2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open

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2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open
DateSeptember 26 – October 2
Edition2nd
Champions
Singles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Zi
Doubles
Flag of Italy.svg Maria Elena Camerin / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Emmanuelle Gagliardi
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The 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2005 WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, China, from September 26 through October 2, 2005. Total prize money for the tournament was $170,000. [1] [2]

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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Zvonareva 201
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Peng Shuai 332
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Li Na 353
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Maria Kirilenko 454
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Jie 465
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives 546
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marta Domachowska 647
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Martina Suchá 658

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a Lucky loser from the singles qualifying draw:

Finals results

Singles

Flag of France.svg Yan Zi def. Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Llagostera Vives, 6–4, 4–0, ret.

Doubles

Flag of Italy.svg Maria Elena Camerin / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. Flag of the United States.svg Neha Uberoi / Flag of India.svg Shikha Uberoi, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

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References

  1. "2005 Results on the ITF". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  2. 2005 Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Singles Results Kim Clijsters, Zi Yan, & N Vaidisova, Champions