# 2018 China Open – Women's doubles

Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017 and Chan could not participate due to a medical condition.
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová won the title, defeating Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan in the final, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8].

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)
* Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová (champions)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (final)
* Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs (semifinals)
* Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (quarterfinals)
* Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Lucie Hradecká / Ekaterina Makarova (semifinals)
* Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan (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 |
| 7 | Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan | 6 | 6 | 3 | Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan | 6 | 4 | [8] |
| | | | | 2 | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| 4 | Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs | 0 | 5 | 2 | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| 2 | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### 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 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Krawczyk S Santamaria | 5 | 6 | [7] | Alt | A Cornet P Martić | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | A Cornet P Martić | 7 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | 1 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 4 | 6 | [5] | | | | |
| | L Kichenok K Srebotnik | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | |
| | M Kato M Ninomiya | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | L Kichenok K Srebotnik | 6 | 4 | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Flipkens R Olaru | 2 | 6 | [7] | 7 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 3 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | M Linette S Zheng | 6 | 3 | [8] | | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 3 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | A Rosolska A Spears | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | A Rosolska A Spears | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | M Adamczak H Watson | 4 | 6 | [7] | | A Rosolska A Spears | 4 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Buzărnescu M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | M Buzărnescu M Niculescu | 6 | 4 | [9] | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H-c Chan Z Yang | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 5 | N Melichar K Peschke | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Duan Y Wang | 1 | 6 | [7] | 5 | N Melichar K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Christian O Kalashnikova | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | L Arruabarrena D Jurak | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena D Jurak | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 5 | N Melichar K Peschke | 2 | 6 | [8] | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh B Mattek-Sands | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 4 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 6 | 3 | [12] | | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 6 | 7 |
| | T Bacsinszky A Tomljanović | 3 | 3 | | 6 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6$^5$ | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama L Marozava | 6 | 4 | [3] | | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 7$^7$ | 5 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 6 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| WC | J Konta S Zhang | 6 | 5 | [6] | | | | | | 2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Krunić K Siniaková | 2 | 7 | [10] | | A Krunić K Siniaková | 6 | 6$^3$ | [4] | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 2 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |