title: 2005 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles
text: # 2005 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles
  
  Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.
  
  Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer won the title, defeating Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi (final)
  * Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley (semifinals)
  * Mahesh Bhupathi / Martin Damm (first round)
  * Simon Aspelin / Todd Perry (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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Dlouhý R Vik | 1 | 2 | | 1 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | V Davletshin I Kunitsyn | 6 | 6 | | WC | V Davletshin I Kunitsyn | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Kim J Mónaco | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | $6^2$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | 4 | S Aspelin T Perry | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Johansson R Koenig | $7^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | K Beck P Pála | 2 | 4 | | 4 | S Aspelin T Perry | 7 | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Goldstein J Thomas | 2 | 4 | | | T Johansson R Koenig | 5 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Johansson R Koenig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | 6 | 5 | 5 |
  | | L Friedl M Youzhny | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 4 | 7 | 7 |
  | | I Minář J Vaněk | $6^2$ | 4 | | | L Friedl M Youzhny | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Knowle J Melzer | 3 | 6 | $7^8$ | | J Knowle J Melzer | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | M Bhupathi M Damm | 6 | 3 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | J Knowle J Melzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | W Arthurs P Hanley | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Gabashvili K Ivanov-Smolensky | 3 | 2 | | | M Fyrstenberg M Matkowski | 6 | 3 | $6^0$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Nieminen D Tursunov | 1 | $6^7$ | | 2 | W Arthurs P Hanley | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | W Arthurs P Hanley | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  