2005 French Open

2005 French Open
The 2005 French Open was the 109th edition of the tournament.
On the men's side, Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth at his first French Open, was a strong favorite to win the singles title after winning the Monte Carlo and Rome Masters. Guillermo Coria, the defending finalist and 2005 runner-up to Nadal in both Monaco and Rome, called Nadal the best clay-court player in the world prior to the tournament. After defeating top seed Roger Federer in the semifinals, Nadal defeated Mariano Puerta to claim his first French Open title, and the first of four won consecutively from 2005 until 2008. Nadal would go on to win the tournament a record 14 times.
In the women's draw, Justine Henin-Hardenne won her second French Open title, defeating 2000 champion Mary Pierce in the final in just 62 minutes. 2005 marked the first of three consecutive years in which Henin would win the women's singles title.
Gastón Gaudio and Anastasia Myskina were unsuccessful in defending their 2004 titles, Gaudio losing in the fourth round and Myskina being upset in the first round. This tournament was also notable for the rise of future French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, who upset the third seed Amélie Mauresmo in the third round, before going on to defeat another future champion in Francesca Schiavone on her way to her first major quarterfinal appearance in just her second major tournament.
Points distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.
Senior points
Seniors
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Mariano Puerta, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
It was Nadal's 6th title of the year, and his 7th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.
Women's singles
Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Mary Pierce, 6–1, 6–1
It was Henin-Hardenne's 4th title of the year, and her 23rd overall. It was her 4th career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd French Open title.
Men's doubles
Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Women's doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Mixed doubles
Daniela Hantuchová / Fabrice Santoro defeated Martina Navratilova / Leander Paes, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Juniors
Boys' singles
Marin Čilić defeated Antal van der Duim, 6–3, 6–1
Girls' singles
Ágnes Szávay defeated Raluca-Ioana Olaru, 6–2, 6–1
Boys' doubles
Emiliano Massa / Leonardo Mayer defeated Sergei Bubka / Jérémy Chardy, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Girls' doubles
Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay defeated Raluca-Ioana Olaru / Amina Rakhim, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 16 May 2005. Rankings and points are as of before 23 May 2005.
Men's singles
† The player did not qualify the tournament in 2004. Accordingly, this was the points from the 18th best result are deducted instead.
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.
Women's singles
Wildcard entries
Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.
Men's singles wildcard entries
Thierry Ascione
Arnaud Clément
Peter Luczak
Gaël Monfils
Olivier Patience
Florent Serra
Gilles Simon
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Women's singles wildcard entries
Mailyne Andrieux
Alizé Cornet
Youlia Fedossova
Sophie Ferguson
Mathilde Johansson
Pauline Parmentier
Camille Pin
Aravane Rezaï
Men's doubles wildcard entries
Thierry Ascione / Jean-René Lisnard
Grégory Carraz / Antony Dupuis
Jérémy Chardy / Nicolas Renavand
Nicolas Devilder / Marc Gicquel
Jérôme Haehnel / Florent Serra
Olivier Mutis / Olivier Patience
Édouard Roger-Vasselin / Gilles Simon
Women's doubles wildcard entries
Mailyne Andrieux / Pauline Parmentier
Séverine Beltrame / Camille Pin
Kildine Chevalier / Stéphanie Foretz
Youlia Fedossova / Violette Huck
Florence Haring / Virginie Pichet
Mathilde Johansson / Aurélie Védy
Martina Navratilova / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Mixed doubles wildcard entries
Séverine Beltrame / Michaël Llodra
Alizé Cornet / Gaël Monfils
Stéphanie Foretz / Nicolas Devilder
Émilie Loit / Jean-François Bachelot
Camille Pin / Arnaud Clément
Sandrine Testud / Marc Gicquel
Qualifier entries
Men's qualifiers entries
Saša Tuksar
Stan Wawrinka
Tomas Behrend
Jarkko Nieminen
Lukáš Dlouhý
Daniel Gimeno Traver
Fernando Vicente
Antony Dupuis
Robin Vik
Marcos Daniel
Dudi Sela
Tomas Tenconi
James Blake
Chris Guccione
Novak Djokovic
Kristof Vliegen
The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:
Daniele Bracciali
Dick Norman
Flávio Saretta
Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Hugo Armando
Women's qualifiers entries
Meilen Tu
Sofia Arvidsson
Clarisa Fernández
Sandra Klösel
Petra Mandula
Michaëlla Krajicek
Eva Birnerová
Yvonne Meusburger
Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Libuše Průšová
Anastasiya Yakimova
Mara Santangelo
The following player received entry into a lucky loser spot:
Lucie Šafářová
Withdrawals
Men's singles
Agustín Calleri → replaced by David Sánchez
Taylor Dent → replaced by Daniele Bracciali
Lleyton Hewitt → replaced by Dick Norman
Joachim Johansson → replaced by Flávio Saretta
Edgardo Massa → replaced by Scott Draper
Sjeng Schalken → replaced by Hugo Armando
Potito Starace → replaced by Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Martin Verkerk → replaced by Thomas Enqvist
Mariano Zabaleta → replaced by Julien Benneteau
Women's singles
Li Na → replaced by Evie Dominikovic
Alicia Molik → replaced by Silvija Talaja
Serena Williams → replaced by Lucie Šafářová
Official videogame
An official videogame for the tournament, Roland Garros 2005: Powered by Smash Court Tennis, was launched exclusively for the PlayStation 2 platform. The game, which is an updated version of Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2, featured 15 licensed players and 4 official courts of the tournament: Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Court 1 and Court 2.
Notes
External links
French Open official website
Men's draw
Women's draw
2005 in French tennis
2005 in Paris
May 2005 sports events in France
June 2005 sports events in France