2017 Wuhan Open – Doubles
# 2017 Wuhan Open – Doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but neither player could participate this year due to injury.

Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis won the title, defeating Shuko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 3–6, [10–4].

As a result of Šafářová's withdrawal, Hingis regained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the conclusion of the tournament.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis (champions)
* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (quarterfinals, retired)
* Sania Mirza / Peng Shuai (semifinals)
* Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua (semifinals, withdrew)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (quarterfinals)
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (quarterfinals)
* Alicja Rosolska / Abigail Spears (quarterfinals)
* Kristina Mladenovic / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (withdrew)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Sania Mirza Peng Shuai | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Sania Mirza Peng Shuai | $6^5$ | 4 | 1 | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | $7^7$ | 3 | [10] |
| | | | | | Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan | $6^5$ | 6 | [4] |
| 4 | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | | | | Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan | $6^5$ | 6 | [4] |
| | Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan | w/o | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok R Olaru | 2 | $7^7$ | [7] | | R Atawo D Jurak | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Atawo D Jurak | 6 | $6^5$ | [10] | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | H-c Chan S Zhang | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | M Ninomiya R Voráčová | 6 | 6 | | | M Ninomiya R Voráčová | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Savchuk K Srebotnik | 6 | $6^6$ | [4] | 6 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 1 | $7^8$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | $7^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | $6^5$ | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sevastova D Vekić | 2 | $7^7$ | [10] | | A Sevastova D Vekić | 1 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bertens J Görges | 6 | $6^4$ | [6] | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| WC | S Guo Q Ye | 2 | 0 | | | | | | 7 | A Rosolska A Spears | 6 | 3 | [5] | | | | |
| | D Kasatkina K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | D Kasatkina K Siniaková | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Mertens D Schuurs | 7 | 3 | [8] | 7 | A Rosolska A Spears | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Rosolska A Spears | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | $7^9$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Q Wang Y Wang | $6^7$ | $1^r$ | 5 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | $6^3$ | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | |
| | N Melichar A Smith | 6 | 6 | | N Melichar A Smith | $7^7$ | 4 | [9] | | | | | | | |
| | D Gavrilova B Strýcová | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | A Barty C Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | C-j Chuang C Liang | 1 | 4 | | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | $6^4$ | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | A Barty C Dellacqua | $7^7$ | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Barty C Dellacqua | |
| 8 | K Mladenovic A Pavlyuchenkova | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Aoyama Z Yang | w/o |
| | N Kichenok An Rodionova | w/o | | | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Davis A Riske | 1 | 0 | | S Aoyama Z Yang | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama Z Yang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Aoyama Z Yang | 4 | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea J Ostapenko | | | | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | $3^r$ | | | | |
| Alt | M Barthel C Witthöft | w/o | | Alt | M Barthel C Witthöft | $7^7$ | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
