2017 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Mirza played alongside Yaroslava Shvedova, but lost in the semifinals to Chan Yung-jan and Hingis.

Chan and Hingis went on to win the title, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final, 7–5, 7–6(7–4).

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (final)

• # Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis (champions)

• # 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza / 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (semifinals)

• # 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos / 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková (semifinals)

• # 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková / 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇦 Gabriela Dabrowski / 🇨🇳 Xu Yifan (first round)

• # Chan Hao-ching /  Jeļena Ostapenko (first round)