2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships

2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Date	4 – 10 April
Edition	26th
Category	WTA Tier II
Prize money	USD $585,000
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Location	Amelia Island, Florida, United States
Venue	Amelia Island Plantation
Champions
Singles
Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
Bryanne Stewart / Samantha Stosur

The 2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the Amelia Island Championships, and was part of the WTA Tier II series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Florida, from April 4 through April 10, 2005.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	195	137	88	49	25	14	1	6.75	4	1
Doubles					1	—	—	11.75	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Singles	$93,000	$47,500	$24,300	$12,450	$6,380	$3,270	$1,675	$860	$440
Doubles *	$29,000	$14,920	$7,650	$3,930	$2,010	—	—	—	—

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Lindsay Davenport	1	1
USA	Serena Williams	4	2
RUS	Anastasia Myskina	6	3
AUS	Alicia Molik	8	4
USA	Venus Williams	9	5
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	11	6
RUS	Nadia Petrova	12	7
SUI	Patty Schnyder	13	8
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	17	9
CRO	Karolina Šprem	18	10
SCG	Jelena Janković	20	11
ITA	Silvia Farina Elia	22	12
JPN	Ai Sugiyama	24	13
FRA	Mary Pierce	25	14
JPN	Shinobu Asagoe	26	15
USA	Amy Frazier	27	16

¹ Rankings as of 21 March 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Dája Bedáňová
• Eleni Daniilidou
• Shahar Pe'er
• Nicole Pratt

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Kristina Brandi
• Catalina Castaño
• Marta Domachowska
• Marissa Irvin
• Akiko Morigami
• Tzipora Obziler
• Květa Peschke

Retirements

• Émilie Loit (left wrist tendinitis)
• Meghann Shaughnessy (lower back injury)
• Serena Williams (left ankle sprain)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Nadia Petrova	USA	Meghann Shaughnessy	Withdrew	1
USA	Lisa Raymond	AUS	Rennae Stubbs	17	2
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	JPN	Ai Sugiyama	18	3
ESP	Conchita Martínez	ESP	Virginia Ruano Pascual	19	4
AUS	Alicia Molik	USA	Martina Navratilova	21	5

¹ Rankings as of 21 March 2005.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Eleni Daniilidou / Carly Gullickson
• Corina Morariu / Mary Pierce

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lourdes Domínguez Lino / Evgenia Linetskaya

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

• Jill Craybas / Jennifer Russell
• Janet Lee / Peng Shuai

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Émilie Loit (left wrist tendinitis) → replaced by Craybas/Russell
• Meghann Shaughnessy (lower back injury) → replaced by Lee/Peng

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles

• Lindsay Davenport defeated Silvia Farina Elia, 7–5, 7–5

It was the 2nd title for Davenport in the season and the 47th title in her singles career.

Doubles

Main article: 2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

• Bryanne Stewart / Samantha Stosur defeated Květa Peschke / Patty Schnyder, 6–4, 6–2

It was the 2nd title for both Stewart and Stosur in their respective doubles careers.

External links

• ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-01-04 at the Wayback Machine