2016 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles

Doubles
2016 Shenzhen Open
2015 Champions	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok

Main article: 2016 Shenzhen Open

Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok were the defending champions, but chose to participate in Auckland instead.

Seeds

The top seed receive a bye into the second round.

2

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							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								1	Y Xu S Zheng	2	6	[11]
		N Gibbs A Riske	77	6					N Gibbs A Riske	6	3	9
		C-w Chan K Takahata	65	0											1	Y Xu S Zheng	77	6
	4	Ç Büyükakçay A Krunić	w/o												4	Ç Büyükakçay A Krunić	63	3
		M Linette K Zhang						4	Ç Büyükakçay A Krunić	4	711	[10]
		C Liang S Peng	6	6					C Liang S Peng	6	69	[0]
	WC	Y Li Y Sheng	2	1																		1	Y Xu S Zheng	1	4
		Z Diyas L Zhang	2	4																			V King M Niculescu	6	6
		A Mitu PM Țig	6	6					A Mitu PM Țig	6	3	[19]
		A Beck E Rodina	63	3				3	V Dushevina K Siniaková	3	6	[17]
	3	V Dushevina K Siniaková	77	6												A Mitu PM Țig	7	62	[5]
		V Wongteanchai Z Yang	0	4												V King M Niculescu	5	77	[10]
		I Khromacheva L Marozava	6	6					I Khromacheva L Marozava	2	65
		V King M Niculescu	7	6					V King M Niculescu	6	77
	2	C-j Chuang O Kalashnikova	5	3