2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open

2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Date	September 26 – October 2
Edition	2nd
Champions
Singles
Yan Zi
Doubles
Maria Elena Camerin / 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]}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	20	1
CHN	Peng Shuai	33	2
CHN	Li Na	35	3
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	45	4
CHN	Zheng Jie	46	5
ESP	Nuria Llagostera Vives	54	6
POL	Marta Domachowska	64	7
SVK	Martina Suchá	65	8

• ¹ Seeds are based on the rankings of September 15, 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Chen Yan-chong
• Xie Yan-ze

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Victoria Azarenka
• Janet Lee
• Sun Shengnan
• Yuan Meng

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

• Ivana Lisjak

Finals results

Singles

Main article: 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles

Yan Zi def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, 6–4, 4–0, ret.

• Yan won the first WTA title of her career.

Doubles

Main article: 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

Maria Elena Camerin / Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. Neha Uberoi / Shikha Uberoi, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3

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

External links

• Official website
• 2005 Results on the ITF Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
• 2005 Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Singles Results Kim Clijsters, Zi Yan, & N Vaidisova, Champions