2018 Wuhan Open – Doubles

Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis were the defending champions, but Hingis retired from professional tennis at the end of 2017 and Chan could not participate due to a medical condition.

Doubles
2018 Wuhan Open
Champions	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs
Runners-up	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová
Final score	6–3, 6–3

Main article: 2018 Wuhan Open

Elise Mertens and Demi Schuurs won the title, defeating Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková and Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–3, 6–3.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic (Quarterfinals)
2. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová (Final)
3. Ashleigh Barty / CoCo Vandeweghe (Second round, retired)
4. Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan (Quarterfinals)
5. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez (First round)
6. Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs (Champions)
7. Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke (Quarterfinals)
8. Lucie Hradecká / Ekaterina Makarova (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

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Shuko Aoyama Lidziya Marozava	6	2	[3]
	6	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	4	6	[10]
								6	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	6	6
								2	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	3	3
		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasija Sevastova
	2	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	w/o

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Babos K Mladenovic	6	6
		K Christian S Santamaria	6	6					K Christian S Santamaria	2	2
		J Konta S Zhang	2	1											1	T Babos K Mladenovic	2	5
		S Aoyama L Marozava	6	6												S Aoyama L Marozava	6	7
		N Kichenok An Rodionova	4	3					S Aoyama L Marozava	6	6
		J Ostapenko A Sabalenka	6	6					J Ostapenko A Sabalenka	4	2
	5	A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez	3	2																			S Aoyama L Marozava	6	2	[3]
																						6	E Mertens D Schuurs	4	6	[10]
								4	G Dabrowski Y Xu	6	6
		D Gavrilova S Zheng	6	4	[10]				D Gavrilova S Zheng	0	3
		A Rosolska A Spears	4	6	[7]										4	G Dabrowski Y Xu	4	3
		K Bertens K Flipkens	2	4											6	E Mertens D Schuurs	6	6
		L Kichenok K Srebotnik	6	6					L Kichenok K Srebotnik	4	6	[1]
		R Atawo A-L Grönefeld	5	2				6	E Mertens D Schuurs	6	2	[10]
	6	E Mertens D Schuurs	7	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	L Hradecká E Makarova	6^4	6	[11]
	WC	X Jiang Q Wang	7^7	4	[9]			8	L Hradecká E Makarova	4	6^4
		L Arruabarrena D Jurak	4	3					A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova	6	7^7
		A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova	6	6												A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova	7	4	[10]
	WC	Y Duan Y Wang	0	7^7	[10]										WC	Y Duan Y Wang	5	6	[5]
		B Bencic A Cornet	6	6^2	[6]			WC	Y Duan Y Wang	3
								3	A Barty C Vandeweghe	3^r
																							A Pavlyuchenkova A Sevastova
	7	N Melichar K Peschke	7^7	2	[10]																	2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	w/o
		H-c Chan Z Yang	6^4	6	[5]			7	N Melichar K Peschke	w/o
		A Krunić K Siniaková	4	2					V King M Niculescu
		V King M Niculescu	6	6											7	N Melichar K Peschke	5	4
		S-w Hsieh B Mattek-Sands	6	6											2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	7	6
		M Kato M Ninomiya	2	2					S-w Hsieh B Mattek-Sands	6^1	6	[7]
								2	A Sestini Hlaváčková B Strýcová	7^7	2	[10]

References

• Main draw