2005 Australian Open

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2005 Australian Open
Date:   17 – 30 January
Edition:   93rd
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:   Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Champions
Men's Singles
Russia Marat Safin
Women's Singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
Zimbabwe Wayne Black / Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
Women's Doubles
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova / Australia Alicia Molik
Mixed Doubles
Australia Samantha Stosur / Australia Scott Draper
Boys' Singles
United States Donald Young
Girls' Singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Boys' Doubles
South Korea Kim Sun-young / Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-huan
Girls' Doubles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka / New Zealand Marina Erakovic
Australian Open
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The 2005 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 until 30 January 2005.

Contents

[edit] Seniors

[edit] Men's Singles

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Men's Singles

Russia Marat Safin[1] def. Australia Lleyton Hewitt[2], 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

  • It was Safin's 1st title of the year, and his 15th overall. It was his 2nd career Grand Slam title, his 1st Australian Open title and the last championship of his career.

[edit] Women's Singles

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Women's Singles

United States Serena Williams def. United States Lindsay Davenport, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0

  • It was Williams's 1st title of the year, and her 26th overall. It was her 7th career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd Australian Open title.

[edit] Men's Doubles

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Men's Doubles

Zimbabwe Wayne Black / Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett def. United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Women's Doubles

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova / Australia Alicia Molik def. United States Lindsay Davenport / United States Corina Morariu, 6–3, 6–4

[edit] Mixed Doubles

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles

Australia Samantha Stosur / Australia Scott Draper def. South Africa Liezel Huber / Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett, 6–2, 2–6, [10–6]

[edit] Juniors

[edit] Boys' Singles

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Boys' Singles

United States Donald Young def. South Korea Kim Sun-yong, 6–2, 6–2

[edit] Girls' Singles

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Girls' Singles

Belarus Victoria Azarenka def. Hungary Ágnes Szávay, 6–2, 6–2

[edit] Boys' Doubles

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles

South Korea Kim Sun-yong / Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-huan

[edit] Girls' Doubles

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles

Belarus Victoria Azarenka / New Zealand Marina Erakovic

[edit] Seeds

Withdrawals: Belgium Justine Henin[3], Belgium Kim Clijsters, United States Jennifer Capriati[4]

[edit] Men's Singles

  1. Switzerland Roger Federer (Semifinals, lost to Marat Safin)
  2. United States Andy Roddick (Semifinals, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  3. Australia Lleyton Hewitt (Final, lost to Marat Safin)
  4. Russia Marat Safin (Champion)
  5. Spain Carlos Moyá (First Round, lost to Guillermo García-López)
  6. Argentina Guillermo Coria (Fourth Round, lost to David Nalbandian)
  7. United Kingdom Tim Henman (Third Round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
  8. United States Andre Agassi (Quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  9. Argentina David Nalbandian (Quarterfinals, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  10. Argentina Gastón Gaudio (Third Round, lost to Dominik Hrbatý)
  11. Sweden Joachim Johansson (Fourth Round, lost to Andre Agassi)
  12. Argentina Guillermo Cañas (Fourth Round, lost to Nikolay Davydenko)
  13. Spain Tommy Robredo (Third Round, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)
  14. France Sébastien Grosjean (Second Round, lost to Jean-René Lisnard)
  15. Russia Mikhail Youzhny (Second Round, lost to Rafael Nadal)
  16. Germany Tommy Haas (Second Round, lost to Karol Beck)
  17. Romania Andrei Pavel (Second Round, lost to Bobby Reynolds)
  18. Chile Nicolás Massú (Second Round, retired against Philipp Kohlschreiber)
  19. United States Vincent Spadea (First Round, lost to Radek Stepanek)
  20. Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý (Quarterfinals, lost to Marat Safin)
  21. Germany Nicolas Kiefer (First Round, lost to Olivier Rochus)
  22. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić (Second Round, lost to Marcos Baghdatis)
  23. Chile Fernando González (Third Round, lost to David Nalbandian)
  24. Spain Feliciano López (Third Round, lost to Joachim Johansson)
  25. Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela (Third Round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  26. Russia Nikolay Davydenko (Quarterfinals, retired against Andy Roddick)
  27. Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan (Second Round, lost to Jarkko Nieminen)
  28. Croatia Mario Ančić (Third Round, lost to Marat Safin)
  29. United States Taylor Dent (Third Round, lost to Andre Agassi)
  30. Sweden Thomas Johansson Fourth Round, lost to Dominik Hrbatý)
  31. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (Third Round, lost to Guillermo Coria)
  32. Austria Jürgen Melzer (Third Round, retired against Andy Roddick)

[edit] Women's Singles

  1. United States Lindsay Davenport (Final, lost to Serena Williams)
  2. France Amélie Mauresmo (Quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams)
  3. Russia Anastasia Myskina (Fourth Round, lost to Nathalie Dechy)
  4. Russia Maria Sharapova (Semifinals, lost to Serena Williams)
  5. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (Quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  6. Russia Elena Dementieva (Fourth Round, lost to Patty Schnyder)
  7. United States Serena Williams (Champion)
  8. United States Venus Williams (Fourth Round, lost to Alicia Molik)
  9. Russia Vera Zvonareva (Second Round, lost to Vera Dushevina)
  10. Australia Alicia Molik (Quarterfinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  11. Russia Nadia Petrova (Fourth Round, lost to Serena Williams)
  12. Switzerland Patty Schnyder (Quarterfinals, lost to Nathalie Dechy)
  13. Croatia Karolina Šprem (Fourth Round, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  14. Italy Francesca Schiavone (Third Round, lost to Nathalie Dechy)
  15. Italy Silvia Farina Elia (Fourth Round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  16. Japan Ai Sugiyama (First Round, lost to Martina Suchá)
  17. Colombia Fabiola Zuluaga (Second Round, lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld)
  18. Russia Elena Likhovtseva (Third Round, lost to Karolina Šprem)
  19. France Nathalie Dechy (Semifinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  20. France Tatiana Golovin (Second Round, lost to Abigail Spears)
  21. United States Amy Frazier (Third Round, lost to Evgenia Linetskaya)
  22. Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva (Third Round, lost to Nadia Petrova)
  23. Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković (Second Round, lost to Tatiana Panova)
  24. France Mary Pierce (First Round, lost to Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro)
  25. United States Lisa Raymond (Third Round, walkover lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  26. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová (Third Round, lost to Elena Dementieva)
  27. Israel Anna Smashnova (Third Round, lost to Venus Williams)
  28. Japan Shinobu Asagoe (Second Round, lost to Na Li)
  29. Argentina Gisela Dulko (Second Round, lost to Mariana Díaz-Oliva)
  30. Italy Flavia Pennetta (First Round, lost to Petra Mandula)
  31. Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić (Second Round, lost to Nicole Vaidišová)
  32. Czech Republic Iveta Benešová (First Round, lost to Ana Ivanović)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Safin became only the second Russian player to win the Australian Open men's singles title. Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the title in 1999, and was the finalist in 2000.
  2. ^ Hewitt was the first Australian player since Pat Cash (in 1987 and 1988) to reach the men's singles final.
  3. ^ NY Times (9 January 2007). "No Title Defense for Henin-Hardenne". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06E6D71E39F93AA35752C0A9639C8B63. Retrieved 7 February 2008. 
  4. ^ The Age (12 January 2005). "Capriati out of Australian Open". Melbourne. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Tennis/Capriati-out-of-Australian-Open/2005/01/12/1105423550952.html. Retrieved 7 February 2009. 

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