# 2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships

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 | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 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 | — | — | — | — |
$_{*perteam}$

## Singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | 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 | Rank$^1$ | 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

* 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

* 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.