8	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková	63	4
	8	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková	711	6
	2	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	69	3

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	7
		A-L Friedsam L Siegemund	2	5				1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	6
		M Barthel C-j Chuang	3	3					E Hozumi M Kato	3	1
		E Hozumi M Kato	6	6											1	M Hingis S Mirza	6	6
		L Kichenok V Lepchenko	6	3	1											C McHale J Ostapenko	1	0
		C McHale J Ostapenko	3	6	6				C McHale J Ostapenko	6	6
		N Hibino A Rosolska	6	1	3			13	V King A Kudryavtseva	1	4
	13	V King A Kudryavtseva	3	6	6																	1	M Hingis S Mirza	2	4
	9	Y Xu S Zheng	66	6	5																	5	T Babos Y Shvedova	6	6
		D Jurak An Rodionova	78	2	7				D Jurak An Rodionova	4	1
		K Flipkens A Petkovic	4	6	4				J Konta M Sanchez	6	6
		J Konta M Sanchez	6	3	6											J Konta M Sanchez	6	1	5
	Q	S Aoyama M Ninomiya	6	6											5	T Babos Y Shvedova	4	6	7
		N Kichenok L Tsurenko	1	1				Q	S Aoyama M Ninomiya	1	3
		M Keys S Stephens	2	4				5	T Babos Y Shvedova	6	6
	5	T Babos Y Shvedova	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	6	6
	WC	A Barty L Robson	4	2				3	H-c Chan Y-j Chan	2	6	2
		L Arruabarrena D Kovinić	5	65					J Janković A Krunić	6	4	6
		J Janković A Krunić	7	77												J Janković A Krunić	4	4
	PR	A-L Grönefeld K Peschke	5	6	6										PR	A-L Grönefeld K Peschke	6	6
		S Kuznetsova R Vinci	7	2	1			PR	A-L Grönefeld K Peschke	6	6
		I-C Begu R Olaru	3	4				16	K Bertens J Larsson	4	1
	16	K Bertens J Larsson	6	6																		PR	A-L Grönefeld K Peschke	4	2
	10	R Atawo A Spears	6	6																		10	R Atawo A Spears	6	6
	Q	C-w Chan X Han	1	4				10	R Atawo A Spears	6	6
		M Brengle T Maria	6	6					M Brengle T Maria	3	0
	WC	D Hantuchová D Vekić	1	3											10	R Atawo A Spears	6	6
		P Hercog M Lučić-Baroni	5	3												D Gavrilova D Kasatkina	3	3
		M Doi E Svitolina	7	6					M Doi E Svitolina	6	3	1
		D Gavrilova D Kasatkina	6	0	7				D Gavrilova D Kasatkina	3	6	6
	7	B Mattek-Sands L Šafářová	2	6	5

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	77	3	9
		C Liang Y Wang	63	6	7			6	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	6	62	7
		K Bondarenko O Savchuk	6	4	3				A Cornet X Knoll	3	77	5
		A Cornet X Knoll	4	6	6										6	A Hlaváčková L Hradecká	4	3
		I Falconi N Gibbs	63	1												S Williams V Williams	6	6
	Q	E Mertens A-S Mestach	77	6				Q	E Mertens A-S Mestach	4	4
		S Williams V Williams	7	6					S Williams V Williams	6	6
	11	A Klepač K Srebotnik	5	3																			S Williams V Williams	77	4	6
	15	S Errani O Kalashnikova	6	5	2																	4	E Makarova E Vesnina	61	6	2
		M Krajicek B Strýcová	4	7	6				M Krajicek B Strýcová	78	6
	WC	T Moore C Perrin	0	5					M Duque Mariño M Puig	66	4
		M Duque Mariño M Puig	6	7												M Krajicek B Strýcová	3	4
		L Chirico A Riske	7	61	5										4	E Makarova E Vesnina	6	6
		A Beck Y Wickmayer	5	77	7				A Beck Y Wickmayer	6	3	1
	WC	J Rae A Smith	5	6	4			4	E Makarova E Vesnina	4	6	6
	4	E Makarova E Vesnina	7	4	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	J Görges Ka Plíšková	6	6
		D Allertová AK Schmiedlová	2	1				8	J Görges Ka Plíšková	6	6
		M Irigoyen P Kania	3	6	4				Y Putintseva M Rybáriková	1	4
		Y Putintseva M Rybáriková	6	2	6										8	J Görges Ka Plíšková	77	60	6
		N Broady H Watson	77	6												N Broady H Watson	65	77	3
		Ç Büyükakçay K Jans-Ignacik	64	4					N Broady H Watson	79	712
		A Panova S Rogers	4	6	6				A Panova S Rogers	67	610
	12	M Gasparyan M Niculescu	6	4	3																	8	J Görges Ka Plíšková	711	6
	14	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	4	6	6																	2	C Garcia K Mladenovic	69	3
		B Krejčíková K Siniaková	6	4	3			14	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	4	77	6
		G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	6					G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez	6	64	3
		E Bouchard S Lisicki	4	2											14	A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja	3r
		S-w Hsieh N Melichar	4	3											2	C Garcia K Mladenovic	5
	PR	S Peng S Zhang	6	6				PR	S Peng S Zhang	6	3	4
	Q	D Schuurs R Voráčová	2	2				2	C Garcia K Mladenovic	0	6	6
	2	C Garcia K Mladenovic	6	6

External links

• Ladies' Doubles draw
• 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation