Varatchaya Wongteanchai and Yang Zhaoxuan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Wongteanchai played alongside Nao Hibino, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua. Yang teamed up with Shuko Aoyama, but lost in the quarterfinals to Elise Mertens and İpek Soylu.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2017 Malaysian Open | |
| Champions |  Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua |
| Runners-up |  Nicole Melichar  Makoto Ninomiya |
| Score | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Barty and Dellacqua went on to win the title, defeating Nicole Melichar and Makoto Ninomiya in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–3.
Seeds edit
Liang Chen / Zheng Saisai (first round)
Shuko Aoyama / Yang Zhaoxuan (quarterfinals)
María Irigoyen / 
Paula Kania (first round)
Nicole Melichar / Makoto Ninomiya (final)
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 |  C Liang S Zheng
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 N Dzalamidze V Kudermetova
| 6 | 6 | N Dzalamidze V Kudermetova
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Kato K Zhang
| 6 | 3 | [8] |  O Kalashnikova G Voskoboeva
| 65 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| O Kalashnikova G Voskoboeva
| 2 | 6 | [10] | N Dzalamidze V Kudermetova
| 6 | 62 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | N Melichar M Ninomiya
| 6 | 6 | 4 | N Melichar M Ninomiya
| 4 | 77 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
 A Krunić N Stojanović
| 1 | 4 | 4 | N Melichar M Ninomiya
| 6 | 4 | [13] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Duan X Han
| 6 | 6 | Y Duan X Han
| 3 | 6 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||||||
 K-c Chang Q Wang
| 3 | 4 | 4 | N Melichar M Ninomiya
| 65 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
N Hibino V Wongteanchai
| 1 | 6 | [10] | A Barty C Dellacqua
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 L Kichenok N Kichenok
| 6 | 1 | [7] | N Hibino V Wongteanchai
| 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Barty C Dellacqua
| 6 | 6 | A Barty C Dellacqua
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  M Irigoyen P Kania
| 4 | 1 | A Barty C Dellacqua
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  J Noordin J Rompies
| 0 | 4 |  E Mertens İ Soylu
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Mertens İ Soylu
| 6 | 6 | E Mertens İ Soylu
| 6 | 3 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Gumulya T Selvarajoo
| 3 | 4 | 2 | S Aoyama Z Yang
| 2 | 6 | [5] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S Aoyama Z Yang
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||