# 2018 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017. Chan played alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 2–6, 6–4, [10–8].

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (champions)
* Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová (semifinals)
* Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (final)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (second round)
* Latisha Chan / Bethanie Mattek-Sands (quarterfinals)
* Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (second round)
* Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (semifinals)
* Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan (second 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| 7 | Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ | | | | | | |
| 7 | Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ | | 1 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 2 | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | | 3 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 4 | [8] |
| 3 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 3 | [10] | 3 | Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 4 | [8] |
| 2 | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová | 2 | 6 | [8] | | | | | |

### 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 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bertens J Larsson | 3 | 4 | | | D Gavrilova S-w Hsieh | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gavrilova S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena K Srebotnik | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | A Rosolska A Spears | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | [4] | | | | |
| | A Rosolska A Spears | 7 | 7 | | | A Rosolska A Spears | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva R Voráčová | 6 | 4 | [4] | 8 | H-c Chan Z Yang | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H-c Chan Z Yang | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6$^4$ | 6$^4$ |
| | | | | | 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 3 | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Medina Garrigues A Parra Santonja | 6 | 3 | [3] | | J Konta S Zhang | 6 | 1 | [13] | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Konta S Zhang | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | J Konta S Zhang | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | E Mertens D Schuurs | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Alt | A Pavlyuchenkova O Savchuk | w/o | | | Alt | A Pavlyuchenkova O Savchuk | 1 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Buzărnescu A Cornet | 2 | 4 | | 7 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 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 | Semifinals |
| 6 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Adamczak L Kichenok | 2 | 2 | | 6 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Barty C Vandeweghe | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | A Barty C Vandeweghe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama M Kato | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | A Barty C Vandeweghe | 5 | 6 | [9] | | | | | |
| | N Melichar K Peschke | 2 | 6 | [11] | | | | | 3 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 7 | 3 | [11] | | | | | |
| | I-C Begu S Halep | 6 | 3 | [9] | | N Melichar K Peschke | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 3 | [10] |
| 5 | L Chan B Mattek-Sands | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 2 | 6 | [8] |
| Alt | C McHale S Peng | 4 | 1 | | 5 | L Chan B Mattek-Sands | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Cîrstea S Sorribes Tormo | 3 | 5 | | | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Görges Ka Plíšková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 5 | L Chan B Mattek-Sands | 4 | 6 | [6] | | | | | |
| | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 6 | 1 | [10] | | | | | |
| | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 6$^2$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |