2005 Italian Open – Women's doubles

2005 Italian Open s ZIM Cara BlackRSA Liezel Huber RUS Maria KirilenkoESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–0, 4–6, 6–1 28 8 2005 Italian Open (tennis) Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but had different outcomes. While Petrova decided to focus only on the singles tournament, Shaughnessy partnered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld and lost in semifinals to Maria Kirilenko and Anabel Medina Garrigues. Cara Black and Liezel Huber won the title, defeating Kirilenko and Medina Garrigues 6–0, 4–6, 6–1 in the final. Seeds The first four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (second round, withdrew due to a right quadriceps strain on Ruano Pascual) ZIM Cara Black / RSA Liezel Huber (champions) RUS Elena Likhovtseva / RUS Vera Zvonareva (semifinals) GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld / USA Meghann Shaughnessy (semifinals) AUS Bryanne Stewart / AUS Samantha Stosur (first round) SVK Daniela Hantuchová / JPN Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals) USA Martina Navratilova / ITA Francesca Schiavone (first round) ARG Gisela Dulko / VEN María Vento-Kabchi (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 195 RUS Maria KirilenkoESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 6 7 4 GER Anna-Lena GrönefeldUSA Meghann Shaughnessy 2 5 3 RUS Elena LikhovtsevaRUS Vera Zvonareva 1 6 2 2 ZIM Cara BlackRSA Liezel Huber 6 3 6 RUS Maria KirilenkoESP Anabel Medina Garrigues 0 6 1 2 ZIM Cara BlackRSA Liezel Huber 6 4 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 160 Q ITA S ErraniITA G Gabba 2 1 RUS M KirilenkoESP A Medina Garrigues 6 6 LL RUS E LinetskayaIND S Uberoi 2 2 CZE D ChládkováSUI E Gagliardi 6 6 FRA S TestudITA R Vinci 1 0 6 SVK D HantuchováJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 WC ITA S Farina EliaITA F Pennetta 0 2 JPN S AsagoeESP M Marrero 6 6 FRA N DechyESP C Martínez 6 6 FRA S Cohen-AloroTUN S Sfar 3 0 FRA C DheninROM A Vanc 4 7 6 5 AUS B StewartAUS S Stosur 6 5 4 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez RUS M KirilenkoESP A Medina Garrigues w/o CZE D ChládkováSUI E Gagliardi 0 2 6 SVK D HantuchováJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 4 GER A-L GrönefeldUSA M Shaughnessy 6 6 JPN S AsagoeESP M Marrero 4 2 FRA N DechyESP C Martínez 7 6 FRA C DheninROM A Vanc 5 2 RUS M KirilenkoESP A Medina Garrigues 2 6 6 6 SVK D HantuchováJPN A Sugiyama 6 2 4 4 GER A-L GrönefeldUSA M Shaughnessy 6 3 6 FRA N DechyESP C Martínez 4 6 1 RUS M KirilenkoESP A Medina Garrigues 6 7 4 GER A-L GrönefeldUSA M Shaughnessy 2 5 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 ARG G DulkoVEN M Vento-Kabchi 6 6 AUS L McSheaUSA A Spears 4 0 WC ITA Ad Serra ZanettiITA An Serra Zanetti 2 2 CRO S TalajaUSA M Washington 6 6 TPE J LeeCHN S Peng 78 6 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 66 3 7 USA M NavratilovaITA F Schiavone 4 2 ITA ME CamerinITA T Garbin 6 6 BEL E CallensSLO T Križan 4 5 USA J RussellITA M Santangelo 6 7 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 4 2 RUS A JidkovaUKR T Perebiynis 6 6 8 ARG G DulkoVEN M Vento-Kabchi 6 6 CRO S TalajaUSA M Washington 0 2 TPE J LeeCHN S Peng 2 5 3 RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS V Zvonareva 6 7 ITA ME CamerinITA T Garbin 2 3 USA J RussellITA M Santangelo 6 6 RUS A JidkovaUKR T Perebiynis 2 4 2 ZIM C BlackRSA L Huber 6 6 8 ARG G DulkoVEN M Vento-Kabchi 6 4 2 3 RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS V Zvonareva 3 6 6 USA J RussellITA M Santangelo 6 0 2 2 ZIM C BlackRSA L Huber 3 6 6 3 RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS V Zvonareva 1 6 2 2 ZIM C BlackRSA L Huber 6 3 6 External links WTA tournament draws Women's Doubles Italian Open - Doubles Category:2005 in Italian women's sport