Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Babos played alongside Julia Görges, but lost in the semifinals to Caroline Garcia and Mladenovic.
Chuang Chia-jung and Darija Jurak won the title, defeating Garcia and Mladenovic in the final, 6–4, 6–4.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
| Champions |  Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak |
| Runners-up |  Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic |
| Score | 6–4, 6–4 |
Seeds edit
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 
Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)
Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (final)
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká (first round)
Tímea Babos / 
Julia Görges (semifinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- 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
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  B Mattek-Sands Y Shvedova
| 0 | 6 | [6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Errani C Suárez Navarro
| 6 | 4 | [10] | S Errani C Suárez Navarro
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Y Xu S Zheng
| 4 | 6 | [10] | Y Xu S Zheng
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  F Al-Nabhani T Pironkova
| 6 | 2 | [8] | S Errani C Suárez Navarro
| 7 | 65 | [7] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  A Hlaváčková L Hradecká
| 7 | 63 | [8] | C-j Chuang D Jurak
| 5 | 77 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
 A Klepač K Srebotnik
| 5 | 77 | [10] | A Klepač K Srebotnik
| 1 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C-j Chuang D Jurak
| 4 | 6 | [10] | C-j Chuang D Jurak
| 6 | 4 | [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Liang Y Wang
| 6 | 2 | [4] | C-j Chuang D Jurak
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 V Dushevina K Siniaková
| 5 | 3 | 2 | C Garcia K Mladenovic
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 7 | 6 | G Dabrowski MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Strýcová R Vinci
| 3 | 6 | [9] | 4 |  T Babos J Görges
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | T Babos J Görges
| 6 | 3 | [11] | 4 | T Babos J Görges
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | P Kvitová A Rosolska
| 3 | 0 | 2 | C Garcia K Mladenovic
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe
| 6 | 6 | A-L Grönefeld C Vandeweghe
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Atawo A Spears
| 2 | 3 | 2 | C Garcia K Mladenovic
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | C Garcia K Mladenovic
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||