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]

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

Draw

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

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]

References

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw