2005 Chennai Open – Doubles
# 2005 Chennai Open – Doubles

Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.

Rainer Schüttler and Yen-Hsun Lu won in the final 7–5, 4–6, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ against Mahesh Bhupathi and Jonas Björkman.

## Seeds

* Mahesh Bhupathi / Jonas Björkman (final)
* Leander Paes / Nenad Zimonjić (semifinals)
* Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram (first round)
* Justin Gimelstob / Julian Knowle (first round)

## 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 | M Bhupathi J Björkman | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rochus T Vanhoudt | $6^8$ | 3 | | 1 | M Bhupathi J Björkman | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P-H Mathieu O Patience | $6^4$ | 6 | 2 | | M Tabara S Ventura | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tabara S Ventura | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi J Björkman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 3 | J Erlich A Ram | 4 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | K Kim J Vaněk | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen J-M Gambill | 6 | $7^7$ | | | K Carlsen J-M Gambill | 3 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Burgsmüller I Heuberger | 2 | 6 | $1^r$ | | K Kim J Vaněk | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kim J Vaněk | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi J Björkman | 5 | 6 | $6^4$ |
| | A Fisher T Phillips | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Y-h Lu J Schüttler | 7 | 4 | $7^7$ |
| WC | M Ghouse V Uppal | 1 | 2 | | | A Fisher T Phillips | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu J Schüttler | 6 | 7 | | | Y-h Lu J Schüttler | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Gimelstob J Knowle | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | Y-h Lu J Schüttler | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | P Amritraj S Amritraj | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | L Paes N Zimonjić | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | K Braasch R Lindstedt | 6 | 5 | 6 | | K Braasch R Lindstedt | 2 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-F Bachelot G Carraz | 4 | 2 | | 2 | L Paes N Zimonjić | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Paes N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
