2005 China Open – Women's doubles
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2005 China Open | |
| Champions |  Nuria Llagostera Vives María Vento-Kabchi |
| Runners-up |  Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
| Score | 6–2, 6–4 |
Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Dinara Safina were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Gagliardi competed in Kolkata at the same week, while Safina decided to rest after her participation in the Fed Cup final.
Nuria Llagostera Vives and María Vento-Kabchi won the title by defeating Yan Zi and Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–4 in the final.
Seeds
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Alicia Molik / 
Meghann Shaughnessy (first round)- Corina Morariu /
Flavia Pennetta (semifinals) 
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (semifinals)
Shinobu Asagoe / 
Janet Lee (first round)
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
Draw
[edit]| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  A Molik M Shaughnessy | 6 | 65 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi | 4 | 77 | 6 | N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | W Liu S Sun | 65 | 6 | 77 | WC | W Liu S Sun | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L McShea B Stewart | 77 | 2 | 64 | N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | T Li T Sun | 4 | 6 | 77 | 3 | T Li T Sun | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 M Domachowska M Kirilenko | 6 | 4 | 65 | 3 | T Li T Sun | 1 | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Craybas A Jidkova | 4 | 77 | 0 | V Dushevina N Grandin | 6 | 65 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| V Dushevina N Grandin | 6 | 64 | 6 | N Llagostera Vives M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 0 | 6 | Z Yan J Zheng | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 J Janković A Sugiyama | 4 | 6 | 1 | Z Yan J Zheng | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 L Dekmeijere M Müller | 6 | 6 | L Dekmeijere M Müller | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Asagoe J Lee | 3 | 3 | Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  E Hrdinová E Laine | 3 | 2 | 2 | C Morariu F Pennetta | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Li S Peng | 6 | 6 | N Li S Peng | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T Musgrave S Pe'er | 4 | 3 | 2 | C Morariu F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | C Morariu F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||