title: 2017 China Open – Women's doubles
text: # 2017 China Open – Women's 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 Tímea Babos and Andrea Hlaváčková in the final, 6–1, 6–4.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
  
  * Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis (champions)
  * Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina (semifinals)
  * Sania Mirza / Peng Shuai (semifinals)
  * Tímea Babos / Andrea Hlaváčková (final)
  * Kateřina Siniaková / Barbora Strýcová (quarterfinals)
  * Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua (second round)
  * Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (quarterfinals)
  * Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke (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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | 2 | 6 | [10] | | | | |
  | 3 | Sania Mirza Peng Shuai | 6 | 1 | [5] | | | | |
  | 3 | Sania Mirza Peng Shuai | 6 | 1 | [5] | 1 | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | 4 | Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková | 1 | 4 |
  | 4 | Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková | 7 | $6^4$ | [10] | 4 | Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková | 1 | 4 |
  | 2 | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | 5 | $7^7$ | [8] | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 3 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Cîrstea J Ostapenko | 4 | 3 | | | S-w Hsieh M Niculescu | 6 | 4 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S-w Hsieh M Niculescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | Alt | L Davis A Riske | 7 | 2 | [6] | | | | | | 7 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
  | | L Kichenok R Olaru | 5 | 6 | [10] | | L Kichenok R Olaru | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Kichenok An Rodionova | 6 | 2 | [8] | 7 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | G Dabrowski Y Xu | 1 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis | 2 | 6 | [10] |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 6 | 1 | [5] |
  | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Spears C Vandeweghe | $7^7$ | $6^3$ | [10] | | E Mertens D Schuurs | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Mertens D Schuurs | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | [12] | | | | | | 3 | S Mirza S Peng | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
  | | M Ninomiya R Voráčová | 6 | $6^7$ | [9] | | | | | | 5 | K Siniaková B Strýcová | 6 | 2 | [7] | | | | | |
  | | H-c Chan A Cornet | 1 | $7^9$ | [11] | | H-c Chan A Cornet | 6 | 4 | [7] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Kudryavtseva A Rosolska | 2 | 2 | | 5 | K Siniaková B Strýcová | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | K Siniaková B Strýcová | 6 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 3 | 6 | [12] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Melichar A Smith | 6 | 2 | [10] | 8 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke | 6 | $6^5$ | [5] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Q Wang Y Wang | 5 | 3 | | | K Bertens J Görges | 2 | $7^7$ | [10] | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Bertens J Görges | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Bertens J Görges | 6 | 3 | [9] | | | | | |
  | | A Sevastova D Vekić | 6 | 4 | [7] | | | | | | 4 | T Babos A Hlaváčková | 3 | 6 | [11] | | | | | |
  | | S Stephens H Watson | 4 | 6 | [10] | | S Stephens H Watson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 4 | T Babos A Hlaváčková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | T Babos A Hlaváčková | 7 | $6^4$ | [10] |
  | 6 | A Barty C Dellacqua | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 5 | $7^7$ | [8] |
  | | O Savchuk K Srebotnik | 1 | 2 | | 6 | A Barty C Dellacqua | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Aoyama Z Yang | 4 | 3 | | | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez | 6 | 0 | [7] | | | | | |
  | WC | X Han C Liang | $7^{15}$ | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 4 | 6 | [10] | | | | | |
  | | R Atawo D Jurak | $6^{13}$ | 3 | | WC | X Han C Liang | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | E Makarova E Vesnina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  