title: 2005 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
text: # 2005 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
  
  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
  
  * Shinobu Asagoe / María Vento-Kabchi (final)
  * Gisela Dulko / Maria Kirilenko (champions)
  * Tathiana Garbin / Nicole Pratt (quarterfinals)
  * 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A Asagoe M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Granville A Spears | 3 | 5 | | 1 | A Asagoe M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 3 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C-w Chan S-w Hsieh | 3 | 6 | 1 | | C-j Chuang R Fujiwara | 4 | 6 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | 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 | $6^8$ | 2 | G Dulko M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | G Dulko M Kirilenko | 2 | 6 | $7^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  