2016 Citi Open – Women's Doubles

Belinda Bencic and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.

Women's Doubles
2016 Citi Open
Champions	Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer
Runners-up	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki
Final score	6–4, 6–3

Main article: 2016 Citi Open

Monica Niculescu and Yanina Wickmayer won the title, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Risa Ozaki in the final, 6–4, 6–3.

Seeds

The top three seeds received a bye into the quarterfinals.

1. Gabriela Dabrowski / Yang Zhaoxuan (Semifinals)
2. Naomi Broady / Miyu Kato (Quarterfinals)
3. Nicole Melichar / Xu Shilin (Semifinals)
4. Ksenia Lykina / Emily Webley-Smith (First round)

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

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
								1	G Dabrowski Z Yang	6	2	[10]
		M Brengle S Crawford	6	3	[10]				M Brengle S Crawford	3	6	[2]
		I Falconi D Lao	3	6	[3]										1	G Dabrowski Z Yang	4	2
	4	K Lykina E Webley-Smith	1	7	[6]											M Niculescu Y Wickmayer	6	6
		M Niculescu Y Wickmayer	6	5	[10]				M Niculescu Y Wickmayer	6	3	[10]
	WC	M Menguene N Surapaneni	6	1	[2]				S Marand J Pegula	2	6	[6]
		S Marand J Pegula	3	6	[10]																		M Niculescu Y Wickmayer	6	6
		H Kuwata L Zhu	7^7	0																			S Aoyama R Ozaki	4	3
		K Kučová J Wolfe	6^5	0^r					H Kuwata L Zhu	2	7	[2]
								3	N Melichar S Xu	6	5	[10]
															3	N Melichar S Xu	4	7	[5]
		F Abanda V Flink														S Aoyama R Ozaki	6	5	[10]
		S Aoyama R Ozaki	w/o						S Aoyama R Ozaki	6	6
								2	N Broady M Kato	2	3

References

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