2018 China Open – Men's doubles
# 2018 China Open – Men's doubles

Henri Kontinen and John Peers were the defending champions but chose to compete in Tokyo instead.

Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo won the title, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in the final, 6–1, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić (final)
* Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo (champions)
* Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (semifinals)
* Ivan Dodig / Nikola Mektić (semifinals)

## 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

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | O Marach M Pavić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Cecchinato F Verdasco | 4 | 4 | | 1 | O Marach M Pavić | 5 | $7^7$ | [14] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Daniell W Koolhof | 6 | 1 | [10] | | M Daniell W Koolhof | 7 | $6^4$ | [12] | | | | | | | | | |
| | F López M López | 4 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | 1 | O Marach M Pavić | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | I Dodig N Mektić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | I Dodig N Mektić | $6^6$ | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | R Hua Zh Zhang | 3 | 4 | | 4 | I Dodig N Mektić | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | JM del Potro L Mayer | 6 | 3 | [11] | | JM del Potro L Mayer | 6 | 4 | [6] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rublev A Zverev | 2 | 6 | [9] | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | O Marach M Pavić | 1 | 4 |
| | N Monroe J Sock | 5 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ł Kubot M Melo | 6 | 6 |
| Q | D Molchanov I Zelenay | 7 | $7^7$ | | Q | D Molchanov I Zelenay | 6 | $6^2$ | [8] | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-J Rojer H Tecău | $6^8$ | 2 | | 3 | JS Cabal R Farah | 4 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | JS Cabal R Farah | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | JS Cabal R Farah | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | |
| | R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 2 | Ł Kubot M Melo | 6 | 1 | [10] | | | | |
| | K Edmund M Fucsovics | 2 | $6^5$ | | | R Bopanna É Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Gong Ze Zhang | 4 | 6 | [7] | 2 | Ł Kubot M Melo | 4 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Ł Kubot M Melo | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Roman Jebavý / Andrés Molteni (qualifying competition)
* Radu Albot / Malek Jaziri (withdrew)

### Qualifiers

* Denys Molchanov / Igor Zelenay

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Roman Jebavý Andrés Molteni | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | David Marrero Andreas Seppi | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | David Marrero Andreas Seppi | 1 | 3 | 1 | Roman Jebavý Andrés Molteni | $6^8$ | 6 | [7] |
| | | | | Alt | Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay | $7^{10}$ | 2 | [10] |
| WC | Li Zhe Wu Di | 5 | 2 | Alt | Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay | $7^{10}$ | 2 | [10] |
| Alt | Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
