Doubles
2016 WTA Finals
Final
Champions	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Runners-up	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
Score	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Details
Draw	8
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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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.

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but were defeated in the semifinals by Makarova and Vesnina.

	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

• Main draw