Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur defeated Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2005 US Open. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the reigning champions, but Suárez withdrew due to a back injury. Ruano Pascual partnered Conchita Martínez, but lost in the semifinals to Raymond and Stosur.

Seeds

• # Cara Black / 🇦🇺 Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals) • # 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova / 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik (quarterfinals) • # 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez / 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual (semifinals) • # 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova / 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy (third round) • # 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová / 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (third round) • # 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond / 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (champions) • # 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld / 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova (semifinals) • # 🇺🇸 Corina Morariu / Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals) • # 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues / 🇷🇺 Dinara Safina (first round) • # 🇯🇵 Shinobu Asagoe / Katarina Srebotnik (third round) • # 🇫🇷 Émilie Loit / 🇦🇺 Nicole Pratt (third round) • # 🇨🇳 Li Ting / 🇨🇳 Sun Tiantian (third round) • # 🇨🇿 Květa Peschke / 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová (first round) • # 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva / 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (final) • # 🇸🇰 Janette Husárová / 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (first round) • # 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko / 🇷🇺 Maria Kirilenko (third round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section one

Section two

Bottom half

Section three

Section four