Li Ting and Sun Tiantian were the defending champions, but decided not to defend their title together.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open | |
| Champions |  Maria Elena Camerin  Emmanuelle Gagliardi |
| Runners-up |  Neha Uberoi  Shikha Uberoi |
| Score | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Li played alongside Li Na, whereas Sun played alongside Hao Jie.
Li & Li withdrew in the quarterfinals, and Hao & Sun lost in the first round to Julia Vorobieva & Yuan Meng.
Maria Elena Camerin and Emmanuelle Gagliardi, having enjoyed a walkover for both the quarterfinals and the semifinals, then won the final, defeating Neha Uberoi and Shikha Uberoi, 7–6(7–5), 6–3.
Seeds
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Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (semifinals, withdrew)
Carly Gullickson / 
Maria Kirilenko (quarterfinals, withdrew)
Maria Elena Camerin / 
Emmanuelle Gagliardi (champions)- Alina Jidkova /
Janet Lee (first round)
Draw
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edit- 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Z Yan J Zheng
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Dominikovic G Voskoboeva
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Z Yan J Zheng
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Hao T Sun
| 3 | 3 | J Vorobieva M Yuan
| 3 | r | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Vorobieva M Yuan
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Z Yan J Zheng
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| 3 | ME Camerin E Gagliardi
| 6 | 6 | 3 | ME Camerin E Gagliardi
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Domachowska N Llagostera Vives
| 2 | 4 | 3 | ME Camerin E Gagliardi
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | C Lu W Wu
| 3 | 0 | Q |  V Azarenka I Lisjak
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| Q | V Azarenka I Lisjak
| 6 | 6 | 3 | ME Camerin E Gagliardi
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Uberoi S Uberoi
| 4 | 6 | 6 | N Uberoi S Uberoi
| 65 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Harkleroad T Musgrave
| 6 | 3 | 1 | N Uberoi S Uberoi
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | N Li T Li
| 3 | 6 | 6 | WC | N Li T Li
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| 4 | A Jidkova J Lee
| 6 | 1 | 0 | N Uberoi S Uberoi
| 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S Peng Y-z Xie
| 6 | 6 | S Peng Y-z Xie
| 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Chen W Liu
| 4 | 2 | S Peng Y-z Xie
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Jackson A Serra Zanetti
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | C Gullickson M Kirilenko
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| 2 | C Gullickson M Kirilenko
| 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||