2005 French Open

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2005 French Open
Roland-garros-2005.jpg
Date23 May – 5 June 2005
Edition104
Category75th Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Clay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin-Hardenne
Men's doubles
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman / Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi
Women's doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez
Mixed doubles
Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro / Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová
Boys' singles
Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić
Girls' singles
Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay
Boys' doubles
Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Massa / Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Mayer
Girls' doubles
Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka / Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay
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The 2005 French Open was the 104th edition of the tournament.

Contents

On the men's side, Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth at his first French Open, [1] was a strong favorite to win the singles title after winning the Monte Carlo and Rome Masters. Guillermo Coria, the defending finalist and 2005 runner-up to Nadal in both Monaco and Rome, called Nadal the best clay-court player in the world prior to the tournament. After defeating top seed Roger Federer in the semifinals, Nadal defeated Mariano Puerta to claim his first French Open title, and the first of four won consecutively from 2005 until 2008. Nadal would go on to win the tournament a record 14 times. [2]

In the women's draw, Justine Henin-Hardenne won her second French Open title, defeating 2000 champion Mary Pierce in the final in just 62 minutes. [3] 2005 marked the first of three consecutive years in which Henin would win the women's singles title.

Gastón Gaudio and Anastasia Myskina were unsuccessful in defending their 2004 titles, Gaudio losing in the fourth round and Myskina being upset in the first round. This tournament was also notable for the rise of future French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, who upset the third seed Amélie Mauresmo in the third round, [4] before going on to defeat another future champion in Francesca Schiavone on her way to her first major quarterfinal appearance in just her second major tournament. [5]

Points distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1
Men's singles10007004502501507535512840
Men's doubles000
Women's singles6504562921629056322302112.54
Women's doubles000

Seniors

Men's singles

Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal defeated Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Puerta, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5

Women's singles

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin-Hardenne [6] defeated Flag of France.svg Mary Pierce, 6–1, 6–1

Men's doubles

Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman / Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi defeated Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan / Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4

Women's doubles

Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez defeated Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of South Africa.svg Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová / Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro defeated Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of India.svg Leander Paes, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Čilić defeated Flag of the Netherlands.svg Antal van der Duim, 6–3, 6–1

Girls' singles

Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay defeated Flag of Romania.svg Raluca-Ioana Olaru, 6–2, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Flag of Argentina.svg Emiliano Massa / Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Mayer defeated Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergei Bubka / Flag of France.svg Jérémy Chardy, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Flag of Belarus.svg Victoria Azarenka / Flag of Hungary.svg Ágnes Szávay defeated Flag of Romania.svg Raluca-Ioana Olaru / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Amina Rakhim, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 16 May 2005. Rankings and points are as of before 23 May 2005.

Men's singles

SeedRankPlayerPoints before Points defending Points won Points afterStatus
11 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer 6,605754506,980Semifinals lost to Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [4]
23 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Roddick 3,59035353,590Second round lost to Flag of Argentina.svg José Acasuso
34 Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin 3,0651501503,065Fourth round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo [15]
45 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal 2,60001,0003,600Champion, defeated Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Puerta
56 Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Gaudio 2,4401,0001501,590Fourth round lost to Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer [20]
67 Flag of the United States.svg Andre Agassi 2,275552,275First round lost to Flag of Finland.svg Jarkko Nieminen [Q]
78 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman 2,195450351,780Second round lost to Flag of Peru.svg Luis Horna
89 Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Coria 2,0407001501,490Fourth round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko [12]
910 Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Cañas 1,74552501,990Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Puerta
1011 Flag of Argentina.svg David Nalbandian 1,6854501501,385Fourth round lost to Flag of Romania.svg Victor Hănescu
1113 Flag of Sweden.svg Joachim Johansson 1,625501,620Withdrew due to an elbow injury
1212 Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko 1,64054502,085Semifinals lost to Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Puerta
1314 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Ljubičić 1,4653551,435First round lost to Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Puerta
1415 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Moyá 1,4302501501,330Fourth round lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer [1]
1516 Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo 1,4151502501,515Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko [12]
1617 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek 1,4155751,495Third round lost to Flag of France.svg Sébastien Grosjean [23]
1720 Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominik Hrbatý 1,2913551,261First round lost to Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Janko Tipsarević
1818 Flag of Croatia.svg Mario Ančić 1,31575751,315Third round lost to Flag of Argentina.svg David Nalbandian [10]
1919 Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Johansson 1,313(25)351,323Second round lost to Flag of Spain.svg David Sánchez
2021 Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer 1,225352501,440Quarterfinals lost to Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [4]
2122 Flag of Germany.svg Tommy Haas 1,2155751,295Third round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko [12]
2223 Flag of Chile.svg Nicolás Massú 1,2057551,135First round lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka [Q]
2324 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Grosjean 1,200351501,315Fourth lost to Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [4]
2425 Flag of Spain.svg Feliciano López 1,20015051,055First round lost to Flag of France.svg Paul-Henri Mathieu
2526 Flag of Chile.svg Fernando González 1,2005751,270Third round lost to Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer [1]
2627 Flag of Spain.svg Jiří Novák 1,18535351,185Second round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Félix Mantilla
2734 Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Volandri 9905751,065Third round retired against Flag of Argentina.svg José Acasuso
2828 Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer 1,130351501,245Fourth round withdrew due to a neck injury
2930 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny 1,09575351,055Second round lost to Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer
3031 Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet 1,0505751,120Third round lost to Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal [4]
3132 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Chela 1,01525035800Second round lost to Flag of Romania.svg Victor Hănescu
3233 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Carlos Ferrero 99535751,035Third round lost to Flag of Russia.svg Marat Safin [3]
3335 Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Söderling 955535985Second round lost to Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Hyung-taik

† The player did not qualify the tournament in 2004. Accordingly, this was the points from the 18th best result are deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lleyton Hewitt 3,9352503,685Rib injury [1]
29 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Dent 1,10051,095Ankle injury [7]

Women's singles

1. Lindsay Davenport (Flag of the United States.svg United States)lost to[21] Mary Pierce (Flag of France.svg France)Quarterfinal
2. Maria Sharapova (Flag of Russia.svg Russia)lost to[10] Justine Henin-Hardenne (Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium)Quarterfinal
3. Amélie Mauresmo (Flag of France.svg France)lost to[29] Ana Ivanovic (Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro)3rd round
4. Elena Dementieva (Flag of Russia.svg Russia)lost to[16] Elena Likhovtseva (Flag of Russia.svg Russia)4th round
5. Anastasia Myskina (Flag of Russia.svg Russia)lost to María Sánchez Lorenzo (Flag of Spain.svg Spain)1st round

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Qualifier entries

Withdrawals

Official videogame

An official videogame for the tournament, Roland Garros 2005: Powered by Smash Court Tennis, was launched exclusively for the PlayStation 2 platform. The game, which is an updated version of Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2, featured 15 licensed players and 4 official courts of the tournament: Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Court 1 and Court 2. [8]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Rib keeps Hewitt out of the French Open - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  2. "Nadal wins 12th French Open title". BBC Sport.
  3. BBC SPORT | Tennis | Tearful Pierce rues poor display
  4. "Serbian starlet shocks Mauresmo". BBC News. 28 May 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  5. "Brave Henin-Hardenne battles on". BBC News. 30 May 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  6. Henin-Hardenne became only the second French Open women's singles winner after saving match points en route to the title. In 2004 Myskina did the same.
    Both saved match points against Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round.
  7. "Hewitt, Dent withdraw from French Open". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 May 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  8. "PlayStation - Games - Roland Garros 2005: Powered by Smash Court Tennis". PlayStation. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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