title: 2017 Wuhan Open – Doubles
text: # 2017 Wuhan Open – 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 Shuko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 3–6, [10–4].
  
  As a result of Šafářová's withdrawal, Hingis regained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the conclusion of the tournament.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
  
  * Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis (champions)
  * Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (quarterfinals, retired)
  * Sania Mirza / Peng Shuai (semifinals)
  * Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua (semifinals, withdrew)
  * Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (quarterfinals)
  * Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (quarterfinals)
  * Alicja Rosolska / Abigail Spears (quarterfinals)
  * Kristina Mladenovic / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (withdrew)
  
  ## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | 3 | Sania Mirza Peng Shuai | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | |
  | 3 | Sania Mirza Peng Shuai | $6^5$ | 4 | 1 | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | $7^7$ | 3 | [10] |
  | | | | | | Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan | $6^5$ | 6 | [4] |
  | 4 | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | | | | Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan | $6^5$ | 6 | [4] |
  | | Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan | w/o | | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Kichenok R Olaru | 2 | $7^7$ | [7] | | R Atawo D Jurak | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Atawo D Jurak | 6 | $6^5$ | [10] | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | H-c Chan S Zhang | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
  | | M Ninomiya R Voráčová | 6 | 6 | | | M Ninomiya R Voráčová | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Savchuk K Srebotnik | 6 | $6^6$ | [4] | 6 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 1 | $7^8$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | $6^5$ | 4 |
  | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Sevastova D Vekić | 2 | $7^7$ | [10] | | A Sevastova D Vekić | 1 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Bertens J Görges | 6 | $6^4$ | [6] | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 3 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
  | WC | S Guo Q Ye | 2 | 0 | | | | | | 7 | A Rosolska A Spears | 6 | 3 | [5] | | | | |
  | | D Kasatkina K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | D Kasatkina K Siniaková | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Mertens D Schuurs | 7 | 3 | [8] | 7 | A Rosolska A Spears | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | A Rosolska A Spears | 5 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | $7^9$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Q Wang Y Wang | $6^7$ | $1^r$ | 5 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | $6^3$ | 6 | [11] | | | | | | | |
  | | N Melichar A Smith | 6 | 6 | | N Melichar A Smith | $7^7$ | 4 | [9] | | | | | | | |
  | | D Gavrilova B Strýcová | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 3 | 4 | | | |
  | | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | A Barty C Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | C-j Chuang C Liang | 1 | 4 | | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | $6^4$ | 6 | [5] | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 4 | A Barty C Dellacqua | $7^7$ | 3 | [10] | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Barty C Dellacqua | |
  | 8 | K Mladenovic A Pavlyuchenkova | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Aoyama Z Yang | w/o |
  | | N Kichenok An Rodionova | w/o | | | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Davis A Riske | 1 | 0 | | S Aoyama Z Yang | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Aoyama Z Yang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Aoyama Z Yang | 4 | | | | |
  | | S Cîrstea J Ostapenko | | | | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | $3^r$ | | | | |
  | Alt | M Barthel C Witthöft | w/o | | Alt | M Barthel C Witthöft | $7^7$ | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  