# 2018 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Spears played alongside Alicja Rosolska, but lost in the first round to Mihaela Buzărnescu and Alizé Cornet. Srebotnik teamed up with Shuko Aoyama, but lost in the first round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Olga Savchuk.
Gabriela Dabrowski and Jeļena Ostapenko won the title, defeating Andreja Klepač and María José Martínez Sánchez in the final, 6–3, 6–3.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (quarterfinals)
* Latisha Chan / Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (second round)
* Lucie Šafářová / Barbora Strýcová (second round, retired)
* Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)
* Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai (first round)
* Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu (withdrew)
* Chan Hao-ching / Yang Zhaoxuan (second round)
* Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (final)

## 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 |
| | Monique Adamczak Lyudmyla Kichenok | 7$^7$ | 3 | [10] | | | | |
| 8 | Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez | 6$^5$ | 6 | [12] | | | | |
| 8 | Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez | 6$^5$ | 6 | [12] | 8 | Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko | 6 | 6 |
| | Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko | 6 | 6 | | | Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko | 6 | 6 |
| | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | 3 | 3 | | | | | |

### 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 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 2 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama K Srebotnik | 3 | 2 | | | A Pavlyuchenkova O Savchuk | 6 | 5 | [4] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova O Savchuk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| WC | D Cibulková V Zvonareva | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Adamczak L Kichenok | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | N Hibino D Jurak | 6 | 6 | | | N Hibino D Jurak | 2 | 7$^9$ | [6] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Adamczak L Kichenok | 0 | 6 | [10] | | M Adamczak L Kichenok | 6 | 6$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S-w Hsieh S Peng | 6 | 3 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | | | M Adamczak L Kichenok | 7$^7$ | 3 | [10] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6$^5$ | 6 | [12] |
| | | | | | 4 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6$^1$ | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Al-Naimi O Jabeur | 2 | 0 | | | V Kudermetova A Kudryavtseva | 7$^7$ | 4 | [8] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Kudermetova A Kudryavtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 2 | 6 | [6] | | | | | |
| | M Buzărnescu A Cornet | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 8 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 3 | [10] | | | | | |
| | A Rosolska A Spears | 6 | 4 | [6] | | M Buzărnescu A Cornet | 2 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Smith R Voráčová | 3 | 3 | | 8 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6$^4$ | [12] | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | 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 | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | H-c Chan Z Yang | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Kalashnikova L Marozava | 1 | 6 | [2] | 7 | H-c Chan Z Yang | 6 | 4 | [6] | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko A Krunić | 6 | 1 | [10] | | K Bondarenko A Krunić | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | |
| | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 4 | 6 | [8] | | | | | | K Bondarenko A Krunić | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | G Dabrowski J Ostapenko | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | G Dabrowski J Ostapenko | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | N Melichar K Peschke | 6 | 1 | [8] | | G Dabrowski J Ostapenko | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | L Šafářová B Strýcová | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Dabrowski J Ostapenko | 6 | 6 |
| Alt | M Barthel C Witthöft | 6 | 2 | [2] | | | | | | | | | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 3 | 3 |
| | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 2 | 6 | [10] | | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 4 | [15] | | | | | | |
| | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 4 | 3 | | | E Mertens D Schuurs | 1 | 6 | [13] | | | | | | |
| | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | |
| WC | F Al-Nabhani J Rompies | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | M Kato M Ninomiya | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | |
| | M Kato M Ninomiya | 6 | 6 | | | M Kato M Ninomiya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | L Chan A Sestini Hlaváčková | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | |