Janette Husárová and Conchita Martínez were the defending champions, but Husárová did not compete this year. Martínez teamed up with Elena Likhovtseva and lost in quarterfinals to Daniela Hantuchová and Francesca Schiavone.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2005 Dubai Tennis Championships | |
| Champions |  Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez |
| Runners-up |  Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik |
| Score | 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1 |
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Alicia Molik 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1 in the final.
Seeds edit
Virginia Ruano Pascual / 
Paola Suárez (champions)
Svetlana Kuznetsova / 
Alicia Molik (final)
Cara Black / 
Liezel Huber (quarterfinals)- Elena Likhovtseva / Conchita Martínez (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 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A Myskina A Sugiyama
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  D Klemenschits S Klemenschits
| 3 | 3 | G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi
| 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi
| 6 | 6 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | E Likhovtseva C Martínez
| 6 | 6 | WC |  D Hantuchová F Schiavone
| 7 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
 L Davenport C Morariu
| 3 | 1 | 4 | E Likhovtseva C Martínez
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | D Hantuchová F Schiavone
| 6 | 6 | WC | D Hantuchová F Schiavone
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  L Baker F Lubiani
| 2 | 4 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 67 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 N Dechy P Schnyder
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | S Kuznetsova A Molik
| 79 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Z Yan J Zheng
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Z Yan J Zheng
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina Elia J Kostanić
| 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 |  C Black L Huber
| 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | C Black L Huber
| 6 | 5 | 6 | Z Yan J Zheng
| 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Pratt S Stosur
| 2 | 2 | 2 | S Kuznetsova A Molik
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Li T Sun
| 6 | 6 | T Li T Sun
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Callens B Stewart
| 4 | 2 | 2 | S Kuznetsova A Molik
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S Kuznetsova A Molik
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||