2005 French Open

2005 French Open
Date	23 May – 5 June 2005
Edition	104
Category	75th Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Men's doubles
Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi
Women's doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
Mixed doubles
Fabrice Santoro / Daniela Hantuchová
Boys' singles
Marin Čilić
Girls' singles
Ágnes Szávay
Boys' doubles
Emiliano Massa / Leonardo Mayer
Girls' doubles
Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay
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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,^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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,^[4] 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.^[5]

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

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.

Justine Henin-Hardenne^[6] 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.

Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi defeated Mike Bryan / Bob Bryan, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4

Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez defeated Cara Black / Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Daniela Hantuchová / Fabrice Santoro defeated Martina Navratilova / Leander Paes, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Marin Čilić defeated Antal van der Duim, 6–3, 6–1

Ágnes Szávay defeated Raluca-Ioana Olaru, 6–2, 6–1

Emiliano Massa / Leonardo Mayer defeated Sergei Bubka / Jérémy Chardy, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay defeated Raluca-Ioana Olaru / Amina Rakhim, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0

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.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Roger Federer	6,605	75	450	6,980	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [4]
2	3	Andy Roddick	3,590	35	35	3,590	Second round lost to José Acasuso
3	4	Marat Safin	3,065	150	150	3,065	Fourth round lost to Tommy Robredo [15]
4	5	Rafael Nadal	2,600	0	1,000	3,600	Champion, defeated Mariano Puerta
5	6	Gastón Gaudio	2,440	1,000	150	1,590	Fourth round lost to David Ferrer [20]
6	7	Andre Agassi	2,275	5	5	2,275	First round lost to Jarkko Nieminen [Q]
7	8	Tim Henman	2,195	450	35	1,780	Second round lost to Luis Horna
8	9	Guillermo Coria	2,040	700	150	1,490	Fourth round lost to Nikolay Davydenko [12]
9	10	Guillermo Cañas	1,745	5	250	1,990	Quarterfinals lost to Mariano Puerta
10	11	David Nalbandian	1,685	450	150	1,385	Fourth round lost to Victor Hănescu
11	13	Joachim Johansson	1,625	5	0	1,620	Withdrew due to an elbow injury
12	12	Nikolay Davydenko	1,640	5	450	2,085	Semifinals lost to Mariano Puerta
13	14	Ivan Ljubičić	1,465	35	5	1,435	First round lost to Mariano Puerta
14	15	Carlos Moyá	1,430	250	150	1,330	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [1]
15	16	Tommy Robredo	1,415	150	250	1,515	Quarterfinals lost to Nikolay Davydenko [12]
16	17	Radek Štěpánek	1,415	5	75	1,495	Third round lost to Sébastien Grosjean [23]
17	20	Dominik Hrbatý	1,291	35	5	1,261	First round lost to Janko Tipsarević
18	18	Mario Ančić	1,315	75	75	1,315	Third round lost to David Nalbandian [10]
19	19	Thomas Johansson	1,313	(25)†	35	1,323	Second round lost to David Sánchez
20	21	David Ferrer	1,225	35	250	1,440	Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal [4]
21	22	Tommy Haas	1,215	5	75	1,295	Third round lost to Nikolay Davydenko [12]
22	23	Nicolás Massú	1,205	75	5	1,135	First round lost to Stan Wawrinka [Q]
23	24	Sébastien Grosjean	1,200	35	150	1,315	Fourth lost to Rafael Nadal [4]
24	25	Feliciano López	1,200	150	5	1,055	First round lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu
25	26	Fernando González	1,200	5	75	1,270	Third round lost to Roger Federer [1]
26	27	Jiří Novák	1,185	35	35	1,185	Second round lost to Félix Mantilla
27	34	Filippo Volandri	990	5	75	1,065	Third round retired against José Acasuso
28	28	Nicolas Kiefer	1,130	35	150	1,245	Fourth round withdrew due to a neck injury
29	30	Mikhail Youzhny	1,095	75	35	1,055	Second round lost to Jürgen Melzer
30	31	Richard Gasquet	1,050	5	75	1,120	Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [4]
31	32	Juan Ignacio Chela	1,015	250	35	800	Second round lost to Victor Hănescu
32	33	Juan Carlos Ferrero	995	35	75	1,035	Third round lost to Marat Safin [3]
33	35	Robin Söderling	955	5	35	985	Second round lost to Lee Hyung-taik

† 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.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
2	Lleyton Hewitt	3,935	250	3,685	Rib injury[1]
29	Taylor Dent	1,100	5	1,095	Ankle injury[7]

1.	Lindsay Davenport ( United States)	lost to	[21] Mary Pierce ( France)	Quarterfinal
2.	Maria Sharapova ( Russia)	lost to	[10] Justine Henin-Hardenne ( Belgium)	Quarterfinal
3.	Amélie Mauresmo ( France)	lost to	[29] Ana Ivanovic ( Serbia and Montenegro)	3rd round
4.	Elena Dementieva ( Russia)	lost to	[16] Elena Likhovtseva ( Russia)	4th round
5.	Anastasia Myskina ( Russia)	lost to	María Sánchez Lorenzo ( Spain)	1st round

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

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.^[8]

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