2005 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but had different outcomes. While Petrova decided to focus only on the singles tournament, Shaughnessy partnered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld and lost in semifinals to Maria Kirilenko and Anabel Medina Garrigues.

Cara Black and Liezel Huber won the title, defeating Kirilenko and Medina Garrigues 6–0, 4–6, 6–1 in the final.

Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual / 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez (second round, withdrew due to a right quadriceps strain on Ruano Pascual)

• # Cara Black / Liezel Huber (champions)

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva / 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva (semifinals)

• # 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld / 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Bryanne Stewart / 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (first round)

• # 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová / 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova / 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (first round)

• # 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko / 🇻🇪 María Vento-Kabchi (quarterfinals)