Date | 6 – 14 August 2016 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Centro Olímpico de Tênis, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro | |
Participants | 64 from 23 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
For the doubles qualification, the world ranking list was used with a maximum of two pairs per nation. The 24 best players qualified for Rio with eight more places being awarded by the International Tennis Federation. No two players from the same country started within the same section of the draw, which consisted of four sections of eight pairs, thus making it impossible for them to meet until the semi-finals.
Sisters Serena and Venus Williams came to Rio having won 15 consecutive Olympic doubles matches playing together, but that came to a halt when they lost their first round match to the Czech pair Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová. The Russian duo Yekaterina Makarova and Yelena Vesnina won the gold medal, defeating Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis from Switzerland in the final 6-4, 6-4. The loss meant Hingis failed to win her career Golden Slam.
Winners advanced to round two.
Winners advanced to quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Lucie Šafářová / Barbora Strýcová | ![]() | Eugenie Bouchard / Gaby Dabrowski | ![]() | 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-4 | ||
Match #2 | Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | ![]() | 8 | Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai | ![]() | 6-2, 6-3 | |
Match #3 | Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez | ![]() | 4 | Kirsten Flipkens / Yanina Wickmayer | ![]() | 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 | |
Match #4 | Yekaterina Makarova / Yelena Vesnina | ![]() | 7 | Andreea Mitu / Raluca Olaru | ![]() | 6-1, 6-4 | |
Match #5 | Timea Bacsinszky / Martina Hingis | ![]() | 5 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands / CoCo Vandeweghe | ![]() | 6-4, 6-4 | |
Match #6 | Chan Hao-Ching / Chan Yung-Jan | ![]() | Johanna Konta / Heather Watson | ![]() | 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 | ||
Match #7 | Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká | ![]() | 6 | Peng Shuai / Zhang Shuai | ![]() | 6-4, 6-4 | |
Match #8 | Darya Kasatkina / Svetlana Kuznetsova | ![]() | Misaki Doi / Eri Hozumi | ![]() | 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 |
Winners advanced to semi-finals.
Match #1 1 | Lucie Šafářová / Barbora Strýcová | ![]() | Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci | ![]() | 8 | 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 | |
Match #2 2 | Yekaterina Makarova / Yelena Vesnina | ![]() | 7 | Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez | ![]() | 4 | 6-3, 6-4 |
Match #3 3 | Timea Bacsinszky / Martina Hingis | ![]() | 5 | Chan Hao-Ching / Chan Yung-Jan | ![]() | 3 | 6-3, 6-0 |
Match #4 4 | Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká | ![]() | 6 | Darya Kasatkina / Svetlana Kuznetsova | ![]() | 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 |
Winners advanced to final round.
Match #1 | Yekaterina Makarova / Yelena Vesnina | ![]() | 7 | Lucie Šafářová / Barbora Strýcová | ![]() | 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 | |
Match #2 | Timea Bacsinszky / Martina Hingis | ![]() | 5 | Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká | ![]() | 6 | 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 |
Match 1/2 | Yekaterina Makarova / Yelena Vesnina | ![]() | 7 | Timea Bacsinszky / Martina Hingis | ![]() | 5 | 6-4, 6-4 |
Match 3/4 | Lucie Šafářová / Barbora Strýcová | ![]() | Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká | ![]() | 6 | 7-5, 6-1 |