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The 2005 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2005 tennis season. The 2005 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I , Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events. ITF tournaments were not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Season summary
Singles
Going into 2005, Lindsay Davenport was holding the No. 1 ranking and therefore was the top seed at the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open. She reached the final for the first time since she won the event in 2000, coming back against Alicia Molik in the quarterfinals and Nathalie Dechy in the semifinals. Molik had a successful warm-up by winning the tournament in Sydney. Meanwhile, Serena Williams came through in the bottom half, beating Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova . In the final, Williams won her seventh Grand Slam title, and first since Wimbledon 2003. Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters both continued to struggle with injuries and skipped the event.
File:Justine henin hardenne medibank international 2006 02.jpg Justine Henin-Hardenne made a successful return from injury, winning the French Open. The following week, Sharapova won the event in Tokyo, beating Davenport in the final. Moving into February, Mauresmo proved strong, winning in Antwerp and reaching the Paris final before losing to Dinara Safina . Sharapova also won the event in Doha, with Davenport winning in Dubai. Molik reached the semifinals of Antwerp and the final of Doha to continue her strong start to the season. Clijsters returned to competition in Antwerp, losing to Venus Williams .
Clijsters then won 14 straight matches to take back-to-back titles in Indian Wells and Miami. In the former, she beat Davenport (who had defeated Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–0 in the semi-finals) in the final. In the latter, she beat Sharapova in the final. Clijsters was only the second woman to achieve the feat of winning both tournaments, after Steffi Graf in 1996.
Henin-Hardenne returned to competitive tennis in Miami, where she lost to Sharapova, but she then went on to dominate the clay season, winning events in Charleston, Warsaw and Berlin and building a 17-match winning streak. In the other big clay tournament in Rome, Mauresmo came out as the champion. Also enjoying good results in the clay season were Nadia Petrova , who reached the final of Berlin and the semifinals of Amelia Island and Patty Schnyder , who reached the semifinals of Berlin and Charleston, and the final of Rome. Davenport won the title in Amelia Island.
As the favourite to win the French Open title, Henin-Hardenne reached the final, saving match points against Kuznetsova in the fourth round, before beating Sharapova in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she beat Petrova. On the top half of the draw, Mary Pierce moved through to her first Grand Slam final since 2000 by defeating Davenport in the quarterfinals and then Elena Likhovtseva in the semifinals. Henin-Hardenne eventually won her fourth Grand Slam title, beating Pierce with the loss of only two games.
File:VenusWilliams.jpg Venus Williams' Wimbledon triumph was her first singles Grand Slam trophy since 2001. Wimbledon opened up with an early upset, as Henin-Hardenne became the first French Open champion to crash out in the first round, losing to Eleni Daniilidou , who brought an end to the Belgian's 24-match win streak. Australian Open champion Serena Williams also continued her struggles since that title, losing in the third round to Jill Craybas . In the semifinals, Venus Williams beat defending champion Sharapova, while Davenport moved past Mauresmo in a tight match. The final turned out to be the longest women's final in Wimbledon history, with Williams saving a match point before going on to win her third Wimbledon title, after 2000 and 2001.<ref>Template:Cite news </ref>
The summer hardcourt season saw a strong run from Kim Clijsters, who won titles in Stanford, Los Angeles and Toronto. Her only loss in the lead-up to the U.S. Open came against Peng Shuai in San Diego. In the absence of Clijsters, Mary Pierce won that event, beating Ai Sugiyama in the final. Lindsay Davenport took the title in New Haven, over Mauresmo in the final.
Maria Sharapova became the first Russian female player to be ranked World No. 1 by the WTA Tour; she claimed the ranking on 22 August,<ref>Sharapova claims world number one ranking – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) </ref> though Lindsay Davenport would reclaim the ranking the following week. Sharapova would herself recapture the top ranking following the US Open, despite losing in the semi-finals to Kim Clijsters. She would hold it until the end of the season, when again Davenport took over at the top.
File:Kim Clijsters 2006.jpg Kim Clijsters won the U.S. Open as the culmination of a dominant summer. After a struggling season up until now, Svetlana Kuznetsova went into her U.S. Open title defense in poor form, and subsequently lost on the very first day, becoming the first defending women's champion to lose in the first round.<ref>Template:Cite news </ref> 2003 champion Henin-Hardenne lost to Mary Pierce in the fourth round, while Venus Williams beat her sister, Serena, in the fourth round, before losing to Clijsters in the quarterfinals. Eventually, Clijsters beat Sharapova to reach the final. On the bottom half of the draw, Pierce followed up her upset of Henin-Hardenne with wins over Mauresmo and Dementieva, who beat Davenport in the quarterfinals, to reach her second Grand Slam final of the year. There, she lost to Clijsters, who finally won her first Grand Slam title after losing in four finals previously.
The fall season started with a surprise final in Beijing, with Maria Kirilenko beating Anna-Lena Grönefeld to win the event. Grönefeld also reached the final in Luxembourg, where she lost to Clijsters. Davenport won three tournaments in the last stretch of the year in Bali, Stuttgart and Zurich to secure the year end No. 1 ranking for the second straight season. Mary Pierce won her second Tier I event of the season in the Moscow event. Nadia Petrova won her first title after several lost finals in Linz, and Amélie Mauresmo won her third straight title in Philadelphia. It also proved a successful period for Patty Schnyder, who was the runner-up in Zurich and Linz, and Francesca Schiavone , who recorded three runner-up finishes in Bali, Hasselt and Moscow. Nicole Vaidišová won three smaller titles in three weeks in Seoul, Tokyo and Bangkok respectively.
In the big finish to the season, the year-ending championships, Mauresmo beat Pierce to win her biggest career title up to that point, with Davenport and Sharapova reaching the semifinals. Petrova, Dementieva, Clijsters and Schnyder were the other qualifiers.
Notable breakthrough players
The 2005 season saw the breakthrough of 17-year-old Serbian Ana Ivanovic into the WTA Tour. Starting the season ranked World No. 97 (an increase of 608 places from the previous year), Ivanovic won her first WTA career title at the Canberra International as a qualifier, defeating lucky loser Melinda Czink in the final, 7–5, 6–1.<ref>Ivanovic wins Canberra Classic – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) </ref> She then went on to make her Grand Slam debut at the 2005 Australian Open , defeating Iveta Benešová and Maria Kirilenko in the first two rounds before losing to Amélie Mauresmo in the third.<ref>Mauresmo through after second set tussle – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) </ref> She then went on to make the quarter-finals in Miami (losing to Mauresmo again, having defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova en route) and the semi-finals in Warsaw (losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne , having defeated Vera Zvonareva en route); these results saw her enter the World's Top 30 for the first time. Seeded 29th at her first French Open , Ivanovic caused an upset in the third round when she defeated Mauresmo in three sets,<ref>Mauresmo out as French flop in Paris – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) </ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Schedule
The table below shows the 2005 WTA Tour schedule.
Key
Grand Slam events
Year-end championships
Tier I events
Tier II events
Tier III events
Tier IV and V events
Team events
January
Week
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
3 Jan
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Uncle Tobys Hardcourts Gold Coast , Australia Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina Elia Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Magdalena Maleeva Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta Template:Flagicon Sesil Karatantcheva
Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Magdalena Maleeva Template:Flagicon Maria Elena Camerin Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina Elia
ASB Classic Auckland , New Zealand Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik Template:Flagicon Shinobu Asagoe Template:Flagicon Amy Frazier Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli Template:Flagicon Tatiana Panova Template:Flagicon Janette Husárová Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković
Template:Flagicon Shinobu Asagoe Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik Template:Flagicon Leanne Baker Template:Flagicon Francesca Lubiani
10 Jan
Medibank International Sydney , Australia Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik (5–7) , 6–4, 7–5Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Fabiola Zuluaga Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova
Template:Flagicon Bryanne Stewart Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama
Moorilla Hobart International Hobart , Australia Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko Template:Flagicon Li Na Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová Template:Flagicon Marta Domachowska Template:Flagicon Klára Koukalová Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke
Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina
Canberra Women's Classic Canberra , Australia Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Melinda Czink Template:Flagicon Yuliana Fedak Template:Flagicon Lindsay Lee-Waters Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina Elia Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli Template:Flagicon Anca Barna Template:Flagicon Marlene Weingärtner
Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin Template:Flagicon Tina Križan Template:Flagicon Gabriela Navrátilová Template:Flagicon Michaela Paštiková
17 Jan
Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles Template:Flagicon Serena Williams Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo
Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Corina Morariu
Template:Flagicon Scott Draper Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur (8–6) Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber
31 Jan
Toray Pan Pacific Open Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova (7–5) Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Shinobu Asagoe Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva
Template:Flagicon Janette Husárová Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Corina Morariu
Volvo Women's Open Pattaya , Thailand Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Evgenia Linetskaya Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko Template:Flagicon Magüi Serna
Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Marta Domachowska Template:Flagicon Silvija Talaja
February
Week
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
7 Feb
Open Gaz de France Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Serena Williams Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina Elia Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli Template:Flagicon Magdalena Maleeva
Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina
AP Tourism Hyderabad Open Hyderabad , India Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Alona Bondarenko Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Li Na Template:Flagicon Tzipora Obziler Template:Flagicon Marie-Ève Pelletier Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian
Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie Template:Flagicon Li Ting Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian
14 Feb
Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp , Belgium Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Klára Koukalová Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Els Callens Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina
Cellular South Cup Memphis , United States Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva (7–3) , 6–2Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy Template:Flagicon Evgenia Linetskaya Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová Template:Flagicon Kateryna Bondarenko Template:Flagicon Akiko Morigami Template:Flagicon Cho Yoon-jeong Template:Flagicon Jamea Jackson
Template:Flagicon Miho Saeki Template:Flagicon Yuka Yoshida Template:Flagicon Laura Granville Template:Flagicon Abigail Spears
Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolívar Bogotá , Colombia Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta (7–4) , 6–4Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino Template:Flagicon Fabiola Zuluaga Template:Flagicon Clarisa Fernández Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño Template:Flagicon Eva Birnerová Template:Flagicon Emmanuelle Gagliardi Template:Flagicon Barbora Strýcová
Template:Flagicon Emmanuelle Gagliardi Template:Flagicon Tina Pisnik Template:Flagicon Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Template:Flagicon Barbora Strýcová
21 Feb
Qatar Total Open Doha , Qatar Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli
Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber
Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco , Mexico Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta Template:Flagicon Ľudmila Cervanová Template:Flagicon Antonella Serra Zanetti Template:Flagicon Dally Randriantefy Template:Flagicon Lilia Osterloh Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja
Template:Flagicon Alina Jidkova Template:Flagicon Tatiana Perebiynis Template:Flagicon Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Granados
28 Feb
Dubai Duty Free Women's Open Dubai , United Arab Emirates Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Serena Williams Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová
Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez (7–9) , 6–2, 6–1Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik
March
Week
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
7 Mar
Pacific Life Open Indian Wells , United States Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez
Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez (7–3) , 6–1Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy
21 Mar
NASDAQ-100 Open Key Biscayne , United States Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Serena Williams Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne
Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik (5–7) , 6–2Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs
April
Week
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
4 Apr
Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island , United States Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina Elia Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Virginie Razzano Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Shinobu Asagoe Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Serena Williams
Template:Flagicon Bryanne Stewart Template:Flagicon Samantha Stosur Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder
11 Apr
Family Circle Cup Charleston , United States Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke
18 Apr
Fed Cup: Quarterfinals Brindisi , Italy, Clay Delray Beach , United States, Hard Jerez , Spain, ClayPörtschach , Austria, ClayQuarterfinal winnersTemplate:Fed 4–1Template:Fed 5–0Template:Fed 3–2Template:Fed 4–1
Quarterfinal losersTemplate:Fed Template:Fed Template:Fed Template:Fed
25 Apr
J&S Cup Warsaw , Poland Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Elena Bovina Template:Flagicon Silvia Farina Elia
Template:Flagicon Tatiana Perebiynis Template:Flagicon Barbora Strýcová Template:Flagicon Klaudia Jans Template:Flagicon Alicja Rosolska
Estoril Open Oeiras , Portugal Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Lucie Šafářová (4–7) , 6–4, 6–3Template:Flagicon Li Na Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie Template:Flagicon Dally Randriantefy Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas
Template:Flagicon Li Ting Template:Flagicon Sun Tiantian Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek Template:Flagicon Henrieta Nagyová
May
Week
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
2 May
Qatar Total German Open Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Elena Bovina Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo
Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber
GP de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Rabat , Morocco Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Nuria Llagostera Vives Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie Template:Flagicon Li Na Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Antonella Serra Zanetti Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja
Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Barbora Strýcová (7–5) , 7–5Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino Template:Flagicon Nuria Llagostera Vives
9 May
Telecom Italia Masters Rome Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Elena Bovina Template:Flagicon Evgenia Linetskaya Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez
Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Maria Kirilenko Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues
ECM Prague Open Prague , Czech Republic Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina (7–2) , 6–3Template:Flagicon Zuzana Ondrášková Template:Flagicon Laura Pous Tió Template:Flagicon Klára Koukalová Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová Template:Flagicon Kristina Brandi Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva Template:Flagicon Jill Craybas
Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Nicole Pratt (6–8) , 6–4, 6–4Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić Template:Flagicon Barbora Strýcová
16 May
İstanbul Cup Istanbul , Turkey Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Nicole Vaidišová Template:Flagicon Tsvetana Pironkova Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er Template:Flagicon Mashona Washington Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Template:Flagicon Marta Marrero Template:Flagicon Antonella Serra Zanetti Template:Flagicon Daniela Klemenschits Template:Flagicon Sandra Klemenschits
Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues Template:Flagicon Marta Domachowska Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Dally Randriantefy Template:Flagicon Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Template:Flagicon Vera Douchevina Template:Flagicon Karolina Šprem Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai
Template:Flagicon Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Template:Flagicon Andreea Vanc Template:Flagicon Marta Domachowska Template:Flagicon Marlene Weingärtner
23 May
French Open Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles Template:Flagicon Justine Henin-Hardenne Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Sesil Karatantcheva Template:Flagicon Ana Ivanovic Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova
Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano Pascual Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber
Template:Flagicon Fabrice Santoro Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Leander Paes Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova
June
Week
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
6 Jun
DFS Classic Birmingham , Great Britain Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Tatiana Golovin Template:Flagicon Laura Granville Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze Template:Flagicon Mashona Washington Template:Flagicon Tamarine Tanasugarn
Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou Template:Flagicon Jennifer Russell
13 Jun
Hastings Direct International Champs. Eastbourne , Great Britain Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Vera Dushevina Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Marion Bartoli Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina Template:Flagicon Mashona Washington Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy
Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva
Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Klára Koukalová Template:Flagicon Lucie Šafářová Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko Template:Flagicon Denisa Chládková Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova
Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová Template:Flagicon Nuria Llagostera Vives
20 Jun
Wimbledon Championships Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles Template:Flagicon Venus Williams (7–4) , 9–7Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo Template:Flagicon Maria Sharapova Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova
Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Svetlana Kuznetsova Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo
Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley Template:Flagicon Tatiana Perebiynis
July
Week
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
4 Jul
Fed Cup: Semifinals Aix-en-Provence , France, HardSemifinal winnersTemplate:Fed 4–1Template:Fed 3–1
Semifinal losersTemplate:Fed Template:Fed
11 Jul
Internazionali di Modena Modena , Italy Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin Template:Flagicon Ágnes Szávay Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone Template:Flagicon Sanda Mamić Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva
Template:Flagicon Yuliya Beygelzimer Template:Flagicon Mervana Jugić-Salkić Template:Flagicon Gabriela Navrátilová Template:Flagicon Michaela Paštiková
18 Jul
W&S Financial Group Women's Open Mason , United States Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Akiko Morigami Template:Flagicon Bethanie Mattek Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković Template:Flagicon Cho Yoon-jeong Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza
Template:Flagicon Laura Granville Template:Flagicon Abigail Spears Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke Template:Flagicon María Emilia Salerni
Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo , Italy Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Anabel Medina Garrigues Template:Flagicon Klára Koukalová Template:Flagicon Tsvetana Pironkova Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta Template:Flagicon Nathalie Viérin Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva Template:Flagicon Martina Müller Template:Flagicon Roberta Vinci
Template:Flagicon Giulia Casoni Template:Flagicon Mariya Koryttseva Template:Flagicon Klaudia Jans Template:Flagicon Alicja Rosolska
25 Jul
Bank of the West Classic Stanford , United States Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Venus Williams Template:Flagicon Anna-Lena Grönefeld Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Iveta Benešová Template:Flagicon Jelena Janković
Template:Flagicon Cara Black Template:Flagicon Rennae Stubbs Template:Flagicon Elena Likhovtseva Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva
Tippmix Budapest Grand Prix Budapest , Hungary Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova Template:Flagicon Catalina Castaño Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić Template:Flagicon Laura Pous Tió Template:Flagicon Anikó Kapros Template:Flagicon María Sánchez Lorenzo Template:Flagicon Martina Suchá Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
Template:Flagicon Émilie Loit Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino Template:Flagicon Marta Marrero
August
Week
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Runners-up
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1 Aug
Acura Classic San Diego , United States Singles – Doubles Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai Template:Flagicon Akiko Morigami Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters Template:Flagicon Patty Schnyder Template:Flagicon Anna Chakvetadze Template:Flagicon Sesil Karatantcheva
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November
Titles won by nation
Rankings
Below are the 2005 WTA year-end rankings in singles competition:
Points distribution
Category
W F
SF
QF
R16
R32
R64
R128
Q
Q3
Q2
Q1
Grand Slam (S)
650
456
292
162
90
56
32
2
26
21
12.5
2
Grand Slam (D)
650
456
292
162
90
56
2
–
22
–
–
–
WTA Championships (S)
485
340
218
121
67
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
WTA Championships (D)
485
340
218
121
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Tier I $2,000,000 (S)
325
228
146
81
45
28
16
1
11
–
6.25
1
Tier I $2,000,000 (D)
325
228
146
81
45
1
–
–
20
–
–
–
Tier I $1,300,000 (56S)
300
210
135
75
42
25
1
–
10.5
–
5.75
1
Tier I $1,300,000 (28S)
300
210
135
75
42
1
–
–
18.5
10.5
5.75
1
Tier I $1,300,000 (28D)
300
210
135
75
42
1
–
–
18.5
–
–
–
Tier I $1,300,000 (16D)
300
210
135
75
1
–
–
–
19
–
–
–
Tier II $650,000 (28S)
220
154
99
55
29
1
–
–
13.25
7.75
4.5
1
Tier II $650,000 (16D)
220
154
99
55
1
–
–
–
13
–
–
–
Tier II $585,000 (56S)
195
137
88
49
25
14
1
–
6.75
–
4
1
Tier II $585,000 (28S)
195
137
88
49
25
1
–
–
11.75
6.75
4
1
Tier II $585,000 (16D)
195
137
88
49
1
–
–
–
11.75
–
–
–
Tier III $225,000 (30S)
145
103
66
37
19
1
–
–
4.5
–
2.75
1
Tier III $225,000 (16D)
145
103
66
37
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Tier III $170,000 (56S)
120
85
55
30
16
9
1
–
3.75
–
2.25
1
Tier III $170,000 (30/32S, 32Q)
120
85
55
30
16
1
–
–
7.25
3.75
2.25
1
Tier III $170,000 (32S, 16Q)
120
85
55
30
16
1
–
–
3.75
–
2.25
1
Tier III $170,000 (16D)
120
85
55
30
1
–
–
–
7.5
–
–
–
Tier IV $140,000 (32S, 32Q)
95
67
43
24
12
1
–
–
5.5
3.5
2
1
Tier IV $140,000 (32S, 16Q)
95
67
43
24
12
1
–
–
3.5
–
2
1
Tier IV $140,000 (16S, 16D)
95
67
43
24
1
–
–
–
6.25
–
–
–
Tier V $110,000 (S)
80
56
36
20
10
1
–
–
4.5
3
2
1
Tier V $110,000 (D)
80
56
36
20
1
–
–
–
5
–
–
–
Statistics
Number of singles titles:
9 Kim Clijsters
Belgium
6 Lindsay Davenport
USA
4 Justine Henin
Belgium
Amélie Mauresmo
France
3 Maria Sharapova
Russia
Nicole Vaidišová
Czech Republic
2 Mary Pierce
France
Klára Koukalová
Czech Republic
Flavia Pennetta
Italy
Lucie Šafářová
Czech Republic
Dinara Safina
Russia
Patty Schnyder
Switzerland
Venus Williams
USA
List of players who won their first WTA-singles title this year:
1.
Ana Ivanovic
Serbia & Montenegro
Canberra, Australia
2.
Jie Zheng
China
Hobart, Australia
3.
Sania Mirza
India
Hyderabad, India
4.
Lucie Šafářová
Czech Republic
Oeiras, Portugal
5.
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain
Rabat, Morocco
6.
Klára Koukalová
Czech Republic
Rosmalen, Netherlands
7.
Maria Kirilenko
Russia
Beijing, China
8.
Zi Yan
China
Guangzhou, China
9.
Michaëlla Krajicek
Netherlands
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
10.
Nadia Petrova
Russia
Linz, Austria
List of players who reached their first WTA-singles final this year:
1.
Samantha Stosur
Australia
Gold Coast, Australia
L
2.
Ana Ivanovic
Serbia & Montenegro
Canberra, Australia
W
3.
Melinda Czink
Hungary
Canberra, Australia
L
4.
Jie Zheng
China
Hobart, Australia
W
5.
Gisela Dulko
Argentina
Hobart, Australia
L
6.
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Germany
Pattaya, Thailand
L
7.
Sania Mirza
India
Hyderabad, India
W
8.
Alona Bondarenko
Ukraine
Hyderabad, India
L
9.
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain
Bogotá, Colombia
L
10.
Lucie Šafářová
Czech Republic
Estoril, Portugal
W
11.
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Spain
Rabat, Morocco
W
12.
Zuzana Ondrášková
Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic
L
13.
Vera Douchevina
Russia
Eastbourne, UK
L
14.
Maria Kirilenko
Russia
Beijing, China
W
15.
Zi Yan
China
Gangzhou, China
W
16.
Michaëlla Krajicek
Netherlands
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
W
17.
Akgul Ammanmoeradova
Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
L
18.
Sofia Arvidsson
Sweden
Quebec, Canada
L
List of players who defended their WTA-singles title this year:
1.
Vera Zvonareva
Russia
Memphis, USA (Tier III)
2.
Lindsay Davenport
USA
Amelia Island, USA (Tier II)
3.
Amélie Mauresmo
France
Rome, Italy (Tier I)
4.
Maria Sharapova
Russia
Birmingham (Tier III)
5.
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain
Palermo (Tier III)
6.
Lindsay Davenport
USA
Filderstadt (Tier II)
7.
Amélie Mauresmo
France
Philadelphia, USA (Tier II)
Winner/Runners-up by country:
1.
Belgium
13–1
2.
Russia
9–7
3.
USA
8–6
4.
Czech Republic
7–3
5.
France
6–7
6.
Spain
3–2
7.
Italy
2–4
=
China
2–2
9.
Australia
1–3
10.
Serbia & Montenegro
1–2
11.
India
1–1
=
Switzerland
1–2
See also
References
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