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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]

Points distribution[edit]

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

Senior points[edit]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men’s singles 1000 700 450 250 150 75 35 5 12 8 4 0
Men’s doubles 0 — — 0 0
Women’s singles 650 456 292 162 90 56 32 2 30 21 12.5 4
Women’s doubles 0 — — 0 0

Seniors[edit]

Men’s singles[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Men’s doubles[edit]

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

Women’s doubles[edit]

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

Mixed doubles[edit]

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

Juniors[edit]

Boys’ singles[edit]

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

Girls’ singles[edit]

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

Boys’ doubles[edit]

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

Girls’ doubles[edit]

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

Singles seeds[edit]

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[edit]

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]

Women’s singles[edit]

Wildcard entries[edit]

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

Qualifier entries[edit]

Withdrawals[edit]

Official videogame[edit]

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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