2016 Lale Cup – Doubles

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Doubles
2016 Lale Cup
Champions Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nigina Abduraimova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Štefková
Runners-up Flag of Russia.svg Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Flag of Belarus.svg Lidziya Marozava
Final score6–4, 1–6, [10–6]
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Singles Doubles
  2015  · Lale Cup ·  2017  

Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.

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The wildcard pairing of Nigina Abduraimova and Barbora Štefková won the title, defeating top seeds Valentyna Ivakhnenko and Lidziya Marozava in the final, 6–4, 1–6, [10–6].

Seeds

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Valentyna Ivakhnenko / Flag of Belarus.svg Lidziya Marozava (final)
  2. Flag of Georgia.svg Sofia Shapatava / Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasiya Vasylyeva (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lenka Kunčíková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Stuchlá (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Turkey.svg Başak Eraydın / Flag of Russia.svg Polina Monova (semifinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Russia.svg V Ivakhnenko
Flag of Belarus.svg L Marozava
66
  Flag of Slovenia.svg N Kolar
Flag of Slovenia.svg T Majerič
2 2 1 Flag of Russia.svg V Ivakhnenko
Flag of Belarus.svg L Marozava
76
WC Flag of Turkey.svg C Anıl
Flag of Turkey.svg D Yurtkuran
3 3   Flag of Russia.svg N Dzalamidze
Flag of Russia.svg A Komardina
5 3
  Flag of Russia.svg N Dzalamidze
Flag of Russia.svg A Komardina
661 Flag of Russia.svg V Ivakhnenko
Flag of Belarus.svg L Marozava
67
4 Flag of Turkey.svg B Eraydın
Flag of Russia.svg P Monova
664 Flag of Turkey.svg B Eraydın
Flag of Russia.svg P Monova
2 5
  Flag of Romania.svg E Bogdan
Flag of Romania.svg C Dinu
1 3 4 Flag of Turkey.svg B Eraydın
Flag of Russia.svg P Monova
66
WC Flag of Turkey.svg B Akbaş
Flag of Turkey.svg S Övünç
1 3   Flag of Poland.svg K Piter
Flag of Bulgaria.svg I Shinikova
3 3
  Flag of Poland.svg K Piter
Flag of Bulgaria.svg I Shinikova
661 Flag of Russia.svg V Ivakhnenko
Flag of Belarus.svg L Marozava
4 6[6]
  Flag of Ukraine.svg A Fomina
Flag of Russia.svg E Yashina
666[13]WC Flag of Uzbekistan.svg N Abduraimova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg B Štefková
61 [10]
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg J Lu
Flag of Ukraine.svg V Strakhova
782 [11]   Flag of Ukraine.svg A Fomina
Flag of Russia.svg E Yashina
4 6[5]
  Flag of North Macedonia.svg L Gjorcheska
Flag of Turkey.svg P Özgen
3 77[3] 3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Kunčíková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg K Stuchlá
63 [10]
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Kunčíková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg K Stuchlá
661[10]3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Kunčíková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg K Stuchlá
4 2
WC Flag of Uzbekistan.svg N Abduraimova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg B Štefková
66WC Flag of Uzbekistan.svg N Abduraimova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg B Štefková
66
  Flag of Italy.svg M Caregaro
Flag of Hungary.svg R-L Jani
3 4 WC Flag of Uzbekistan.svg N Abduraimova
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg B Štefková
776
  Flag of Sweden.svg C Lister
Flag of India.svg A Raina
2 3 2 Flag of Georgia.svg S Shapatava
Flag of Ukraine.svg A Vasylyeva
652
2 Flag of Georgia.svg S Shapatava
Flag of Ukraine.svg A Vasylyeva
66

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