2010 China Open – Women's doubles

Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai were the defending champions, but they competed with different partners.

Hsieh played with Natalie Grandin, while Peng partnered with Kimiko Date-Krumm, but they all lost in the second round (Grandin/Hsieh lost to Vera Dushevina and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Date-Krumm/Peng lost to Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova). In the end, it was Chuang Chia-jung and Olga Govortsova who won in the final against Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta, 7–6(2), 1–6, [10–7].

Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round. • # 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko / 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (final)

• # 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)

• # Chan Yung-jan / 🇺🇸 Liezel Huber (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Vania King / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (semifinals)

• # 🇪🇸 Nuria Llagostera Vives / 🇪🇸 María José Martínez Sánchez (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇺 Maria Kirilenko / 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals, Petrova withdrew due to right foot injury)

• # 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond / 🇦🇺 Rennae Stubbs (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues / 🇨🇳 Yan Zi (first round)