title: 2018 Wuhan Open – Doubles
text: # 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] | | | | | | | | |
  