2005 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
2005 Australian Open
Champion	Serena Williams
Runner-up	Lindsay Davenport
Final score	2–6, 6–3, 6–0

Justine Henin was the defending champion, but she could not compete this year due to a knee injury.

Serena Williams won her second Australian Open title despite being three match points down in the third set of semifinals against Maria Sharapova, defeating World No. 1 and compatriot Lindsay Davenport in the final.

This event is notable for the first Grand Slam appearances from future World No. 1 and Grand Slam Champion Ana Ivanovic and double Grand Slam champion Li Na.

Seeds

Lindsay Davenport (Final)
Amélie Mauresmo (Quarterfinals)
Anastasia Myskina (Fourth Round)
Maria Sharapova (Semifinals)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Quarterfinals)
Elena Dementieva (Fourth Round)
Serena Williams (Champion)
Venus Williams (Fourth Round)
Vera Zvonareva (Second Round)
Alicia Molik (Quarterfinals)
Nadia Petrova (Fourth Round)
Patty Schnyder (Quarterfinals)
Karolina Šprem (Fourth Round)
Francesca Schiavone (Third Round)
Silvia Farina Elia (Fourth Round)
Ai Sugiyama (First round)
Fabiola Zuluaga (Second Round)
Elena Likhovtseva (Third Round)
Nathalie Dechy (Semifinals)
Tatiana Golovin (Second Round)
Amy Frazier (Third Round)
Magdalena Maleeva (Third Round)
Jelena Janković (Second Round)
Mary Pierce (First Round)
Lisa Raymond (Third Round, withdrew)
Daniela Hantuchová (Third Round)
Anna Smashnova (Third Round)
Shinobu Asagoe (Second Round)
Gisela Dulko (Second Round)
Flavia Pennetta (First Round)
Jelena Kostanić (Second Round)
Iveta Benešová (First Round)

Qualifying

Main article: 2005 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Lindsay Davenport	6	4	9
10	Alicia Molik	4	6	7
					1	Lindsay Davenport	2	7⁷	6

					19	Nathalie Dechy	6	6⁵	4
19	Nathalie Dechy	5	6	7

12	Patty Schnyder	7	1	5
										1	Lindsay Davenport	6	3	0
										7	Serena Williams	2	6	6
5	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	2	2
4	Maria Sharapova	4	6	6
					4	Maria Sharapova	6	5	6

					7	Serena Williams	2	7	8
7	Serena Williams	6	6

2	Amélie Mauresmo	2	2

Top Half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

1	L Davenport	6	6
	C Martínez	1	0		1	L Davenport	2	6	6
	M Paštiková	6	6			M Paštiková	6	2	2
	A Kremer	4	4							1	L Davenport	6	6
	M Vento-Kabchi	7⁷	4	2							N Vaidišová	2	4
	N Vaidišová	6⁴	6	6		N Vaidišová	6	7
WC	C Dellacqua	6	2	2	31	J Kostanić	0	5
31	J Kostanić	3	6	6										1	L Davenport	6	6
18	E Likhovtseva	6	6											13	K Šprem	2	2
	S Mamić	3	3		18	E Likhovtseva	6	2	6
WC	E Dominikovic	6⁵	6	6	WC	E Dominikovic	3	6	3
	M Santangelo	7⁷	4	3						18	E Likhovtseva	4	3
	M Weingärtner	5	6⁵							13	K Šprem	6	6
	T Garbin	7	7⁷			T Garbin	6⁵	6²
WC	M Adamczak	2	3		13	K Šprem	7⁷	7⁷
13	K Šprem	6	6

Section 2

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

10	A Molik	6	6
	A Medina Garrigues	1	3		10	A Molik	6	6
Q	A Haynes	3	4		Q	A Nakamura	2	4
Q	A Nakamura	6	6							10	A Molik	6	6
	A Serra Zanetti	6	2	1							T Panova	3	2
	T Panova	4	6	6		T Panova	3	6	6
	N Pratt	1	3		23	J Janković	6	4	2
23	J Janković	6	6											10	A Molik	7	7⁷
27	A Smashnova	4	6	6										8	V Williams	5	6³
	M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	0	0	27	A Smashnova	6	6
	B Strýcová	0	2			T Tanasugarn	2	2
	T Tanasugarn	6	6							27	A Smashnova	3	0
	S Peng	6	6							8	V Williams	6	6
	ME Camerin	1	2			S Peng	3	1
	E Daniilidou	1	5		8	V Williams	6	6
8	V Williams	6	7

Section 3

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

3	A Myskina	6	6
	K Peschke	1	4		3	A Myskina	6	6
	É Loit	6¹¹	4			T Obziler	4	2
	T Obziler	7¹³	6							3	A Myskina	w/o
Q	M Tu	3	3							25	L Raymond
	K Koukalová	6	6			K Koukalová	0	1
Q	A Yakimova	0	1		25	L Raymond	6	6
25	L Raymond	6	6											3	A Myskina	4	2
19	N Dechy	6	6											19	N Dechy	6	6
	E Gagliardi	4	3		19	N Dechy	6²	7⁷	6
	C Castaño	2	3			M Washington	7⁷	6²	2
	M Washington	6	6							19	N Dechy	6	6
WC	C Rousseau	6	4	5						14	F Schiavone	3	3
	T Perebiynis	1	6	7		T Perebiynis	6	3	0
	M Marrero	3	2		14	F Schiavone	2	6	6
14	F Schiavone	6	6

Section 4

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

12	P Schnyder	6	6
	Y Fedak	1	1		12	P Schnyder	3	6	6
	S Foretz	2	1		Q	M Krajicek	6	3	4
Q	M Krajicek	6	6							12	P Schnyder	7⁷	6
	M Shaughnessy	6	2	2							A Spears	6⁴	3
	A Spears	1	6	6		A Spears	7	6
	Ľ Cervanová	3	5		20	T Golovin	5	1
20	T Golovin	6	7												12	P Schnyder	6⁶	7⁷	6
26	D Hantuchová	6	7												6	E Dementieva	7⁸	6⁴	2
	A Morigami	4	5		26	D Hantuchová	6	6
	B Schett	6	1	6		B Schett	4	0
WC	T Welford	3	6	2						26	D Hantuchová	5	7	4
	A Chakvetadze	6	6							6	E Dementieva	7	5	6
	A Parra Santonja	3	2			A Chakvetadze	2	1
	A Bondarenko	3	3		6	E Dementieva	6	6
6	E Dementieva	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 5

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Fourth Round

5	S Kuznetsova	6	6
Q	J Kirkland	1	1		5	S Kuznetsova	6	6
	C Schaul	1	3			M Bartoli	2	0
	M Bartoli	6	6						5	S Kuznetsova	6	7⁷
	M Díaz-Oliva	6	6							M Díaz-Oliva	3	6⁵
	S Obata	3	4			M Díaz-Oliva	7⁷	7
	K Brandi	3	6	3	29	G Dulko	6²	5
29	G Dulko	6	3	6									5	S Kuznetsova	6	6
17	F Zuluaga	6	7											V Dushevina	4	2
	S Sfar	3	5		17	F Zuluaga	2	6²
	A-L Grönefeld	6	6			A-L Grönefeld	6	7⁷
	S Beltrame	1	3							A-L Grönefeld	5	4
	J Craybas	6	6²	4						V Dushevina	7	6
	V Dushevina	3	7⁷	6		V Dushevina	6	6
Q	N Liu	4	2		9	V Zvonareva	3	3
9	V Zvonareva	6	6

Section 6

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

15	S Farina Elia	6	6
	J Schruff	3	4		15	S Farina Elia	6	7⁷
	M Domachowska	6	3	6		M Domachowska	3	6⁵
Q	T Li	1	6	0						15	S Farina Elia	6	6
Q	E Baltacha	5	6	6						Q	E Baltacha	1	0
	K Srebotnik	7	4	4	Q	E Baltacha	2	6	6
	S Cohen-Aloro	6	6			S Cohen-Aloro	6	3	1
24	M Pierce	2	2											15	S Farina Elia	6	1	2
28	S Asagoe	6	6											4	M Sharapova	4	6	6
	A Barna	4	2		28	S Asagoe	3	4
	N Li	6	4	6		N Li	6	6
	L Granville	2	6	2							N Li	0	2
Q	Z Gubacsi	3	5							4	M Sharapova	6	6
	L Lee-Waters	6	7			L Lee-Waters	6	0	3
Q	S Karatantcheva	3	1		4	M Sharapova	4	6	6
4	M Sharapova	6	6

Section 7

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

7	S Williams	6	6
	C Pin	1	1		7	S Williams	6	6
	D Randriantefy	6	6			D Randriantefy	3	0
Q	Z Ondrášková	1	1							7	S Williams	6	6
WC	S Mirza	3	6	6						WC	S Mirza	1	4
WC	C Watson	6	3	0	WC	S Mirza	6	6
	P Mandula	3	6	6		P Mandula	2	1
30	F Pennetta	6	1	3										7	S Williams	6	3	6
22	M Maleeva	6	6											11	N Petrova	1	6	3
	M Serna	1	1		22	M Maleeva	6	7
	V Ruano Pascual	6	1	4		A Jidkova	4	5
	A Jidkova	4	6	6						22	M Maleeva	4	4
	N Llagostera Vives	6	6⁶	4						11	N Petrova	6	6
WC	S Ferguson	2	7⁸	6	WC	S Ferguson	6	0	1
	V Razzano	1	2		11	N Petrova	4	6	6
11	N Petrova	6	6

Section 8

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

16	A Sugiyama	5	4
	M Suchá	7	6			M Suchá	0	2
	Ľ Kurhajcová	4	1			E Linetskaya	6	6
	E Linetskaya	6	6								E Linetskaya	6	6
	D Chládková	7⁷	6							21	A Frazier	3	4
	S Talaja	6³	2			D Chládková	1	6	2
	M Irvin	7	6		21	A Frazier	6	3	6
21	A Frazier	5	1												E Linetskaya	2	4
32	I Benešová	6	6⁴	4										2	A Mauresmo	6	6
	A Ivanovic	3	7⁷	6		A Ivanovic	6	6
	M Kirilenko	5	6	6		M Kirilenko	1	1
	A Kapros	7	2	4							A Ivanovic	2	5
	J Zheng	5	6	4						2	A Mauresmo	6	7
	D Safina	7	3	6		D Safina	6	1	0
	S Stosur	2	3		2	A Mauresmo	2	6	6
2	A Mauresmo	6	6

External links

WTA Draw

Australian Open singles drawsheets

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