2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
| Champions | Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi |
| Runners-up | Feliciano López Marc López |
| Score | 6–2, 3–6, [14–12] |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Bopanna played alongside Florin Mergea, but lost in the first round to Nestor and Radek Štěpánek. Nestor and Štěpánek lost in the quarterfinals to Łukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski.
Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi won the title, defeating Feliciano López and Marc López in the final, 6–2, 3–6, [14–12].
Seeds
- Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău (quarterfinals)
- Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea (first round)
- Vasek Pospisil / Nenad Zimonjić (first round)
- Henri Kontinen / John Peers (first round)
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
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G García-López V Troicki | 2 | 5 | 1 | J-J Rojer H Tecău | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Inglot R Lindstedt | 63 | 3 | F López M López | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| F López M López | 77 | 6 | F López M López | 6 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | V Pospisil N Zimonjić | 4 | 4 | Q | H Chung J Veselý | 4 | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | H Chung J Veselý | 6 | 6 | Q | H Chung J Veselý | 62 | 78 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||
| R Bautista Agut J Sousa | 2 | 6 | [10] | R Bautista Agut J Sousa | 77 | 66 | [9] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Bubka S Stakhovsky | 6 | 2 | [8] | F López M López | 2 | 6 | [12] | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | M Bhupathi A-u-H Qureshi | 4 | 2 | S Bolelli A Seppi | 6 | 3 | [14] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Bolelli A Seppi | 6 | 6 | S Bolelli A Seppi | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Murray T Robredo | 2 | 6 | [10] | J Murray T Robredo | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | H Kontinen J Peers | 6 | 4 | [8] | S Bolelli A Seppi | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| I Dodig M Draganja | 6 | 4 | [7] | Ł Kubot M Matkowski | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ł Kubot M Matkowski | 4 | 6 | [10] | Ł Kubot M Matkowski | 3 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Nestor R Štěpánek | 3 | 78 | [10] | D Nestor R Štěpánek | 6 | 3 | [5] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | R Bopanna F Mergea | 6 | 66 | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Seeds
- Rameez Junaid / Jonathan Marray (first round)
- Leonardo Mayer / Lukáš Rosol (first round)
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Rameez Junaid Jonathan Marray | 4 | 6 | [7] | |||||||||
| Hyeon Chung Jiří Veselý | 6 | 3 | [10] | ||||||||||
| Hyeon Chung Jiří Veselý | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Fabbiano Franko Škugor | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Fabbiano Franko Škugor | 6 | 2 | [10] | ||||||||||
| 2 | Leonardo Mayer Lukáš Rosol | 4 | 6 | [7] | |||||||||