Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together this year. Hingis played alongside Coco Vandeweghe, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tímea Babos and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Mirza teamed up with Barbora Strýcová, but lost in the final to Babos and Pavlyuchenkova, 4–6, 4–6.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2017 Apia International Sydney | |
| Champions |  Tímea Babos  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
| Runners-up |  Sania Mirza  Barbora Strýcová |
| Score | 6–4, 6–4 |
Seeds
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Sania Mirza / 
Barbora Strýcová (final)
Martina Hingis / 
Coco Vandeweghe (quarterfinals)
Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (first round)- Vania King /
Yaroslava Shvedova (semifinals)
Draw
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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 | S Mirza B Strýcová
| 5 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A Hlaváčková S Peng
| 7 | 1 | [5] | 1 | S Mirza B Strýcová
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Brengle Ar Rodionova
| 6 | 65 | [10] | WC | M Brengle Ar Rodionova
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
 O Kalashnikova B Krejčíková
| 1 | 77 | [8] | 1 | S Mirza B Strýcová
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | V King Y Shvedova
| 6 | 6 | 4 | V King Y Shvedova
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 D Jurak An Rodionova
| 2 | 3 | 4 | V King Y Shvedova
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 K Srebotnik S Zheng
| 3 | 77 | [7] |  A-L Grönefeld K Peschke
| 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A-L Grönefeld K Peschke
| 6 | 63 | [10] | 1 | S Mirza B Strýcová
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PR | L Huber M Sanchez
| 6 | 4 | [7] | T Babos A Pavlyuchenkova
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Gavrilova D Kasatkina
| 1 | 6 | [10] | D Gavrilova D Kasatkina
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A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 6 | 6 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  H-c Chan Y-j Chan
| 2 | 2 | A Klepač MJ Martínez Sánchez
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Atawo Y Xu
| 3 | 2 | T Babos A Pavlyuchenkova
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Babos A Pavlyuchenkova
| 6 | 6 | T Babos A Pavlyuchenkova
| 79 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Bondarenko Y Putintseva
| 2 | 3 | 2 |  M Hingis C Vandeweghe
| 67 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Hingis C Vandeweghe
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||