title: 2018 Shanghai Challenger – Doubles
text: # 2018 Shanghai Challenger – Doubles
  
  Toshihide Matsui and Yi Chu-huan were the defending champions but only Yi chose to defend his title, partnering Peng Hsien-yin. Yi lost in the first round to Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze.
  
  Gong and Zhang Ze went on to win the title after defeating Hua Runhao and Zhang Zhizhen 6–4, 3–6, [10–4] in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Hsieh Cheng-peng / Christopher Rungkat (semifinals)
  * Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze (champions)
  * Chen Ti / Max Purcell (first round)
  * Vijay Sundar Prashanth / Vishnu Vardhan (semifinals)
  
  ## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | C-p Hsieh C Rungkat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Y He Zeng Shi Hong | 2 | 1 | | 1 | C-p Hsieh C Rungkat | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Sun D Wu | 6 | 6 | | | F Sun D Wu | 4 | 7 | [1] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Bublik M Kecmanović | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | C-p Hsieh C Rungkat | $6^7$ | 4 | | | | | |
  | 3 | T Chen M Purcell | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | WC | R Hua Zh Zhang | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | WC | R Hua Zh Zhang | 6 | 6 | | WC | R Hua Zh Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | X Gao R Te | $6^5$ | 4 | | Alt | A Bega T Lamasine | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | A Bega T Lamasine | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | R Hua Zh Zhang | 4 | 6 | [4] |
  | | F Gaio E López Pérez | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Gong Ze Zhang | 6 | 3 | [10] |
  | | F Peliwo B Schnur | w/o | | | | F Peliwo B Schnur | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Mousley A Santillan | 4 | $6^2$ | | 4 | VS Prashanth V Vardhan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | VS Prashanth V Vardhan | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 4 | VS Prashanth V Vardhan | 2 | $6^4$ | | | | | |
  | | A Lawson Z Li | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | 2 | M Gong Ze Zhang | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
  | | H Moriya R Safiullin | 6 | 0 | [8] | | A Lawson Z Li | 4 | $7^7$ | [4] | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H-y Peng C-h Yi | 4 | $6^8$ | | 2 | M Gong Ze Zhang | 6 | $6^2$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | M Gong Ze Zhang | 6 | $7^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  