# 2005 NASDAQ-100 Open – Women's doubles

Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but lost in quarterfinals to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alicia Molik won the title, defeating Raymond and Stubbs 7–5, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–2 in the final. It was the 12th doubles title for Kuznetsova and the 6th doubles title for Molik in their respective careers.

## Seeds

* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (semifinals)
* Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik (champions)
* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (first round)
* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (final)
* Anastasia Myskina / Vera Zvonareva (quarterfinals)
* Martina Navratilova / Francesca Schiavone (first round)
* Marion Bartoli / Anna-Lena Grönefeld (first round, retired)

## Draw
### Key

* 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik | 7 | 6$^5$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 5 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 5 | 7$^7$ | 2 |
| | Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 5 | 7$^7$ | 2 |
| 5 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 2 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Benešová K Peschke | 1 | 6 | 6$^7$ | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová P Schnyder | 4 | 6 | 6$^2$ | | É Loit T Tanasugarn | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | É Loit T Tanasugarn | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Garbin T Križan | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | WC | M Kirilenko ME Salerni | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | A Ivanovic N Vaidišová | 6 | 7$^7$ | | WC | A Ivanovic N Vaidišová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Kirilenko ME Salerni | 2 | | | WC | M Kirilenko ME Salerni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Bartoli AL Grönefeld | 3$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | S Kuznetsova A Molik | 6 | 6$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Kuznetsova A Molik | 6 | 6 |
| | E Daniilidou N Pratt | 1 | 7$^{10}$ | 6$^3$ | 3 | S Kuznetsova A Molik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas L Granville | 3 | 0 | | | G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | S Kuznetsova A Molik | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi M Serna | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 6 | A Myskina V Zvonareva | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | J Lee S Talaja | 6 | 7 | | | J Lee S Talaja | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Russell M Santangelo | 5 | 6$^2$ | | 6 | A Myskina V Zvonareva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Myskina V Zvonareva | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | M Navratilova F Schiavone | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues D Safina | 6 | 3 | 6 | | A Medina Garrigues D Safina | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bovina E Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | E Bovina E Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Navratilova M Paštiková | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | E Bovina E Dementieva | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | B Stewart S Stosur | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | L Huber M Maleeva | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | J Jackson J Kirkland | 6$^5$ | 6$^1$ | | | B Stewart S Stosur | 7$^7$ | 6$^8$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Huber M Maleeva | 7 | 6 | | | L Huber M Maleeva | 6$^4$ | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | L Huber M Maleeva | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| LL | A Jidkova T Perebiynis | 4 | 1 | | 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sequera M Tu | 7 | 6$^2$ | 4 | Q | S Cohen-Aloro S Sfar | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Cohen-Aloro S Sfar | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | S Asagoe K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | N Petrova M Shaughnessy | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | E Birnerová L McShea | 1 | 3 | | | S Asagoe K Srebotnik | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hopkins M Washington | 4 | 2 | | 2 | N Petrova M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Petrova M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Alina Jidkova / Tatiana Perebiynis (qualifying competition, Lucky losers)
* Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / Selima Sfar (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / Selima Sfar

### Lucky losers

* Alina Jidkova / Tatiana Perebiynis

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | |
| 1 | A Jidkova T Perebiynis | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti | 4 | 1 | A Jidkova T Perebiynis | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | C Schaul A Spears | 4 | | | | | | |
| | D Chládková Ľ Kurhajcová | 3 | | C Schaul A Spears | 4 | | | | | | |
| | C Schaul A Spears | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Schaul A Spears | 8 | | | | 1 | A Jidkova T Perebiynis | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
| | | | | | | 2 | S Cohen-Aloro S Sfar | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| | R Dragomir Ilie A Vanc | 8 | | | | | | | | 2 | S Cohen-Aloro S Sfar | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| WC | A Haynes A Rolle | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Haynes A Rolle | 5 | | R Dragomir Ilie A Vanc | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | S Cohen-Aloro S Sfar | 8 | | | | | | |
| | C Dhenin M Marrero | 3 | 2 | S Cohen-Aloro S Sfar | 8 | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Cohen-Aloro S Sfar | 8 | | | | | | | | | |