2005 U.S. Open

 

2005 U.S. Open
Date:		August 29 - September 11[1]
Edition:		124th
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Kim Clijsters
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women's doubles
Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
Mixed doubles
Daniela Hantuchová / Mahesh Bhupathi

List of the 2005 US Open Champions, the top seeds and important highlights of the tournament:

Seniors

Men's singles

See also: Drawsheet

Roger Federer (SUI) def. Andre Agassi (USA) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1

Women's singles

See also: Drawsheet

Kim Clijsters (BEL) def. Mary Pierce (FRA), 6-3 6-1

Men's doubles

See also: Drawsheet

Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (USA) def. Jonas Björkman (SWE) / Max Mirnyi (BLR), 6-1, 6-4

Women's doubles

See also: Drawsheet

Lisa Raymond (USA) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) def. Elena Dementieva (RUS) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA), 6-2, 5-7, 6-3

Mixed doubles

See also: Drawsheet

Daniela Hantuchová (SVK) / Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) def. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) / Nenad Zimonjić (SCG), 6-4, 6-2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Ryan Sweeting (BAH) def. Jeremy Chardy (FRA), 6-4, 6-4

Girls' singles

Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Alexa Glatch (USA), 6-3, 6-4

Boys' doubles

Alex Clayton / Donald Young (USA) def. Carsten Ball (AUS) / Thiemo de Bakker (NED), 7-6(3), 4-6, 7-5

Girls' doubles

Nikola Franková (CZE) / Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) def. Alex Glatch / Vania King (USA), 7-5, 7-6(3)

Seeds

Top 10 seeds (singles)

Men's Singles
1.	Roger Federer	defeated	Andre Agassi (7th Seed)	Final
2.	Rafael Nadal	lost to	James Blake	3rd round
3.	Lleyton Hewitt	lost to	Roger Federer (1st Seed)	Semifinal
4.	Andy Roddick	lost to	Gilles Müller	1st round
6.	Nikolay Davydenko	lost to	Paradorn Srichaphan	2nd round
7.	Andre Agassi	lost to	Roger Federer (1st Seed)	Final
8.	Guillermo Coria	lost to	Robby Ginepri	Quarterfinal
9.	Gastón Gaudio	lost to	Brian Baker	1st round
10.	Mariano Puerta	lost to	Stanislas Wawrinka	2nd round
11.	David Nalbandian	lost to	Roger Federer (1st Seed)	Quarterfinal
* Fifth seed Marat Safin (Russia) withdrew before the start of the tournament.
Women's Singles
1.	Maria Sharapova	lost	Kim Clijsters (4th Seed)	Semifinal
2.	Lindsay Davenport	lost to	Elena Dementieva (6th seed)	Quarterfinal
3.	Amélie Mauresmo	lost to	Mary Pierce (12th Seed)	Quarterfinal
4.	Kim Clijsters	defeated	Mary Pierce (12th Seed)	Final
5.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	lost to	Ekaterina Bychkova	1st round
6.	Elena Dementieva	lost to	Mary Pierce (12th Seed)	Semifinal
7.	Justine Henin-Hardenne	lost to	Mary Pierce (12th Seed)	4th round
8.	Serena Williams	lost to	Venus Williams (10th Seed)	4th round
9.	Nadia Petrova	lost to	Maria Sharapova (1st Seed)	Quarterfinal
10.	Venus Williams	lost to	Kim Clijsters (4th Seed)	Quarterfinal

More info on the Top 32 seeds here.

Top 5 seeds (men's doubles)

Men's Doubles
1.	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	lost to	Mike Bryan Bob Bryan	Final
2.	Mike Bryan Bob Bryan	defeated	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	Final
3.	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	lost to	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	1st round
4.	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	lost to	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	Semifinals
5.	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	lost to	Amer Delic Jeff Morrison	1st round

Top 5 seeds (women's doubles)

Women's Doubles
1.	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	lost to	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Quarterfinals
2.	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	lost to	Anna-Lena Groenefeld Martina Navratilova	Quarterfinals
3.	Conchita Martinez Virginia Ruano Pascual	lost to	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Semifinals
4.	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	lost to	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	3rd Round
5.	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	lost to	Zi Yan Jie Zheng	3rd Round

Top 5 seeds (mixed doubles)

Mixed Doubles
1.	Cara Black Wayne Black	lost to	Dinara Safina Andy Ram	2nd round
2.	Rennae Stubbs Bob Bryan	lost to	Corina Morariu Mike Bryan	Quarterfinals
3.	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor	lost to	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	2nd round
4.	Lisa Raymond Jonas Björkman	lost to	Daniela Hantuchová Mahesh Bhupathi	2nd round
5.	Ai Sugiyama Kevin Ullyett	lost to	Daniela Hantuchová Mahesh Bhupathi	Quarterfinals

Highlights

• Day 1
  • Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia became the first defending women's champion to lose in the first round during the Open Era. She lost to Ekaterina Bychkova 6-3, 6-4. It marked the fourth time a women's defending champ was ousted in her first match.
  • Ninth-seeded Gastón Gaudio (2004 French Open champion) also lost in the first round. He was beaten by wildcard Brian Baker in straight sets: 7-6(9), 6-2, 6-4.
• Day 2
  • 2003 Champion Andy Roddick lost to Gilles Müller 7-6, 7-6, 7-6.
• Day 3
• Day 4
  • Indian teen sensation Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to reach 4th Round of any Grand Slam.
• Day 5
• Day 6
  • American James Blake takes out No. 2 seed - and one of the candidates to win the title - Rafael Nadal of Spain. James Blake declared the player of the day for the 2nd time in the tourney.
• Day 7
  • Tenth seed Venus Williams beats her little sister and 2005 Australian Open champion Serena Williams to reach the quarter-final (7-6[5], 6-2).
• Day 8
  • Andre Agassi is stretched to five sets against Belgian Xavier Malisse.
• Day 9
  • Roger Federer loses his first set of the tournament against Nicolas Kiefer of Germany. He progresses in four sets.
  • Kim Clijsters of Belgium continues to dominate the hardcourt summer. Her victim in the quarter-final was Venus Williams. Clijsters wins 4-6, 7-5 and 6-1.
• Day 10
  • Both Andre Agassi and Robby Ginepri needed five difficult sets to beat James Blake and Guillermo Coria in their quarter-final matches.
  • Second seed Lindsay Davenport loses in three sets to Russian Elena Dementieva and for the first time since 1994 there's no American representative in the women's semifinals.
• Day 11
  • Daniela Hantuchová and Mahesh Bhupathi are champions in Mixed Doubles against Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić.
• Day 12
  • Twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan, after being runner-ups at the other three Grand Slams, are champions for the first time in the U.S. Open in the Men's Doubles championship, winning the 1st Seed Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi.
• Day 13
  • Kim Clijsters wins her first Grand Slam title after defeating Mary Pierce in 6-3, 6-1.
• Day 14
  • Roger Federer wins the title defeating Andre Agassi in 4 sets.

Player of the day

• Day 1 - Brian Baker for upset defeat of Gastón Gaudio
• Day 2 - James Blake for a comeback after injury-marred 2004
• Day 3 - Sania Mirza for winning the match despite bleeding toes
• Day 4 - Andre Agassi for second most wins in the US Open history
• Day 5 - Nicole Vaidišová for a personal best performance in a Grand Slam Tourney
• Day 6 - James Blake for defeating No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal
• Day 7 - Venus Williams for defeating sister Serena Williams
• Day 8 - Guillermo Coria on winning the longest match (4 & 1/2 hours) of 2005 US open
• Day 9 - Jarkko Nieminen for becoming the first Finnish man to reach the quarter finals of a grand slam
• Day 10 - Mary Pierce for a great comeback and making it to the US Open Semifinal for the 1st time
• Day 11 - Daniela Hantuchová and Mahesh Bhupathi for winning the mixed doubles title
• Day 12 - Mike and Bob Bryan for winning their first men's doubles title
• Day 13 - Kim Clijsters for capturing her first Grand Slam singles title
• Day 14 - Roger Federer for capturing the men's singles title

External Links

• Tennis Quickfound 2005 U.S. Open Page

Preceded by 2005 Wimbledon

Grand Slams

Succeeded by 2006 Australian Open

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