Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but Björkman did not compete this year. Woodbridge partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi and successfully defended his title, by defeating Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra 6–3, 6–3 in the final.
Men's doubles | |
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2005 Medibank International | |
Champions | Mahesh Bhupathi Todd Woodbridge |
Runners-up | Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra |
Score | 6–3, 6–3 |
It was the 37th title for Bhupathi and the 83rd (and final) title for Woodbridge in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 1st title for both players in the season.
Seeds edit
- Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (first round)
- Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (first round)
- Mahesh Bhupathi / Todd Woodbridge (champions)
- Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (quarterfinals)
Draw edit
Key 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
Draw edit
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 4 | 7 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
T Berdych R Štěpánek | 6 | 5 | 78 | T Berdych R Štěpánek | 1 | r | |||||||||||||||||||||
J Erlich A Ram | 6 | 5 | 64 | I Andreev N Davydenko | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I Andreev N Davydenko | 4 | 7 | 77 | I Andreev N Davydenko | 69 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | W Black K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | A Clément M Llodra | 711 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
F Čermák L Friedl | 2 | 2 | 4 | W Black K Ullyett | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Clément M Llodra | 7 | 6 | A Clément M Llodra | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | C Guccione T Reid | 5 | 1 | A Clément M Llodra | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
L Paes N Zimonjić | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | M Bhupathi T Woodbridge | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
F López F Verdasco | 6 | 4 | 3 | L Paes N Zimonjić | 3 | r | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Fish B MacPhie | 2 | 3 | 3 | M Bhupathi T Woodbridge | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | M Bhupathi T Woodbridge | 6 | 6 | 3 | M Bhupathi T Woodbridge | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Melzer M Mirnyi | 4 | 6 | 77 | J Melzer M Mirnyi | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WC | N Healey M Kimmich | 6 | 3 | 63 | J Melzer M Mirnyi | 5 | 7 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
M Damm J Palmer | 6 | 6 | M Damm J Palmer | 7 | 5 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | B Bryan M Bryan | 2 | 3 |