# 2018 Wuhan Open – 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.
Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs won the title, defeating Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–3, 6–3.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (quarterfinals)
* Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová (final)
* Ashleigh Barty / CoCo Vandeweghe (second round, retired)
* Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (quarterfinals)
* Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (first round)
* Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs (champions)
* Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (quarterfinals)
* Lucie Hradecká / Ekaterina Makarova (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 |
| | Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava | 6 | 2 | [3] | | | | |
| 6 | Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
| 6 | Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs | 4 | 6 | [10] | 6 | Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová | 3 | 3 |
| | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasija Sevastova | | | | 2 | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová | w/o | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Christian S Santamaria | 6 | 6 | | | K Christian S Santamaria | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Konta S Zhang | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | T Babos K Mladenovic | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | S Aoyama L Marozava | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Aoyama L Marozava | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 4 | 3 | | | S Aoyama L Marozava | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Ostapenko A Sabalenka | 6 | 6 | | | J Ostapenko A Sabalenka | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Aoyama L Marozava | 6 | 2 | [3] |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 4 | 6 | [10] |
| | | | | | 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gavrilova S Zheng | 6 | 4 | [10] | | D Gavrilova S Zheng | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rosolska A Spears | 4 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | K Bertens K Flipkens | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Kichenok K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | L Kichenok K Srebotnik | 4 | 6 | [1] | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 5 | 2 | | 6 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Mertens D Schuurs | 7 | 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 |
| 8 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 6$^4$ | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | X Jiang Q Wang | 7$^7$ | 4 | [9] | 8 | L Hradecká E Makarova | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena D Jurak | 4 | 3 | | | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | 7 | 4 | [10] | | | |
| WC | Y Duan Y Wang | 0 | 7$^7$ | [10] | | | | | | WC | Y Duan Y Wang | 5 | 6 | [5] | | | |
| | B Bencic A Cornet | 6 | 6$^2$ | [6] | WC | Y Duan Y Wang | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Barty C Vandeweghe | 3$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova | |
| 7 | N Melichar K Peschke | 7$^7$ | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | w/o |
| | H-c Chan Z Yang | 6$^4$ | 6 | [5] | 7 | N Melichar K Peschke | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Krunić K Siniaková | 4 | 2 | | | V King M Niculescu | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V King M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | N Melichar K Peschke | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh B Mattek-Sands | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Kato M Ninomiya | 2 | 2 | | | S-w Hsieh B Mattek-Sands | 6$^1$ | 6 | [7] | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 7$^7$ | 2 | [10] | | | | | | | | |