The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Season summary
Singles
Going into 2005, Lindsay Davenport was holding the No. 1 ranking and therefore was the top seed at the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open. She reaching the final for the first time since she won the event in 2000, coming back against Alicia Molik in the quarterfinals and Nathalie Dechy in the semifinals. Molik had a successful warm-up by winning the tournament in Sydney. Meanwhile, Serena Williams came through in the bottom half, beating Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova. In the final, Williams won her seventh Grand Slam title, and first since Wimbledon 2003. Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters both continued to struggle with injuries and skipped the event.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne made a successful return from injury, winning the French Open.
The following week, Sharapova won the event in Tokyo, beating Davenport in the final. Moving into February, Mauresmo proved strong, winning in Antwerp and reaching the Paris final before losing to Dinara Safina. Sharapova also won the event in Doha, with Davenport winning in Dubai. Molik reached the semifinals of Antwerp and the final of Doha to continue her strong start to the season. Clijsters returned to competition in Antwerp, losing to Venus Williams.
Clijsters then won 14 straight matches to take back-to-back titles in Indian Wells and Miami. In the former, she beat Davenport (who had defeated Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–0 in the semi-finals) in the final. In the latter, she beat Sharapova in the final. Clijsters was only the second woman to achieve the feat of winning both tournaments, after Steffi Graf in 1996.
Henin-Hardenne returned to competitive tennis in Miami, where she lost to Sharapova, but she then went on to dominate the clay season, winning events in Charleston, Warsaw and Berlin and building a 17-match winning streak. In the other big clay tournament in Rome, Mauresmo came out as the champion. Also enjoying good results in the clay season were Nadia Petrova, who reached the final of Berlin and the semifinals of Amelia Island and Patty Schnyder, who reached the semifinals of Berlin and Charleston, and the final of Rome. Davenport won the title in Amelia Island.
As the favourite to win the French Open title, Henin-Hardenne reached the final, saving match points against Kuznetsova in the fourth round, before beating Sharapova in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she beat Petrova. On the top half of the draw, Mary Pierce moved through to her first Grand Slam final since 2000 by defeating Davenport in the quarterfinals and then Elena Likhovtseva in the semifinals. Henin-Hardenne eventually won her fourth Grand Slam title, beating Pierce with the loss of only two games.
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Venus Williams' Wimbledon triumph was her first singles Grand Slam trophy since 2001.
Wimbledon opened up with an early upset, as Henin-Hardenne became the first French Open champion to crash out in the first round, losing to Eleni Daniilidou, who brought an end to the Belgian's 24-match win streak. Australian Open champion Serena Williams also continued her struggles since that title, losing in the third round to Jill Craybas. In the semifinals, Venus Williams beat defending champion Sharapova, while Davenport moved past Mauresmo in a tight match. The final turned out to be the longest women's final in Wimbledon history, with Williams saving a match point before going on to win her third Wimbledon title, after 2000 and 2001.[1]
The summer hardcourt season saw a strong run from Kim Clijsters, who won titles in Stanford, Los Angeles and Toronto. Her only loss in the lead-up to the U.S. Open came against Peng Shuai in San Diego. In the absence of Clijsters, Mary Pierce won that event, beating Ai Sugiyama in the final. Lindsay Davenport took the title in New Haven, over Mauresmo in the final.
Maria Sharapova became the first Russian, male or female, to be ranked World No. 1 by the WTA Tour; she claimed the ranking on 22 August,[2] though Lindsay Davenport would reclaim the ranking the following week. Sharapova would herself recapture the top ranking following the US Open, despite losing in the semi-finals to Kim Clijsters. She would hold it until the end of the season, when again Davenport took over at the top.
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Kim Clijsters won the U.S. Open as the culmination of a dominant summer.
After a struggling season up until now, Svetlana Kuznetsova went into her U.S. Open title defense in poor form, and subsequently lost on the very first day, becoming the first defending women's champion to lose in the first round.[3] 2003 champion Henin-Hardenne lost to Mary Pierce in the fourth round, while Venus Williams beat her sister, Serena, in the fourth round, before losing to Clijsters in the quarterfinals. Eventually, Clijsters beat Sharapova to reach the final. On the bottom half of the draw, Pierce followed up her upset of Henin-Hardenne with wins over Mauresmo and Dementieva, who beat Davenport in the quarterfinals, to reach her second Grand Slam final of the year. There, she lost to Clijsters, who finally won her first Grand Slam title after losing in four finals previously.
The fall season started with a surprise final in Beijing, with Maria Kirilenko beating Anna-Lena Grönefeld to win the event. Grönefeld also reached the final in Luxembourg, where she lost to Clijsters. Davenport won three tournaments in the last stretch of the year in Bali, Stuttgart and Zurich to secure the year end No. 1 ranking for the second straight season. Mary Pierce won her second Tier I event of the season in the Moscow event. Nadia Petrova won her first title after several lost finals in Linz, and Amélie Mauresmo won her third straight title in Philadelphia. It also proved a successful period for Patty Schnyder, who was the runner-up in Zurich and Linz, and Francesca Schiavone, who recorded three runner-up finishes in Bali, Hasselt and Moscow. Nicole Vaidišová won three smaller titles in three weeks in Seoul, Tokyo and Bangkok respectively.
In the big finish to the season, the year-ending championships, Mauresmo beat Pierce to win her biggest career title up to that point, with Davenport and Sharapova reaching the semifinals. Petrova, Dementieva, Clijsters and Schnyder were the other qualifiers.
Notable breakthrough players
The 2005 season saw the breakthrough of 17-year-old Serbian Ana Ivanovic into the WTA Tour. Starting the season ranked World No. 97 (an increase of 608 places from the previous year), Ivanovic won her first WTA career title at the Canberra International as a qualifier, defeating lucky loser Melinda Czink in the final, 7–5, 6–1.[4] She then went on to make her Grand Slam debut at the 2005 Australian Open, defeating Iveta Benešová and Maria Kirilenko in the first two rounds before losing to Amélie Mauresmo in the third.[5] She then went on to make the quarter-finals in Miami (losing to Mauresmo again, having defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova en route) and the semi-finals in Warsaw (losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne, having defeated Vera Zvonareva en route); these results saw her enter the World's Top 30 for the first time. Seeded 29th at her first French Open, Ivanovic caused an upset in the third round when she defeated Mauresmo in three sets,[6][7] en route to reaching the quarter-finals in just her second appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, where she eventually lost to Nadia Petrova. Following Wimbledon, Ivanovic entered the World's Top 20 for the first time, however an injury she suffered at the Rogers Cup caused her to be defeated in the second round of the US Open. A strong finish to the season, including two semi-finals in Zurich and Linz, saw her finish the 2005 season ranked World No. 16; subsequently, she was recognised as the WTA's "Most Improved Player" (a feat she would repeat in 2007).
Schedule
The table below shows the 2005 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
Grand Slam events |
Year-end championships |
Tier I events |
Tier II events |
Tier III events |
Tier IV and V events |
Team events |
January
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
3 January | Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR) | Slovakia 3–0 | Argentina | Round Robin losers (Group A) Germany
Italy
Russia | Round Robin losers (Group B) Netherlands
Australia
United States |
Uncle Tobys Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia Tier III event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Patty Schnyder 1–6, 6–3, 7–5 | Samantha Stosur | Silvia Farina Elia
Tatiana Golovin | Nadia Petrova Magdalena Maleeva
Flavia Pennetta
Sesil Karatantcheva |
Elena Likhovtseva Magdalena Maleeva 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 | Maria Elena Camerin Silvia Farina Elia |
ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Katarina Srebotnik 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 | Shinobu Asagoe | Amy Frazier
Marion Bartoli | Tatiana Panova Janette Husárová
Shahar Pe'er
Jelena Janković |
Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–3 | Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani |
10 January | Medibank International Sydney, Australia Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Alicia Molik 6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5 | Samantha Stosur | Elena Dementieva
Peng Shuai | Lindsay Davenport Patty Schnyder
Fabiola Zuluaga
Nadia Petrova |
Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur Walkover | Elena Dementieva Ai Sugiyama |
Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia Tier V event $110,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–0 | Gisela Dulko | Li Na
Iveta Benešová | Marta Domachowska Klára Koukalová
Nicole Vaidišová
Květa Peschke |
Yan Zi Zheng Jie 6–4, 7–5 | Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina |
Canberra Women's Classic Canberra, Australia Tier V event $110,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Ana Ivanovic 7–5, 6–1 | Melinda Czink | Yuliana Fedak
Lindsay Lee-Waters | Silvia Farina Elia Marion Bartoli
Anca Barna
Marlene Weingärtner |
Tathiana Garbin Tina Križan 7–5, 1–6, 6–4 | Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková |
17 January 24 January | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $5,952,601 – Hard – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw | Serena Williams 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 | Lindsay Davenport | Nathalie Dechy
Maria Sharapova | Alicia Molik Patty Schnyder
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Amélie Mauresmo |
Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik 6–3, 6–4 | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu |
Scott Draper Samantha Stosur 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(6) | Kevin Ullyett Liezel Huber |
31 January | Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Tier I event $1,300,000 – Carpet (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Maria Sharapova 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(5) | Lindsay Davenport | Svetlana Kuznetsova
Shinobu Asagoe | Iveta Benešová Daniela Hantuchová
Elena Dementieva
Elena Likhovtseva |
Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva 6–4, 6–3 | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu |
Volvo Women's Open Pattaya City, Thailand Tier IV event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Conchita Martínez 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Evgenia Linetskaya
Virginia Ruano Pascual | Vera Zvonareva
Shahar Pe'er
Alona Bondarenko
Magüi Serna |
Marion Bartoli Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 6–2 | Marta Domachowska Silvija Talaja |
February
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
7 February | Open Gaz de France Paris, France Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Dinara Safina 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 | Amélie Mauresmo | Tatiana Golovin
Nadia Petrova | Serena Williams Silvia Farina Elia
Marion Bartoli Magdalena Maleeva |
Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 | Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina |
AP Tourism Hyderabad Open Hyderabad, India Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Sania Mirza 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 | Alona Bondarenko | Maria Kirilenko
Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Li Na Tzipora Obziler
Marie-Ève Pelletier Sun Tiantian |
Yan Zi Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–1 | Li Ting Sun Tiantian |
14 February | Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Amélie Mauresmo 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 | Venus Williams | Alicia Molik
Anastasia Myskina | Patty Schnyder Klára Koukalová
Kim Clijsters Katarina Srebotnik |
Cara Black Els Callens 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina |
Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States Tier III event $170,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Vera Zvonareva 7–6(3), 6–2 | Meghann Shaughnessy | Evgenia Linetskaya
Nicole Vaidišová | Kateryna Bondarenko Akiko Morigami
Cho Yoon-jeong Jamea Jackson |
Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida 6–3, 6–4 | Laura Granville Abigail Spears |
Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar Bogotá, Colombia Tier III event $170,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Flavia Pennetta 7–6(4), 6–4 | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Fabiola Zuluaga
Clarisa Fernández | Catalina Castaño Eva Birnerová
Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbora Strýcová |
Emmanuelle Gagliardi Tina Pisnik 6–4, 6–3 | Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Barbora Strýcová |
21 February | Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar Tier II event $600,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | Alicia Molik | Amélie Mauresmo
Daniela Hantuchová | Maria Kirilenko Francesca Schiavone
Conchita Martínez Marion Bartoli |
Alicia Molik Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–4 | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Tier III event $180,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 | Ľudmila Cervanová | Antonella Serra Zanetti
Dally Randriantefy | Lilia Osterloh Catalina Castaño
Émilie Loit Arantxa Parra Santonja |
Alina Jidkova Tatiana Perebiynis 7–5, 6–3 | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados |
28 February | Dubai Duty Free Women's Open Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tier II event $1,000,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | Jelena Janković | Patty Schnyder
Serena Williams | Conchita Martínez Anastasia Myskina
Sania Mirza Daniela Hantuchová |
Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–7(7), 6–2, 6–1 | Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik |
March
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
7 March 14 March | Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States Tier I event $2,100,000 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Kim Clijsters 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | Lindsay Davenport | Maria Sharapova
Elena Dementieva | Nathalie Dechy Mary Pierce
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Conchita Martínez |
Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 7–6(3), 6–1 | Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy |
21 March 28 March | NASDAQ-100 Open Miami, United States Tier I event $3,115,000 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Kim Clijsters 6–3, 7–5 | Maria Sharapova | Amélie Mauresmo
Venus Williams | Ana Ivanovic Elena Dementieva
Serena Williams Justine Henin-Hardenne |
Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
April
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
4 April | Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 7–5 | Silvia Farina Elia | Nadia Petrova
Virginie Razzano | Venus Williams Shinobu Asagoe
Vera Zvonareva Serena Williams |
Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–2 | Květa Peschke Patty Schnyder |
11 April | Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States Tier I event $1,300,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Justine Henin-Hardenne 7–5, 6–4 | Elena Dementieva | Tatiana Golovin
Patty Schnyder | Lindsay Davenport Nadia Petrova
Nicole Vaidišová
Katarina Srebotnik |
Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–1, 6–4 | Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke |
18 April | Fed Cup: Quarterfinals Brindisi, Italy, Clay (Red) Delray Beach, FL, United States, Hard Jerez, Spain, Clay (Red) Pörtschach, Austria, Clay (Red) | Quarterfinal winners
Russia 4–1
United States 5–0
Spain 3–2
France 4–1 | Quarterfinal losers
Italy
Belgium
Argentina
Austria | | |
25 April | J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland Tier II event $585,000 – Clay (Red) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Justine Henin-Hardenne 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Ana Ivanovic
Kim Clijsters | Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder
Elena Bovina Silvia Farina Elia |
Tatiana Perebiynis Barbora Strýcová 6–1, 6–4 | Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska |
Estoril Open Estoril, Portugal Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/21Q/13D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Lucie Šafářová 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3 | Li Na | Gisela Dulko
Dinara Safina | Mariana Díaz-Oliva Zheng Jie
Dally Randriantefy Jill Craybas |
Li Ting Sun Tiantian 6–3, 6–1 | Michaëlla Krajicek Henrieta Nagyová |
May
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
2 May | Qatar Total German Open Berlin, Germany Tier I event $1,300,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 | Nadia Petrova | Patty Schnyder
Jelena Janković | Maria Sharapova Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Bovina Amélie Mauresmo |
Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Rabat, Morocco Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–4, 6–2 | Zheng Jie | Li Na
Émilie Loit | Antonella Serra Zanetti Tathiana Garbin
Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja |
Émilie Loit Barbora Strýcová 3–6, 7–6(5), 7–5 | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives |
9 May | Telecom Italia Masters Rome Rome, Italy Tier I event $1,300,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Amélie Mauresmo 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Patty Schnyder | Maria Sharapova
Vera Zvonareva | Elena Bovina Evgenia Linetskaya
Francesca Schiavone Conchita Martínez |
Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–0, 4–6, 6–1 | Maria Kirilenko Anabel Medina Garrigues |
ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/30Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Dinara Safina 7–6(2), 6–3 | Zuzana Ondrášková | Laura Pous Tió
Klára Koukalová | Iveta Benešová Kristina Brandi
Mariana Díaz-Oliva Jill Craybas |
Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt 6–7(6), 6–4, 6–4 | Jelena Kostanić Barbora Strýcová |
16 May | Istanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey Tier III event $200,000 – Clay (Red) – 30S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Venus Williams 6–3, 6–2 | Nicole Vaidišová | Tsvetana Pironkova
Anna Smashnova | Anna Chakvetadze Shahar Pe'er
Mashona Washington Anna-Lena Grönefeld |
Marta Marrero Antonella Serra Zanetti 6–4, 6–0 | Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits |
Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Tier III event $170,000 – Clay (Red) – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–3 | Marta Domachowska | Nathalie Dechy
Dally Randriantefy | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Vera Douchevina
Karolina Šprem Peng Shuai |
Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Andreea Vanc 6–3, 6–1 | Marta Domachowska Marlene Weingärtner |
23 May 30 May | French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $5,301,154 – Clay (Red) – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw | Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–1, 6–1 | Mary Pierce | Elena Likhovtseva
Nadia Petrova | Lindsay Davenport Sesil Karatantcheva
Ana Ivanovic Maria Sharapova |
Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | Cara Black Liezel Huber |
Fabrice Santoro Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | Leander Paes Martina Navratilova |
June
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
6 June | DFS Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom Tier III event $200,000 – Grass – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Maria Sharapova 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 | Jelena Janković | Tatiana Golovin
Laura Granville | Eleni Daniilidou Anna Chakvetadze
Mashona Washington Tamarine Tanasugarn |
Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama 6–2, 6–3 | Eleni Daniilidou Jennifer Russell |
13 June | Hastings Direct International Champs. Eastbourne, United Kingdom Tier II event $585,000 – Grass – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Kim Clijsters 7–5, 6–0 | Vera Douchevina | Roberta Vinci
Svetlana Kuznetsova | Marion Bartoli Anastasia Myskina
Mashona Washington Nathalie Dechy |
Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 7–5 | Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva |
Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Tier III event $170,000 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Klára Koukalová 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 | Lucie Šafářová | Meghann Shaughnessy
Gisela Dulko | Denisa Chládková Michaëlla Krajicek
Dinara Safina Nadia Petrova |
Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(11) | Iveta Benešová Nuria Llagostera Vives |
20 June 27 June | Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam $7,385,286 – Grass – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw – Girls' Singles | Venus Williams 4–6, 7–6(4), 9–7 | Lindsay Davenport | Amélie Mauresmo
Maria Sharapova | Svetlana Kuznetsova Anastasia Myskina
Mary Pierce Nadia Petrova |
Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–2, 6–1 | Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo |
Mahesh Bhupathi Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–2 | Paul Hanley Tatiana Perebiynis |
July
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
4 July | Fed Cup: Semifinals Moscow, Russia, Clay (Red) (i) Aix-en-Provence, France, Hard | Semifinal winners
Russia 4–1
France 3–1 | Semifinal losers
United States
Spain | | |
11 July | Internazionali di Modena Modena, Italy Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Anna Smashnova 6–6 (3–0) ret. | Tathiana Garbin | Ágnes Szávay
Flavia Pennetta | Francesca Schiavone Sanda Mamić
Émilie Loit Mariana Díaz-Oliva |
Yulia Beygelzimer Mervana Jugić-Salkić 6–2, 6–0 | Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková |
18 July | W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, United States Tier III event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–0 | Akiko Morigami | Bethanie Mattek
Daniela Hantuchová | Shahar Pe'er Jelena Janković
Cho Yoon-jeong Sania Mirza |
Laura Granville Abigail Spears 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | Květa Peschke María Emilia Salerni |
Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–0 | Klára Koukalová | Tsvetana Pironkova
Flavia Pennetta | Nathalie Vierin Mariana Díaz-Oliva
Martina Müller Roberta Vinci |
Giulia Casoni Mariya Koryttseva 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 | Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska |
25 July | Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Kim Clijsters 7–5, 6–2 | Venus Williams | Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Patty Schnyder | Nathalie Dechy Daniela Hantuchová
Iveta Benešová Jelena Janković |
Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 7–5 | Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva |
Tippmix Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Anna Smashnova 6–2, 6–2 | Catalina Castaño | Jelena Kostanić
Laura Pous Tió | Anikó Kapros María Sánchez Lorenzo
Martina Suchá Katarina Srebotnik |
Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Marta Marrero |
August
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
1 August | Acura Classic San Diego, United States Tier I event $1,300,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Mary Pierce 6–0, 6–3 | Ai Sugiyama | Peng Shuai
Akiko Morigami | Kim Clijsters Patty Schnyder
Anna Chakvetadze Sesil Karatantcheva |
Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–7(7), 6–1, 7–5 | Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama |
8 August | JPMorgan Chase Open Los Angeles, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Kim Clijsters 6–4, 6–1 | Daniela Hantuchová | Elena Dementieva
Francesca Schiavone | Maria Sharapova Tathiana Garbin
Nadia Petrova Conchita Martínez |
Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 6–4 | Angela Haynes Bethanie Mattek |
Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, Sweden Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–2 | Anastasia Myskina | Vera Douchevina
Émilie Loit | Martina Suchá Catalina Castaño
Arantxa Parra Santonja Sofia Arvidsson |
Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–3 | Eva Birnerová Mara Santangelo |
15 August | Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada Tier I event $1,300,000 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Kim Clijsters 7–5, 6–1 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | Anastasia Myskina
Amélie Mauresmo | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta
Nicole Vaidišová Nadia Petrova |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Martina Navratilova 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 | Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual |
22 August | Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–4 | Amélie Mauresmo | Anna Chakvetadze
Anabel Medina Garrigues | Daniela Hantuchová Zheng Jie
Elena Dementieva Anna-Lena Grönefeld |
Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–7(6), 6–1 | Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko |
Forest Hills Tennis Classic Forest Hills, United States Tier IV event $74,800 – Hard – 16S Singles Draw | Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 | Sania Mirza | Alexa Glatch
Iveta Benešová | Martina Suchá Roberta Vinci
Zuzana Ondrášková Antonella Serra Zanetti |
29 August 5 September | U.S. Open Flushing Meadows, New York, United States Grand Slam $7,147,042 – Hard – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw | Kim Clijsters 6–3, 6–1 | Mary Pierce | Maria Sharapova
Elena Dementieva | Nadia Petrova Venus Williams
Amélie Mauresmo Lindsay Davenport |
Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 | Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta |
Mahesh Bhupathi Daniela Hantuchová 6–4, 6–2 | Nenad Zimonjić Katarina Srebotnik |
September
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
12 September | Fed Cup: Final Paris, France, Clay (Red) | Russia 3–2 | France | | |
Wismilak International Bali, Indonesia Tier III event $225,000 – Hard – 30S/15Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–4 | Francesca Schiavone | Li Na
Patty Schnyder | Maria Elena Camerin Alona Bondarenko
Flavia Pennetta Aiko Nakamura |
Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 6–3 | Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
19 September | China Open Beijing, China Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Maria Kirilenko 6–3, 6–4 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Maria Sharapova
Marta Domachowska | Shinobu Asagoe Sun Tiantian
Venus Williams Peng Shuai |
Nuria Llagostera Vives María Vento-Kabchi 6–2, 6–4 | Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
Sunfeast Open Kolkata, India Tier III event $170,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/10Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Anastasia Myskina 6–2, 6–2 | Karolina Šprem | Kaia Kanepi
Elena Likhovtseva | Shikha Uberoi Sybille Bammer
Melinda Czink Sofia Arvidsson |
Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina 6–1, 6–0 | Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi |
Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portoroz, Slovenia Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Klára Koukalová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | Katarina Srebotnik | Vanessa Henke
Eleni Daniilidou | Meilen Tu Roberta Vinci
Séverine Brémond Anabel Medina Garrigues |
Anabel Medina Garrigues Roberta Vinci 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 | Jelena Kostanić Katarina Srebotnik |
26 September | Fortis Championships Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–4 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Nathalie Dechy
Dinara Safina | Francesca Schiavone Daniela Hantuchová
Roberta Vinci Nadia Petrova |
Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 7–5, 6–1 | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
Guangzhou International Guangzhou, China Tier III event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Yan Zi 6–4, 4–0 ret. | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Zheng Jie
Victoria Azarenka | Li Ting Maria Kirilenko
Li Na Peng Shuai |
Maria Elena Camerin Emmanuelle Gagliardi 7–6(5), 6–3 | Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi |
Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships Seoul, South Korea Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Nicole Vaidišová 7–5, 6–3 | Jelena Janković | Tatiana Golovin
Catalina Castaño | Vera Douchevina Ai Sugiyama
Laura Granville Marion Bartoli |
Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 6–2, 6–4 | Jill Craybas Natalie Grandin |
October
Week of |
Tournament |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Semifinalists |
Quarterfinalists |
3 October | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt, Germany Tier II event $650,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–4 | Amélie Mauresmo | Daniela Hantuchová
Elena Dementieva | Anastasia Myskina Flavia Pennetta
Nadia Petrova Kim Clijsters |
Daniela Hantuchová Anastasia Myskina 6–0, 3–6, 7–5 | Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone |
AIG Japan Open Tokyo, Japan Tier III event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Nicole Vaidišová 7–6(4), 3–2 ret. | Tatiana Golovin | Sania Mirza
Maria Kirilenko | Vera Zvonareva Ai Sugiyama
Jill Craybas Sofia Arvidsson |
Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 | Shinobu Asagoe María Vento-Kabchi |
Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tier IV event $145,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Michaëlla Krajicek 6–0, 4–6, 6–3 | Akgul Amanmuradova | Ekaterina Bychkova
Maria Elena Camerin | Evgeniya Rodina Kateryna Bondarenko
Antonella Serra Zanetti Elena Vesnina |
Maria Elena Camerin Émilie Loit 6–3, 6–0 | Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva |
10 October | Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Tier I event $1,340,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–3 | Francesca Schiavone | Dinara Safina
Elena Dementieva | Maria Sharapova Elena Likhovtseva
Anastasia Myskina Svetlana Kuznetsova |
Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–4 | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
PTT Thailand Open Bangkok, Thailand Tier III event $200,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Nicole Vaidišová 6–1, 6–7(5), 7–5 | Nadia Petrova | Antonella Serra Zanetti
Gisela Dulko | Stéphanie Foretz Shahar Pe'er
Yuan Meng Conchita Martínez |
Shinobu Asagoe Gisela Dulko 6–1, 7–5 | Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual |
17 October | Zurich Open Zurich, Switzerland Tier I event $1,340,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Lindsay Davenport 7–6(5), 6–3 | Patty Schnyder | Anastasia Myskina
Ana Ivanovic | Francesca Schiavone Elena Dementieva
Flavia Pennetta Katarina Srebotnik |
Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–7(6), 7–6(4), 6–3 | Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama |
24 October | Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Nadia Petrova 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 | Patty Schnyder | Ana Ivanovic
Květa Peschke | Tatiana Golovin Daniela Hantuchová
Sybille Bammer Ai Sugiyama |
Gisela Dulko Květa Peschke 6–2, 6–3 | Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual |
Gaz de France Stars Hasselt, Belgium Tier III event $170,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–3 | Francesca Schiavone | Dinara Safina
Michaëlla Krajicek | Julia Schruff Katarina Srebotnik
Samantha Stosur Nathalie Dechy |
Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–4 | Michaëlla Krajicek Ágnes Szávay |
31 October | Advanta Championships Philadelphia, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Amélie Mauresmo 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 | Elena Dementieva | Nadia Petrova
Nicole Vaidišová | Martina Suchá Květa Peschke
Mashona Washington Lisa Raymond |
Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–4, 7–6(4) | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur |
Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada Tier III event $170,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | Amy Frazier 6–1, 7–5 | Sofia Arvidsson | Nathalie Dechy
Marion Bartoli | Stéphanie Dubois Henrieta Nagyová
Elena Vesnina Shenay Perry |
Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–2 | Līga Dekmeijere Ashley Harkleroad |
November
Titles won by nation
Rankings
Below are the 2005 WTA year-end rankings in singles competition:
Statistics
Number of singles titles: |
9 | Kim Clijsters | Belgium |
6 | Lindsay Davenport | USA |
4 | Justine Henin | Belgium |
| Amélie Mauresmo | France |
3 | Maria Sharapova | Russia |
| Nicole Vaidišová | Czech Republic |
2 | Mary Pierce | France |
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| Klára Koukalová | Czech Republic |
| Flavia Pennetta | Italy |
| Lucie Šafářová | Czech Republic |
| Dinara Safina | Russia |
| Patty Schnyder | Switzerland |
| Venus Williams | USA |
List of players who won their first WTA-singles title this year: |
1. | Ana Ivanovic | Serbia & Montenegro | Canberra, Australia |
2. | Jie Zheng | China | Hobart, Australia |
3. | Sania Mirza | India | Hyderabad, India |
4. | Lucie Šafářová | Czech Republic | Estoril, Portugal |
5. | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Spain | Rabat, Morocco |
6. | Klára Koukalová | Czech Republic | Rosmalen, Netherlands |
7. | Maria Kirilenko | Russia | Beijing, China |
8. | Zi Yan | China | Guangzhou, China |
9. | Michaella Krajicek | Netherlands | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
10. | Nadia Petrova | Russia | Linz, Austria |
List of players who reached their first WTA-singles final this year: |
1. | Samantha Stosur | Australia | Gold Coast, Australia | L |
2. | Ana Ivanovic | Serbia & Montenegro | Canberra, Australia | W |
3. | Melinda Czink | Hungary | Canberra, Australia | L |
4. | Jie Zheng | China | Hobart, Australia | W |
5. | Gisela Dulko | Argentina | Hobart, Australia | L |
6. | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Germany | Pattaya, Thailand | L |
7. | Sania Mirza | India | Hyderabad, India | W |
8. | Alyona Bondarenko | Ukraine | Hyderabad, India | L |
9. | Lourdes Dominguez Lino | Spain | Bogotá, Colombia | L |
10. | Lucie Šafářová | Czech Republic | Estoril, Portugal | W |
11. | Nuria Llagostera Vives | Spain | Rabat, Morocco | W |
12. | Zuzana Ondrášková | Czech Republic | Prague, Czech Republic | L |
13. | Vera Douchevina | Russia | Eastbourne, UK | L |
14. | Maria Kirilenko | Russia | Beijing, China | W |
15. | Zi Yan | China | Gangzhou, China | W |
16. | Michaella Krajicek | Netherlands | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | W |
17. | Akgul Ammanmoeradova | Uzbekistan | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | L |
18. | Sofia Arvidsson | Sweden | Quebec, Canada | L |
List of players who defended their WTA-singles title this year: |
1. | Vera Zvonareva | Russia | Memphis, USA (Tier III) |
2. | Lindsay Davenport | USA | Amelia Island, USA (Tier II) |
3. | Amélie Mauresmo | France | Rome, Italy (Tier I) |
4. | Maria Sharapova | Russia | Birmingham (Tier III) |
5. | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Spain | Palermo (Tier III) |
6. | Lindsay Davenport | USA | Filderstadt (Tier II) |
7. | Amélie Mauresmo | France | Philadelphia, USA (Tier II) |
Winner/Runners-up by country: |
1. | Belgium | 13–1 |
2. | Russia | 9–7 |
3. | USA | 8–6 |
4. | Czech Republic | 7–3 |
5. | France | 6–7 |
6. | Spain | 3–2 |
7. | Italy | 2–4 |
= | China | 2–2 |
9. | Australia | 1–3 |
10. | Serbia & Montenegro | 1–2 |
11. | India | 1–1 |
= | Switzerland | 1–2 |
See also
References
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