2005 WTA Tour

2005 WTA Tour

Kim Clijsters won nine titles, including her maiden slam at the US Open.
Details
Duration	January 3 – November 13, 2005
Edition	35th
Tournaments	63
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (10) WTA Tier II (16) WTA Tier III (16) WTA Tier IV (14) WTA Tier V (2)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Kim Clijsters (9)
Most tournament finals	Lindsay Davenport (10)
Prize money leader	Kim Clijsters ($3,983,654)
Points leader	Lindsay Davenport (4,910)
Awards
Player of the year	Kim Clijsters
Doubles Team of the year	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
Most improved player of the year	Ana Ivanovic
Newcomer of the year	Sania Mirza
Comeback player of the year	Kim Clijsters
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The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes 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 are 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 reaching 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.

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.

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.^[1]

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, male or female, to be ranked World No. 1 by the WTA Tour; she claimed the ranking on 22 August,^[2] 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.

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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,^[6][7] en route to reaching the quarter-finals in just her second appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, where she eventually lost to Nadia Petrova. Following Wimbledon, Ivanovic entered the World's Top 20 for the first time, however an injury she suffered at the Rogers Cup caused her to be defeated in the second round of the US Open. A strong finish to the season, including two semi-finals in Zurich and Linz, saw her finish the 2005 season ranked World No. 16; subsequently, she was recognised as the WTA's "Most Improved Player" (a feat she would repeat in 2007).

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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 January	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)	Slovakia 3–0	Argentina	Round Robin losers (Group A) Germany  Italy  Russia	Round Robin losers (Group B) Netherlands  Australia  United States
	Uncle Tobys Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia Tier III event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Patty Schnyder 1–6, 6–3, 7–5	Samantha Stosur	Silvia Farina Elia Tatiana Golovin	Nadia Petrova Magdalena Maleeva Flavia Pennetta Sesil Karatantcheva
		Elena Likhovtseva Magdalena Maleeva 6-3, 5-7, 6-1	Maria Elena Camerin Silvia Farina Elia
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Katarina Srebotnik 5–7, 7–5, 6–4	Shinobu Asagoe	Amy Frazier Marion Bartoli	Tatiana Panova Janette Husárová Shahar Pe'er Jelena Janković
		Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–3	Leanne Baker Francesca Lubiani
10 January	Medibank International Sydney, Australia Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Alicia Molik 6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5	Samantha Stosur	Elena Dementieva Peng Shuai	Lindsay Davenport Patty Schnyder Fabiola Zuluaga Nadia Petrova
		Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur Walkover	Elena Dementieva Ai Sugiyama
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia Tier V event $110,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–0	Gisela Dulko	Li Na Iveta Benešová	Marta Domachowska Klára Koukalová Nicole Vaidišová Květa Peschke
		Yan Zi Zheng Jie 6–4, 7–5	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina
	Canberra Women's Classic Canberra, Australia Tier V event $110,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Ana Ivanovic 7–5, 6–1	Melinda Czink	Yuliana Fedak Lindsay Lee-Waters	Silvia Farina Elia Marion Bartoli Anca Barna Marlene Weingärtner
		Tathiana Garbin Tina Križan 7–5, 1–6, 6–4	Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková
17 January 24 January	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $5,952,601 – Hard – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 2–6, 6–3, 6–0	Lindsay Davenport	Nathalie Dechy Maria Sharapova	Alicia Molik Patty Schnyder Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik 6–3, 6–4	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu
		Scott Draper Samantha Stosur 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(6)	Kevin Ullyett Liezel Huber
31 January	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Tier I event $1,300,000 – Carpet (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(5)	Lindsay Davenport	Svetlana Kuznetsova Shinobu Asagoe	Iveta Benešová Daniela Hantuchová Elena Dementieva Elena Likhovtseva
		Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva 6–4, 6–3	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu
	Volvo Women's Open Pattaya City, Thailand Tier IV event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Conchita Martínez 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Evgenia Linetskaya Virginia Ruano Pascual	Vera Zvonareva Shahar Pe'er Alona Bondarenko Magüi Serna
		Marion Bartoli Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 6–2	Marta Domachowska Silvija Talaja

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 February	Open Gaz de France Paris, France Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Dinara Safina 6–4, 2–6, 6–3	Amélie Mauresmo	Tatiana Golovin Nadia Petrova	Serena Williams Silvia Farina Elia Marion Bartoli Magdalena Maleeva
		Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke 6–2, 2–6, 6–2	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina
	AP Tourism Hyderabad Open Hyderabad, India Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sania Mirza 6–4, 5–7, 6–3	Alona Bondarenko	Maria Kirilenko Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Li Na Tzipora Obziler Marie-Ève Pelletier Sun Tiantian
		Yan Zi Zheng Jie 6–4, 6–1	Li Ting Sun Tiantian
14 February	Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo 4–6, 7–5, 6–4	Venus Williams	Alicia Molik Anastasia Myskina	Patty Schnyder Klára Koukalová Kim Clijsters Katarina Srebotnik
		Cara Black Els Callens 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina
	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States Tier III event $170,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Vera Zvonareva 7–6(3), 6–2	Meghann Shaughnessy	Evgenia Linetskaya Nicole Vaidišová	Kateryna Bondarenko Akiko Morigami Cho Yoon-jeong Jamea Jackson
		Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida 6–3, 6–4	Laura Granville Abigail Spears
	Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar Bogotá, Colombia Tier III event $170,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Flavia Pennetta 7–6(4), 6–4	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Fabiola Zuluaga Clarisa Fernández	Catalina Castaño Eva Birnerová Emmanuelle Gagliardi Barbora Strýcová
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi Tina Pisnik 6–4, 6–3	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Barbora Strýcová
21 February	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar Tier II event $600,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–1, 6–4	Alicia Molik	Amélie Mauresmo Daniela Hantuchová	Maria Kirilenko Francesca Schiavone Conchita Martínez Marion Bartoli
		Alicia Molik Francesca Schiavone 6–3, 6–4	Cara Black Liezel Huber
	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Tier III event $180,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	Ľudmila Cervanová	Antonella Serra Zanetti Dally Randriantefy	Lilia Osterloh Catalina Castaño Émilie Loit Arantxa Parra Santonja
		Alina Jidkova Tatiana Perebiynis 7–5, 6–3	Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Conchita Martínez Granados
28 February	Dubai Duty Free Women's Open Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tier II event $1,000,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Jelena Janković	Patty Schnyder Serena Williams	Conchita Martínez Anastasia Myskina Sania Mirza Daniela Hantuchová
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–7(7), 6–2, 6–1	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 March 14 March	Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States Tier I event $2,100,000 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 6–4, 4–6, 6–2	Lindsay Davenport	Maria Sharapova Elena Dementieva	Nathalie Dechy Mary Pierce Svetlana Kuznetsova Conchita Martínez
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 7–6(3), 6–1	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy
21 March 28 March	NASDAQ-100 Open Miami, United States Tier I event $3,115,000 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 6–3, 7–5	Maria Sharapova	Amélie Mauresmo Venus Williams	Ana Ivanovic Elena Dementieva Serena Williams Justine Henin-Hardenne
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 April	Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 7–5	Silvia Farina Elia	Nadia Petrova Virginie Razzano	Venus Williams Shinobu Asagoe Vera Zvonareva Serena Williams
		Bryanne Stewart Samantha Stosur 6–4, 6–2	Květa Peschke Patty Schnyder
11 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States Tier I event $1,300,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Justine Henin-Hardenne 7–5, 6–4	Elena Dementieva	Tatiana Golovin Patty Schnyder	Lindsay Davenport Nadia Petrova Nicole Vaidišová Katarina Srebotnik
		Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–1, 6–4	Iveta Benešová Květa Peschke
18 April	Fed Cup: Quarterfinals Brindisi, Italy, Clay (Red) Delray Beach, FL, United States, Hard Jerez, Spain, Clay (Red) Pörtschach, Austria, Clay (Red)	Quarterfinal winners  Russia 4–1  United States 5–0  Spain 3–2  France 4–1	Quarterfinal losers  Italy  Belgium  Argentina  Austria
25 April	J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland Tier II event $585,000 – Clay (Red) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Justine Henin-Hardenne 3–6, 6–2, 7–5	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Ana Ivanovic Kim Clijsters	Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder Elena Bovina Silvia Farina Elia
		Tatiana Perebiynis Barbora Strýcová 6–1, 6–4	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
	Estoril Open Estoril, Portugal Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/21Q/13D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lucie Šafářová 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3	Li Na	Gisela Dulko Dinara Safina	Mariana Díaz-Oliva Zheng Jie Dally Randriantefy Jill Craybas
		Li Ting Sun Tiantian 6–3, 6–1	Michaëlla Krajicek Henrieta Nagyová

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 May	Qatar Total German Open Berlin, Germany Tier I event $1,300,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–3, 4–6, 6–3	Nadia Petrova	Patty Schnyder Jelena Janković	Maria Sharapova Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Bovina Amélie Mauresmo
		Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 6–4, 6–3	Cara Black Liezel Huber
	GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Rabat, Morocco Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–4, 6–2	Zheng Jie	Li Na Émilie Loit	Antonella Serra Zanetti Tathiana Garbin Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja
		Émilie Loit Barbora Strýcová 3–6, 7–6(5), 7–5	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Nuria Llagostera Vives
9 May	Telecom Italia Masters Rome Rome, Italy Tier I event $1,300,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo 2–6, 6–3, 6–4	Patty Schnyder	Maria Sharapova Vera Zvonareva	Elena Bovina Evgenia Linetskaya Francesca Schiavone Conchita Martínez
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–0, 4–6, 6–1	Maria Kirilenko Anabel Medina Garrigues
	ECM Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/30Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Dinara Safina 7–6(2), 6–3	Zuzana Ondrášková	Laura Pous Tió Klára Koukalová	Iveta Benešová Kristina Brandi Mariana Díaz-Oliva Jill Craybas
		Émilie Loit Nicole Pratt 6–7(6), 6–4, 6–4	Jelena Kostanić Barbora Strýcová
16 May	Istanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey Tier III event $200,000 – Clay (Red) – 30S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Venus Williams 6–3, 6–2	Nicole Vaidišová	Tsvetana Pironkova Anna Smashnova	Anna Chakvetadze Shahar Pe'er Mashona Washington Anna-Lena Grönefeld
		Marta Marrero Antonella Serra Zanetti 6–4, 6–0	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits
	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Tier III event $170,000 – Clay (Red) – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–3	Marta Domachowska	Nathalie Dechy Dally Randriantefy	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Vera Douchevina Karolina Šprem Peng Shuai
		Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Andreea Vanc 6–3, 6–1	Marta Domachowska Marlene Weingärtner
23 May 30 May	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $5,301,154 – Clay (Red) – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw	Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–1, 6–1	Mary Pierce	Elena Likhovtseva Nadia Petrova	Lindsay Davenport Sesil Karatantcheva Ana Ivanovic Maria Sharapova
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 4–6, 6–3, 6–3	Cara Black Liezel Huber
		Fabrice Santoro Daniela Hantuchová 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Leander Paes Martina Navratilova

June

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 June	DFS Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom Tier III event $200,000 – Grass – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 6–2, 4–6, 6–1	Jelena Janković	Tatiana Golovin Laura Granville	Eleni Daniilidou Anna Chakvetadze Mashona Washington Tamarine Tanasugarn
		Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama 6–2, 6–3	Eleni Daniilidou Jennifer Russell
13 June	Hastings Direct International Champs. Eastbourne, United Kingdom Tier II event $585,000 – Grass – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 7–5, 6–0	Vera Douchevina	Roberta Vinci Svetlana Kuznetsova	Marion Bartoli Anastasia Myskina Mashona Washington Nathalie Dechy
		Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 7–5	Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva
	Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Tier III event $170,000 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Klára Koukalová 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Lucie Šafářová	Meghann Shaughnessy Gisela Dulko	Denisa Chládková Michaëlla Krajicek Dinara Safina Nadia Petrova
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(11)	Iveta Benešová Nuria Llagostera Vives
20 June 27 June	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam $7,385,286 – Grass – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw – Girls' Singles	Venus Williams 4–6, 7–6(4), 9–7	Lindsay Davenport	Amélie Mauresmo Maria Sharapova	Svetlana Kuznetsova Anastasia Myskina Mary Pierce Nadia Petrova
		Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–2, 6–1	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo
		Mahesh Bhupathi Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–2	Paul Hanley Tatiana Perebiynis

July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 July	Fed Cup: Semifinals Moscow, Russia, Clay (Red) (i) Aix-en-Provence, France, Hard	Semifinal winners  Russia 4–1  France 3–1	Semifinal losers  United States  Spain
11 July	Internazionali di Modena Modena, Italy Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anna Smashnova 6–6 (3–0) ret.	Tathiana Garbin	Ágnes Szávay Flavia Pennetta	Francesca Schiavone Sanda Mamić Émilie Loit Mariana Díaz-Oliva
		Yulia Beygelzimer Mervana Jugić-Salkić 6–2, 6–0	Gabriela Navrátilová Michaela Paštiková
18 July	W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, United States Tier III event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–0	Akiko Morigami	Bethanie Mattek Daniela Hantuchová	Shahar Pe'er Jelena Janković Cho Yoon-jeong Sania Mirza
		Laura Granville Abigail Spears 3–6, 6–2, 6–4	Květa Peschke María Emilia Salerni
	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–0	Klára Koukalová	Tsvetana Pironkova Flavia Pennetta	Nathalie Vierin Mariana Díaz-Oliva Martina Müller Roberta Vinci
		Giulia Casoni Mariya Koryttseva 4–6, 6–3, 7–5	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska
25 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 7–5, 6–2	Venus Williams	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder	Nathalie Dechy Daniela Hantuchová Iveta Benešová Jelena Janković
		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 7–5	Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva
	Tippmix Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary Tier IV event $140,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anna Smashnova 6–2, 6–2	Catalina Castaño	Jelena Kostanić Laura Pous Tió	Anikó Kapros María Sánchez Lorenzo Martina Suchá Katarina Srebotnik
		Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 3–6, 6–2	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Marta Marrero

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 August	Acura Classic San Diego, United States Tier I event $1,300,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Mary Pierce 6–0, 6–3	Ai Sugiyama	Peng Shuai Akiko Morigami	Kim Clijsters Patty Schnyder Anna Chakvetadze Sesil Karatantcheva
		Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–7(7), 6–1, 7–5	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
8 August	JPMorgan Chase Open Los Angeles, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 6–4, 6–1	Daniela Hantuchová	Elena Dementieva Francesca Schiavone	Maria Sharapova Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova Conchita Martínez
		Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta 6–2, 6–4	Angela Haynes Bethanie Mattek
	Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, Sweden Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Katarina Srebotnik 7–5, 6–2	Anastasia Myskina	Vera Douchevina Émilie Loit	Martina Suchá Catalina Castaño Arantxa Parra Santonja Sofia Arvidsson
		Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–3	Eva Birnerová Mara Santangelo
15 August	Rogers Cup Toronto, Canada Tier I event $1,300,000 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 7–5, 6–1	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Anastasia Myskina Amélie Mauresmo	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta Nicole Vaidišová Nadia Petrova
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld Martina Navratilova 5–7, 6–3, 6–4	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual
22 August	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–4	Amélie Mauresmo	Anna Chakvetadze Anabel Medina Garrigues	Daniela Hantuchová Zheng Jie Elena Dementieva Anna-Lena Grönefeld
		Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–7(6), 6–1	Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko
	Forest Hills Tennis Classic Forest Hills, United States Tier IV event $74,800 – Hard – 16S Singles Draw	Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 7–5, 6–4	Sania Mirza	Alexa Glatch Iveta Benešová	Martina Suchá Roberta Vinci Zuzana Ondrášková Antonella Serra Zanetti
29 August 5 September	U.S. Open Flushing Meadows, New York, United States Grand Slam $7,147,042 – Hard – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 6–3, 6–1	Mary Pierce	Maria Sharapova Elena Dementieva	Nadia Petrova Venus Williams Amélie Mauresmo Lindsay Davenport
		Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–2, 5–7, 6–3	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta
		Mahesh Bhupathi Daniela Hantuchová 6–4, 6–2	Nenad Zimonjić Katarina Srebotnik

September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 September	Fed Cup: Final Paris, France, Clay (Red)	Russia 3–2	France
	Wismilak International Bali, Indonesia Tier III event $225,000 – Hard – 30S/15Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–4	Francesca Schiavone	Li Na Patty Schnyder	Maria Elena Camerin Alona Bondarenko Flavia Pennetta Aiko Nakamura
		Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy 6–3, 6–3	Yan Zi Zheng Jie
19 September	China Open Beijing, China Tier II event $585,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Maria Kirilenko 6–3, 6–4	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Maria Sharapova Marta Domachowska	Shinobu Asagoe Sun Tiantian Venus Williams Peng Shuai
		Nuria Llagostera Vives María Vento-Kabchi 6–2, 6–4	Yan Zi Zheng Jie
	Sunfeast Open Kolkata, India Tier III event $170,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/10Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anastasia Myskina 6–2, 6–2	Karolina Šprem	Kaia Kanepi Elena Likhovtseva	Shikha Uberoi Sybille Bammer Melinda Czink Sofia Arvidsson
		Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina 6–1, 6–0	Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi
	Banka Koper Slovenia Open Portoroz, Slovenia Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Klára Koukalová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	Katarina Srebotnik	Vanessa Henke Eleni Daniilidou	Meilen Tu Roberta Vinci Séverine Brémond Anabel Medina Garrigues
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Roberta Vinci 6–4, 5–7, 6–2	Jelena Kostanić Katarina Srebotnik
26 September	Fortis Championships Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–4	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Nathalie Dechy Dinara Safina	Francesca Schiavone Daniela Hantuchová Roberta Vinci Nadia Petrova
		Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 7–5, 6–1	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
	Guangzhou International Guangzhou, China Tier III event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Yan Zi 6–4, 4–0 ret.	Nuria Llagostera Vives	Zheng Jie Victoria Azarenka	Li Ting Maria Kirilenko Li Na Peng Shuai
		Maria Elena Camerin Emmanuelle Gagliardi 7–6(5), 6–3	Neha Uberoi Shikha Uberoi
	Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships Seoul, South Korea Tier IV event $140,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Nicole Vaidišová 7–5, 6–3	Jelena Janković	Tatiana Golovin Catalina Castaño	Vera Douchevina Ai Sugiyama Laura Granville Marion Bartoli
		Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 6–2, 6–4	Jill Craybas Natalie Grandin

October

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 October	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt, Germany Tier II event $650,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 6–4	Amélie Mauresmo	Daniela Hantuchová Elena Dementieva	Anastasia Myskina Flavia Pennetta Nadia Petrova Kim Clijsters
		Daniela Hantuchová Anastasia Myskina 6–0, 3–6, 7–5	Květa Peschke Francesca Schiavone
	AIG Japan Open Tokyo, Japan Tier III event $170,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Nicole Vaidišová 7–6(4), 3–2 ret.	Tatiana Golovin	Sania Mirza Maria Kirilenko	Vera Zvonareva Ai Sugiyama Jill Craybas Sofia Arvidsson
		Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko 7–5, 4–6, 6–3	Shinobu Asagoe María Vento-Kabchi
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tier IV event $145,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Michaëlla Krajicek 6–0, 4–6, 6–3	Akgul Amanmuradova	Ekaterina Bychkova Maria Elena Camerin	Evgeniya Rodina Kateryna Bondarenko Antonella Serra Zanetti Elena Vesnina
		Maria Elena Camerin Émilie Loit 6–3, 6–0	Anastasia Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva
10 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Tier I event $1,340,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–3	Francesca Schiavone	Dinara Safina Elena Dementieva	Maria Sharapova Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–4	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
	PTT Thailand Open Bangkok, Thailand Tier III event $200,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Nicole Vaidišová 6–1, 6–7(5), 7–5	Nadia Petrova	Antonella Serra Zanetti Gisela Dulko	Stéphanie Foretz Shahar Pe'er Yuan Meng Conchita Martínez
		Shinobu Asagoe Gisela Dulko 6–1, 7–5	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual
17 October	Zurich Open Zurich, Switzerland Tier I event $1,340,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 7–6(5), 6–3	Patty Schnyder	Anastasia Myskina Ana Ivanovic	Francesca Schiavone Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta Katarina Srebotnik
		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–7(6), 7–6(4), 6–3	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama
24 October	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Nadia Petrova 4–6, 6–3, 6–1	Patty Schnyder	Ana Ivanovic Květa Peschke	Tatiana Golovin Daniela Hantuchová Sybille Bammer Ai Sugiyama
		Gisela Dulko Květa Peschke 6–2, 6–3	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual
	Gaz de France Stars Hasselt, Belgium Tier III event $170,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–3	Francesca Schiavone	Dinara Safina Michaëlla Krajicek	Julia Schruff Katarina Srebotnik Samantha Stosur Nathalie Dechy
		Émilie Loit Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–4	Michaëlla Krajicek Ágnes Szávay
31 October	Advanta Championships Philadelphia, United States Tier II event $585,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo 7–5, 2–6, 7–5	Elena Dementieva	Nadia Petrova Nicole Vaidišová	Martina Suchá Květa Peschke Mashona Washington Lisa Raymond
		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–4, 7–6(4)	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada Tier III event $170,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Amy Frazier 6–1, 7–5	Sofia Arvidsson	Nathalie Dechy Marion Bartoli	Stéphanie Dubois Henrieta Nagyová Elena Vesnina Shenay Perry
		Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–2	Līga Dekmeijere Ashley Harkleroad

November

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 November	WTA Tour Championships Los Angeles, United States Year-end Championship $3,000,000 – Hard – 8S (Round Robin)/4D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo 5–7, 7–6(3), 6–4	Mary Pierce	Lindsay Davenport Maria Sharapova	Patty Schnyder Nadia Petrova Kim Clijsters Elena Dementieva
		Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur 6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs

Titles won by nation

Total titles	Country	Grand Slam tournaments			Year-end championships		Tier I tournaments		Tier II tournaments		Tier III tournaments		Tier IV/V tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
20	Russia		1				1	2	4	2	3	6	1		9	11
19	USA	2	1			1	1	2	4	3	3	2			10	9
17	Australia		2	1		1		3	1	8				1	1	15	1
14	Belgium	2					5		5	1	1				13	1
14	France			1	1		3		2			1		6	6	7	1
14	Spain		1					3		2	1	3	3	1	4	10
11	Czech Republic									3	3		4	1	7	4
10	Italy									2	2	1		4	2	8
8	Slovenia											2	2	4	2	6
6	USA		1					1		2		2				6
6	Zimbabwe		1					2		3						6
5	China										1		1	3	2	3
5	Slovakia			2				1		1		1				5	2
4	Switzerland										2	2			2	2
4	Ukraine									1		1		2		4
4	Japan											3		1		4
3	Germany							1				1		1		3
2	Israel												2		2
2	South Africa		1					1								2
1	Netherlands												1		1
1	India												1		1
1	Serbia and Montenegro												1		1
1	Venezuela									1						1
1	Romania											1				1
1	Chinese Taipei													1		1
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina													1		1

Rankings

Below are the 2005 WTA year-end rankings in singles competition:

Singles Year-end Ranking[8]
No.	Player Name	Points	2004	Change
1	Lindsay Davenport (USA)	4910	1	0
2	Kim Clijsters (BEL)	4829	22	+20
3	Amélie Mauresmo (FRA)	4030	2	-1
4	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	3958	4	0
5	Mary Pierce (FRA)	3797	29	+24
6	Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL)	2936	5	-1
7	Patty Schnyder (SUI)	2774	8	+1
8	Elena Dementieva (RUS)	2748	6	–2
9	Nadia Petrova (RUS)	2638	12	+3
10	Venus Williams (USA)	2628	9	–1
11	Serena Williams (USA)	1851	7	–4
12	Nathalie Dechy (FRA)	1773	21	+9
13	Francesca Schiavone (ITA)	1704	19	+6
14	Anastasia Myskina (RUS)	1616	3	–11
15	Nicole Vaidišová (CZE)	1581	75	+60
16	Ana Ivanovic (SCG)	1551	101	+75
17	Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)	1519	24	+7
18	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)	1491	5	–13
19	Daniela Hantuchová (SVK)	1486	31	+12
20	Dinara Safina (RUS)	1372	44	+24

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	Estoril, 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.	Michaella 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.	Alyona Bondarenko	Ukraine	Hyderabad, India	L
9.	Lourdes Dominguez 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.	Michaella 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

• 2005 ATP Tour

References

1. Newbery, Piers (2005-02-07). "Williams regains Wimbledon title". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
2. Sharapova claims world number one ranking – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
3. "Champion Kuznetsova crashes out". BBC News. 2005-08-29. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
4. Ivanovic wins Canberra Classic – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
5. Mauresmo through after second set tussle – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
6. Mauresmo out as French flop in Paris – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
7. "Serbian starlet shocks Mauresmo". BBC News. 2005-05-28. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
8. "WTA Singles Rankings" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 14 November 2005.

External links

• WTA tournament archive