2017 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hingis played alongside CoCo Vandeweghe, but lost in the second round to Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua. Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the third round to Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová won the title, defeating Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3.

Seeds
• 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (semifinals)

• 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová (champions)

• 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (quarterfinals)

• 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza / 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová (third round)

• Martina Hingis / 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe (second round)

•  Chan Hao-ching /  Chan Yung-jan (first round)

• 🇩🇪 Julia Görges / 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (first round)

• 🇺🇸 Vania King / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (third round)

• 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu / 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears (first round)

• 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká / 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková (first round)

• 🇺🇸 Raquel Atawo / 🇨🇳 Xu Yifan (quarterfinals)

• 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (final)

•  Katarina Srebotnik / 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai (third round)

•  Kiki Bertens / 🇸🇪 Johanna Larsson (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Serena Williams / 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (withdrew)

•  Darija Jurak / 🇦🇺 Anastasia Rodionova (first round)