# 2017 China Open – Women's 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 Tímea Babos and Andrea Hlaváčková in the final, 6–1, 6–4.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis (champions)
* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (semifinals)
* Sania Mirza / Peng Shuai (semifinals)
* Tímea Babos / Andrea Hlaváčková (final)
* Kateřina Siniaková / Barbora Strýcová (quarterfinals)
* Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua (second round)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (quarterfinals)
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (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 |
| 1 | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| 3 | Sania Mirza Peng Shuai | 6 | 1 | [5] | | | | |
| 3 | Sania Mirza Peng Shuai | 6 | 1 | [5] | 1 | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková | 7 | 6$^4$ | [10] | 4 | Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 5 | 7$^7$ | [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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 3 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea J Ostapenko | 4 | 3 | | | S-w Hsieh M Niculescu | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Alt | L Davis A Riske | 7 | 2 | [6] | | | | | | 7 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok R Olaru | 5 | 6 | [10] | | L Kichenok R Olaru | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 6 | 2 | [8] | 7 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 2 | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 6 | 1 | [5] |
| | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Spears C Vandeweghe | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | [10] | | E Mertens D Schuurs | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | [12] | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| | M Ninomiya R Voráčová | 6 | 6$^7$ | [9] | | | | | | 5 | K Siniaková B Strýcová | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | | |
| | H-c Chan A Cornet | 1 | 7$^9$ | [11] | | H-c Chan A Cornet | 6 | 4 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva A Rosolska | 2 | 2 | | 5 | K Siniaková B Strýcová | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Siniaková B Strýcová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 8 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 3 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Melichar A Smith | 6 | 2 | [10] | 8 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 6$^5$ | [5] | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Q Wang Y Wang | 5 | 3 | | | K Bertens J Görges | 2 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bertens J Görges | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Bertens J Görges | 6 | 3 | [9] | | | | | |
| | A Sevastova D Vekić | 6 | 4 | [7] | | | | | | 4 | T Babos A Hlaváčková | 3 | 6 | [11] | | | | | |
| | S Stephens H Watson | 4 | 6 | [10] | | S Stephens H Watson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | T Babos A Hlaváčková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | T Babos A Hlaváčková | 7 | 6$^4$ | [10] |
| 6 | A Barty C Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 5 | 7$^7$ | [8] |
| | O Savchuk K Srebotnik | 1 | 2 | | 6 | A Barty C Dellacqua | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama Z Yang | 4 | 3 | | | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 0 | [7] | | | | | |
| WC | X Han C Liang | 7$^{15}$ | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
| | R Atawo D Jurak | 6$^{13}$ | 3 | | WC | X Han C Liang | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |