# 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Chuang Chia-jung and Darija Jurak were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Chuang played alongside Zheng Saisai, but lost in the first round to Gabriela Dabrowski and Jeļena Ostapenko. Jurak teamed up with Anastasia Rodionova, but lost in the second round to Dabrowski and Ostapenko.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai in the final, 6–2, 4–6, [10–7].

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)
* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (champions)
* Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová (semifinals)
* Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis (quarterfinals)
* Chan Hao-ching / Yaroslava Shvedova (semifinals)
* Andrea Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai (final)
* Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)
* Lucie Hradecká / Kateřina Siniaková (first round)

## 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 |
| 5 | Chan Hao-ching Yaroslava Shvedova | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai | 6 | 6 | 6 | Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai | 2 | 6 | [7] |
| | | | | 2 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 6 | 4 | [10] |
| 3 | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 4 | 3 | 2 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 6 | 4 | [10] |
| 2 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Atawo Y Xu | 4 | 2 | | | V Golubic Kr Plíšková | 5 | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Golubic Kr Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | C Garcia K Mladenovic | 5 | 6 | [3] | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko E Svitolina | 7 | 6$^3$ | [6] | | | | | | 5 | H-c Chan Y Shvedova | 7 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | I-C Begu D Kasatkina | 5 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | I-C Begu D Kasatkina | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Mertens A Naydenova | 4 | 2 | | 5 | H-c Chan Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | H-c Chan Y Shvedova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | H-c Chan Y Shvedova | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Hlaváčková S Peng | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 4 | 6 | [14] | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 4 | 6 | [11] | | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 3 | [12] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Al-Nabhani M Barthel | 6 | 1 | [9] | | | | | | 4 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Ç Büyükakçay N Vikhlyantseva | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | A Hlaváčková S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Minella A Sevastova | 6 | 6 | | | M Minella A Sevastova | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Liang Z Yang | 5 | 2 | | 6 | A Hlaváčková S Peng | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Hlaváčková S Peng | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 7 | A Spears K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok N Kichenok | 2 | 3 | | 7 | A Spears K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Olaru O Savchuk | 4 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | R Olaru O Savchuk | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Hibino A Rosolska | 6 | 6$^4$ | [4] | | | | | 7 | A Spears K Srebotnik | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | K Bertens J Larsson | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | N Dzalamidze V Kudermetova | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | K Bertens J Larsson | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza B Strýcová | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | L Hradecká K Siniaková | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 |
| | D Jurak An Rodionova | 7 | 6 | | | D Jurak An Rodionova | 6$^6$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C-j Chuang S Zheng | 3 | 1 | | | G Dabrowski J Ostapenko | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dabrowski J Ostapenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | G Dabrowski J Ostapenko | 1 | 6 | [5] | | | | |
| | J Janković A Pavlyuchenkova | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |