Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
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| Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
| Champions |
 Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
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| Runners-up |
 Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis
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| Final score | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 6–14 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 teams from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
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Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina |
Russia
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Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis |
 Switzerland
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Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová |
 Czech Republic
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The women's doubles tennis tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6–14 August 2016.
Serena and Venus Williams were the two-time defending champions and number one seeds, but they lost in the first round to Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová. The defeat ended the sisters' 15 match winning streak in women's doubles at the Olympics, and also marked their first loss together in Olympic competition.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the gold medal, defeating Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–4.
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