See main article: 2016 Launceston Tennis International.
Han Xinyun and Junri Namigata were the defending champions, but Namigata chose not to participate . Han partnered Katarzyna Piter, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tammi Patterson and Olivia Rogowska .
You Xiaodi and Zhu Lin won the title, defeating top seeds Nadiia Kichenok and Mandy Minella in the final 2–6, 7–5, [10–7] .