2017 Wuhan Open – 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 Shuko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–4].

As a result of Šafářová's withdrawal, Hingis regained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the conclusion of the tournament.

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis (champions)

• # 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (quarterfinals, retired)

• # 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Ashleigh Barty / 🇦🇺 Casey Dellacqua (semifinals, withdrew)

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

• # 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld / 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke (quarterfinals)

• # 🇵🇱 Alicja Rosolska / 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears (quarterfinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic / 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (withdrew)