2005 French Open

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The 2005 French Open was the 109th edition of the tournament.

2005 French Open
Date23 May – 5 June 2005
Edition104
Category75th Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne
Men's doubles
Sweden Jonas Björkman / Belarus Max Mirnyi
Women's doubles
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
Mixed doubles
France Fabrice Santoro / Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Boys' singles
Croatia Marin Čilić
Girls' singles
Hungary Ágnes Szávay
Boys' doubles
Argentina Emiliano Massa / Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Girls' doubles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Hungary Ágnes Szávay
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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

Rafael Nadal defeated Mariano Puerta, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5

  • It was Nadal's 6th title of the year, and his 7th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles

Justine Henin-Hardenne[6] defeated Mary Pierce, 6–1, 6–1

  • It was Henin-Hardenne's 4th title of the year, and her 23rd overall. It was her 4th career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd French Open title.

Men's doubles

Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4

Women's doubles

Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Daniela Hantuchová / Fabrice Santoro defeated Martina Navratilova / Leander Paes, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Marin Čilić defeated Antal van der Duim, 6–3, 6–1

Girls' singles

Ágnes Szávay defeated Raluca-Ioana Olaru, 6–2, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Emiliano Massa / Leonardo Mayer defeated Sergei Bubka / Jérémy Chardy, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay defeated Raluca-Ioana Olaru / 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.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus
11 Roger Federer6,605754506,980Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [4]
23 Andy Roddick3,59035353,590Second round lost to José Acasuso
34 Marat Safin3,0651501503,065Fourth round lost to Tommy Robredo [15]
45 Rafael Nadal2,60001,0003,600Champion, defeated Mariano Puerta
56 Gastón Gaudio2,4401,0001501,590Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [20]
67 Andre Agassi2,275552,275First round lost to Jarkko Nieminen [Q]
78 Tim Henman2,195450351,780Second round lost to Luis Horna
89 Guillermo Coria2,0407001501,490Fourth round lost to Nikolay Davydenko [12]
910 Guillermo Cañas1,74552501,990Quarterfinals lost to Mariano Puerta
1011 David Nalbandian1,6854501501,385Fourth round lost to Victor Hănescu
1113 Joachim Johansson1,625501,620Withdrew due to an elbow injury
1212 Nikolay Davydenko1,64054502,085Semifinals lost to Mariano Puerta
1314 Ivan Ljubičić1,4653551,435First round lost to Mariano Puerta
1415 Carlos Moyá1,4302501501,330Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [1]
1516 Tommy Robredo1,4151502501,515Quarterfinals lost to Nikolay Davydenko [12]
1617 Radek Štěpánek1,4155751,495Third round lost to Sébastien Grosjean [23]
1720 Dominik Hrbatý1,2913551,261First round lost to Janko Tipsarević
1818 Mario Ančić1,31575751,315Third round lost to David Nalbandian [10]
1919 Thomas Johansson1,313(25)351,323Second round lost to David Sánchez
2021 David Ferrer1,225352501,440Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [4]
2122 Tommy Haas1,2155751,295Third round lost to Nikolay Davydenko [12]
2223 Nicolás Massú1,2057551,135First round lost to Stan Wawrinka [Q]
2324 Sébastien Grosjean1,200351501,315Fourth lost to Rafael Nadal [4]
2425 Feliciano López1,20015051,055First round lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu
2526 Fernando González1,2005751,270Third round lost to Roger Federer [1]
2627 Jiří Novák1,18535351,185Second round lost to Félix Mantilla
2734 Filippo Volandri9905751,065Third round retired against José Acasuso
2828 Nicolas Kiefer1,130351501,245Fourth round withdrew due to a neck injury
2930 Mikhail Youzhny1,09575351,055Second round lost to Jürgen Melzer
3031 Richard Gasquet1,0505751,120Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [4]
3132 Juan Ignacio Chela1,01525035800Second round lost to Victor Hănescu
3233 Juan Carlos Ferrero99535751,035Third round lost to Marat Safin [3]
3335 Robin Söderling955535985Second round lost to 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 Lleyton Hewitt3,9352503,685Rib injury[1]
29 Taylor Dent1,10051,095Ankle injury[7]
1.Lindsay Davenport (  United States)lost to[21] Mary Pierce (  France)Quarterfinal
2.Maria Sharapova (  Russia)lost to[10] Justine Henin-Hardenne (  Belgium)Quarterfinal
3.Amélie Mauresmo (  France)lost to[29] Ana Ivanovic (  Serbia and Montenegro)3rd round
4.Elena Dementieva (  Russia)lost to[16] Elena Likhovtseva (  Russia)4th round
5.Anastasia Myskina (  Russia)lost toMaría Sánchez Lorenzo (  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

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