2016 China Open – Men's doubles

Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but Pospisil chose to play in Tokyo instead. Sock played alongside Bernard Tomic but lost in the final to Pablo Carreño Busta and Rafael Nadal, who won 6−7⁽⁶⁻⁸⁾, 6−2, [10−8].

Men's doubles
2016 China Open
Champions	Pablo Carreño Busta Rafael Nadal
Runners-up	Jack Sock Bernard Tomic
Score	6−7(6−8), 6−2, [10−8]

Main article: 2016 China Open (tennis)

Seeds

1. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (semifinals)
2. Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo (semifinals)
3. Rohan Bopanna / Daniel Nestor (first round)
4. Treat Huey / Max Mirnyi (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	B Bryan M Bryan	6	3	[16]
		R Bautista Agut D Ferrer	1	6	[14]			1	B Bryan M Bryan	w/o
		R Gasquet L Pouille	4	6	[10]				R Gasquet L Pouille
		M Pavić M Venus	6	4	[6]										1	B Bryan M Bryan	5	4
	3	R Bopanna D Nestor	63	4												P Carreño Busta R Nadal	7	6
		P Carreño Busta R Nadal	77	6					P Carreño Busta R Nadal	7	6
	WC	M Gong Z Zhang	3	6	[10]			WC	M Gong Z Zhang	5	3
		S Johnson S Querrey	6	3	[4]																		P Carreño Busta R Nadal	66	6	[10]
	WC	A Begemann L Paes	6	5	[7]																		J Sock B Tomic	78	2	[8]
		J Sock B Tomic	3	7	[10]				J Sock B Tomic	4	6	[10]
	Q	P Lorenzi G Pella	3	6	[10]			Q	P Lorenzi G Pella	6	4	[7]
	4	T Huey M Mirnyi	6	1	[4]											J Sock B Tomic	7	6
		J Benneteau É Roger-Vasselin	6	7											2	Ł Kubot M Melo	5	4
		M Raonic N Zimonjić	4	5					J Benneteau É Roger-Vasselin	7	3	[8]
		P Cuevas V Troicki	610	3				2	Ł Kubot M Melo	5	6	[10]
	2	Ł Kubot M Melo	712	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Jonathan Erlich / Santiago González (first round)
2. Andrey Kuznetsov / André Sá (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Paolo Lorenzi / Guido Pella

Qualifying draw

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Jonathan Erlich Santiago González	78	65	[8]
		Paolo Lorenzi Guido Pella	66	77	[10]
									Paolo Lorenzi Guido Pella	6	77
								WC	Florian Mayer Purav Raja	1	65
	WC	Florian Mayer Purav Raja	2	7	[10]
	2	Andrey Kuznetsov André Sá	6	5	[6]

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw