title: 2005 Open 13 – Doubles
text: # 2005 Open 13 – Doubles
  
  Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions. They finished runner-up this year.
  
  Martin Damm and Radek Štěpánek won in the final $7–6^{(7–4)},$ $7–6^{(7–5)},$ against Knowles and Nestor.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (final)
  * Cyril Suk / Pavel Vízner (first round)
  * Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (quarterfinals)
  * Martin Damm / Radek Štěpánek (champions)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S de Chaunac J-R Lisnard | 5 | 4 | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | G Monfils G Simon | $6^4$ | 3 | | | J Knowle P Pála | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Knowle P Pála | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | J Erlich A Ram | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | J Benneteau N Mahut | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  | | N Kiefer P Srichaphan | 3 | 5 | | 3 | J Erlich A Ram | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Hrbatý J Johansson | 4 | $6^6$ | | | J Benneteau N Mahut | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Benneteau N Mahut | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | $6^4$ | $6^5$ |
  | | M Ančić M Llodra | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Damm R Štěpánek | $7^7$ | $7^7$ |
  | | I Andreev N Davydenko | 3 | 4 | | | M Ančić M Llodra | 4 | $6^0$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Berdych R Schüttler | 5 | 3 | | 4 | M Damm R Štěpánek | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | M Damm R Štěpánek | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | M Damm R Štěpánek | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | T Dent T Johansson | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | J-F Bachelot A Clément | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | |
  | | J-F Bachelot A Clément | 6 | 4 | 6 | | J-F Bachelot A Clément | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | F López F Verdasco | 6 | $7^{11}$ | | | F López F Verdasco | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | C Suk P Vízner | 4 | $6^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  