Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Hao-ching played alongside Christina McHale, but lost in the first round to Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai. Yung-jan teamed up with Martina Hingis, but lost in the semifinals to Olga Savchuk and Yaroslava Shvedova.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2017 Qatar Total Open | |
| Champions |  Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik |
| Runners-up |  Olga Savchuk Yaroslava Shvedova |
| Score | 6–3, 7–6(9–7) |
Abigail Spears and Katarina Srebotnik won the title, defeating Savchuk and Shvedova in the final, 6–3, 7–6(9–7).
Seeds edit
Chan Yung-jan / 
Martina Hingis (semifinals)
Sania Mirza / 
Barbora Strýcová (semifinals)- Andrea Hlaváčková /
Peng Shuai (quarterfinals) 
Abigail Spears / 
Katarina Srebotnik (champions)
Draw edit
Key edit
- 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
- SR = Special ranking
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Y-j Chan M Hingis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Bertens J Larsson
| 1 | 4 | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 6 | 6 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | M Brengle N Broady
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Y-j Chan M Hingis
| 6 | 2 | [6] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  A Hlaváčková S Peng
| 6 | 6 | O Savchuk Y Shvedova
| 3 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H-c Chan C McHale
| 3 | 2 | 3 | A Hlaváčková S Peng
| 3 | 6 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
 T Babos D Kasatkina
| O Savchuk Y Shvedova
| 6 | 1 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| O Savchuk Y Shvedova
| w/o | O Savchuk Y Shvedova
| 3 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 A-L Grönefeld K Peschke
| 6 | 6 | 4 | A Spears K Srebotnik
| 6 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  F Al-Nabhani M Al-Naimi
| 2 | 2 | A-L Grönefeld K Peschke
| 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | C-j Chuang J Janković
| 0 | 77 | [6] | 4 | A Spears K Srebotnik
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | A Spears K Srebotnik
| 6 | 62 | [10] | 4 | A Spears K Srebotnik
| 6 | 1 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||
| K Bondarenko E Vesnina
| 1 | 6 | [10] | 2 |  S Mirza B Strýcová
| 3 | 6 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||
 G Dabrowski D Jurak
| 6 | 3 | [12] | G Dabrowski D Jurak
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Atawo Y Xu
| 2 | 4 | 2 | S Mirza B Strýcová
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S Mirza B Strýcová
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||