2005 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2005 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions	Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko
Runners-up	Shinobu Asagoe María Vento-Kabchi
Score	7–5, 4–6, 6–3

Shinobu Asagoe and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but Srebotnik did not compete this year. Asagoe teamed up with María Vento-Kabchi and lost in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 against Gisela Dulko and Maria Kirilenko.

It was the 2nd WTA title for both Dulko and Kirilenko in their respective doubles careers.

Seeds

1. Shinobu Asagoe / María Vento-Kabchi (final)
2. Gisela Dulko / Maria Kirilenko (champions)
3. Tathiana Garbin / Nicole Pratt (quarterfinals)
4. Lisa McShea / Bryanne Stewart (quarterfinals)

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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	A Asagoe M Vento-Kabchi	6	7
		L Granville A Spears	3	5				1	A Asagoe M Vento-Kabchi	6	3	78
		C-w Chan S-w Hsieh	3	6	1				C-j Chuang R Fujiwara	4	6	66
		C-j Chuang R Fujiwara	6	2	6										1	A Asagoe M Vento-Kabchi	6	6
	4	L McShea B Stewart	6	6												S Foretz H Nagyová	4	4
	WC	R Olaru E Sema	1	2				4	L McShea B Stewart	3	0
	Q	A Morigami M Saeki	0	6	1				S Foretz H Nagyová	6	6
		S Foretz H Nagyová	6	3	6																	1	A Asagoe M Vento-Kabchi	5	6	3
		S Mirza S Pe'er	3	6	6																	2	G Dulko M Kirilenko	7	4	6
		J Craybas C Gullickson	6	3	1				S Mirza S Pe'er	6	6
		A Harkleroad T Musgrave	3	4				3	T Garbin N Pratt	2	1
	3	T Garbin N Pratt	6	6												S Mirza S Pe'er	1	4
	WC	A Morita A Sugiyama	4	1											2	G Dulko M Kirilenko	6	6
		J Hopkins M Washington	6	6					J Hopkins M Washington	3	4
		N Grandin M Müller	6	2	68			2	G Dulko M Kirilenko	6	6
	2	G Dulko M Kirilenko	2	6	710

References

• ITF Tournament profile Archived 2016-05-12 at the Wayback Machine