2005 China Open – Women's doubles

2005 China Open s ESP Nuria Llagostera VivesVEN 1954 María Vento-Kabchi CHN Yan ZiCHN Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–4 China Open – Women's doubles China Open – Women's doubles 2005 China Open (tennis) Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Dinara Safina were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Gagliardi competed in Kolkata at the same week, while Safina decided to rest after her participation in the Fed Cup final. Nuria Llagostera Vives and María Vento-Kabchi won the title by defeating Yan Zi and Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–4 in the final. Seeds 30em AUS Alicia Molik / USA Meghann Shaughnessy (first round) USA Corina Morariu / ITA 2003 Flavia Pennetta (semifinals) CHN Li Ting / CHN Sun Tiantian (semifinals) JPN Shinobu Asagoe / TPE Janet Lee (first round) Draw Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 AUS A MolikUSA M Shaughnessy 6 65 1 ESP N Llagostera VivesVEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 4 77 6 WC CHN W LiuCHN S Sun 65 6 77 AUS L McSheaAUS B Stewart 77 2 64 3 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 4 6 77 POL M DomachowskaRUS M Kirilenko 6 4 65 USA J CraybasRUS A Jidkova 4 77 0 RUS V DushevinaRSA N Grandin 6 64 6 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 6 0 6 SCG J JankovićJPN A Sugiyama 4 6 1 LAT L DekmeijereGER M Müller 6 6 4 JPN S AsagoeTPE J Lee 3 3 Q CZE E HrdinováFIN E Laine 3 2 CHN N LiCHN S Peng 6 6 AUS T MusgraveISR S Pe'er 4 3 2 USA C MorariuITA 2003 F Pennetta 6 6 ESP N Llagostera VivesVEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 5 6 6 WC CHN W LiuCHN S Sun 7 1 2 3 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 1 77 6 RUS V DushevinaRSA N Grandin 6 65 2 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 7 6 LAT L DekmeijereGER M Müller 5 2 CHN N LiCHN S Peng 4 3 2 USA C MorariuITA 2003 F Pennetta 6 6 ESP N Llagostera VivesVEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 6 2 6 3 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 1 6 2 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 6 6 2 USA C MorariuITA 2003 F Pennetta 1 3 ESP N Llagostera VivesVEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 6 6 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 2 4 References Main and Qualifying Draw (WTA) Category:2005 WTA Tour Category:2005 China Open (tennis)