title: 2018 Eastbourne International – Women's doubles
text: # 2018 Eastbourne International – Women's doubles
  
  Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017. Chan played alongside Peng Shuai, but they lost in the first round to Irina-Camelia Begu and Mihaela Buzărnescu.
  
  Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan won the title, defeating Begu and Buzărnescu in the final, 6–3, 7–5.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová (first round)
  * Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (quarterfinals, retired)
  * Latisha Chan / Peng Shuai (first round)
  * Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (champions)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová | 2 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Mertens D Schuurs | 6 | $7^7$ | | | E Mertens D Schuurs | 2 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Kalashnikova M Ninomiya | 2 | $6^5$ | | | N Kichenok E Makarova | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Kichenok E Makarova | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | N Kichenok E Makarova | 6 | 0 | [6] | | | | |
  | 3 | L Chan S Peng | 4 | 6 | [7] | | | | | | I-C Begu M Buzărnescu | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
  | | I-C Begu M Buzărnescu | 6 | 3 | [10] | | I-C Begu M Buzărnescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V King K Srebotnik | 3 | $7^7$ | [10] | | V King K Srebotnik | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Melichar K Peschke | 6 | $6^3$ | [6] | | | | | | | | | | | I-C Begu M Buzărnescu | 3 | 5 |
  | | T Babos J Konta | 6 | 5 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 6 | 7 |
  | | L Kichenok A Kudryavtseva | 1 | 7 | [6] | | T Babos J Konta | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | H Dart K Dunne | 6 | 1 | [7] | 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | | 4 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | $6^4$ | 7 | [13] | | | | |
  | | H-c Chan Z Yang | 3 | 7 | [7] | | | | | | S-w Hsieh A Sabalenka | $7^7$ | 5 | [11] | | | | |
  | | S-w Hsieh A Sabalenka | 6 | 5 | [10] | | S-w Hsieh A Sabalenka | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Atawo A-L Grönefeld | 6 | 5 | [5] | 2 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 3 | 7 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  