title: 2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles
text: # 2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles
  
  Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but Sestini Hlaváčková chose to compete in Brisbane instead and Peng chose not to participate this year.
  
  Irina-Camelia Begu and Simona Halep won the title, defeating Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková in the final, 1–6, 6–1, [10–8].
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková (final)
  * Raluca Olaru / Olga Savchuk (first round)
  * Kristýna Plíšková / Renata Voráčová (first round)
  * Natela Dzalamidze / Xenia Knoll (first 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
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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  | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Kovinić E Rodina | 2 | 2 | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Kalashnikova Y Wang | 4 | 6 | [6] | | J Lu Q Wang | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Lu Q Wang | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 7 | 3 | [10] | | | | | |
  | 3 | Kr Plíšková R Voráčová | 6 | 3 | [4] | | | | | | | L Kerkhove L Marozava | 5 | 6 | [4] | | | | | |
  | WC | H Guo X Wang | 2 | 6 | [10] | WC | H Guo X Wang | 6 | 4 | [3] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Kerkhove L Marozava | 2 | 7 | [10] | | L Kerkhove L Marozava | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Alexandrova S Vögele | 6 | 5 | [4] | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Krejčíková K Siniaková | 6 | 1 | [8] |
  | | X Han C Liang | 7 | 2 | [9] | | | | | | | | | | | | I-C Begu S Halep | 1 | 6 | [10] |
  | | I-C Begu S Halep | 5 | 6 | [11] | | I-C Begu S Halep | 4 | 6 | [13] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Bara M Buzărnescu | 6 | $6^6$ | [10] | | I Bara M Buzărnescu | 6 | 4 | [11] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | N Dzalamidze X Knoll | 3 | $7^8$ | [8] | | | | | | | I-C Begu S Halep | 6 | $6^4$ | [10] | | | | | |
  | WC | J Kang S Zhang | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Blinkova N Geuer | 2 | $7^7$ | [6] | | | | | |
  | | A Blinkova N Geuer | 6 | 6 | | | A Blinkova N Geuer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Gibbs C Zhao | 6 | 6 | | | N Gibbs C Zhao | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | R Olaru O Savchuk | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  