2005 Italian Open – Men's doubles
# 2005 Italian Open – Men's doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but played this tournament with different partners. Bhupathi teamed up with Todd Woodbridge while Mirnyi teamed up with Jonas Björkman. Both pairs were eliminated in semifinals.

Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro won the title, defeating Bob and Mike Bryan 6–4, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi (semifinals)
* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (final)
* Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (second round)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Todd Woodbridge (semifinals)
* Leander Paes / Nenad Zimonjić (quarterfinals)
* Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley (second round)
* Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Mahesh Bhupathi Todd Woodbridge | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | Mahesh Bhupathi Todd Woodbridge | 4 | 4 | | 8 | Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C Suk P Vízner | 7 | 4 | 4 | | M Damm R Štěpánek | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| M Damm R Štěpánek | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| T Johansson I Ljubičić | 2 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | | | 8 | M Llodra F Santoro | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| G Etlis M Rodríguez | 6 | $6^2$ | 6 | | G Etlis M Rodríguez | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | M Llodra F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Llodra F Santoro | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Bhupathi T Woodbridge | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | 4 | W Black K Ullyett | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| J Novák T Robredo | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | 6 | | J Novák T Robredo | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| F González N Massú | $7^7$ | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | J Novák T Robredo | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| J Johansson M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | M Bhupathi T Woodbridge | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| F Čermák L Friedl | 1 | 4 | | | J Johansson M Safin | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | M Bhupathi T Woodbridge | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 6 | L Paes N Zimonjić | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Bracciali G Galimberti | 6 | 6 | | WC | D Bracciali G Galimberti | 4 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Melzer A Roddick | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 6 | L Paes N Zimonjić | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| | J Erlich A Ram | $7^7$ | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |
| | S Aspelin T Perry | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | | S Aspelin T Perry | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | | 7 | W Arthurs P Hanley | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Ferrer D Hrbatý | 6 | $7^7$ | | | D Ferrer D Hrbatý | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hood J Knowle | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | D Ferrer D Hrbatý | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| WC | A Seppi P Starace | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | L Arnold Ker J Palmer | 4 | 3 | | WC | A Seppi P Starace | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Björkman M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
