2005 Australian Open


The 2005 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 until 30 January 2005.
Roger Federer was unsuccessful in defending his 2004 title, being defeated in the semi-finals by eventual champion Marat Safin in a rematch of the 2004 final. Safin defeated third-seed Lleyton Hewitt in the final in four sets. Justine Henin-Hardenne could not defend her 2004 title due to an injury suffered in the second half of 2004. Serena Williams, the champion in 2003, defeated Lindsay Davenport in the women's final.

Seniors

Men's Singles

Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Serena Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–4

Women's Doubles

Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik defeated Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu, 6–3, 6–4

Mixed Doubles

Samantha Stosur / Scott Draper defeated Liezel Huber / Kevin Ullyett, 6–2, 2–6,

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Donald Young defeated Kim Sun-yong, 6–2, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Victoria Azarenka defeated Ágnes Szávay, 6–2, 6–2

Boys' Doubles

Kim Sun-yong / Yi Chu-huan defeated Thiemo de Bakker / Donald Young, 6–3, 6–4

Girls' Doubles

Victoria Azarenka / Marina Erakovic defeated Nikola Fraňková / Ágnes Szávay, 6–0, 6–2

Legends

Men's Doubles

Men's Singles

David Hall defeated Robin Ammerlaan, 7–5, 3–6, 6-1

Women's Singles

Mie Yaosa defeated Maaike Smit, 7-6, 6-1

Men's Doubles

Robin Ammerlaan / Martin Legner defeated David Hall / Anthony Bonaccurso, 6–4, 6–3

Women's Doubles

Maaike Smit / Florence Gravellier defeated Yuka Chokyu / Mie Yaosa, 6-3, 6-3

Seeds

Withdrawals: Justine Henin-Hardenne, Kim Clijsters, Jennifer Capriati

Men's Singles

  1. Roger Federer
  2. Andy Roddick
  3. Lleyton Hewitt
  4. Marat Safin
  5. Carlos Moyá
  6. Guillermo Coria
  7. Tim Henman
  8. Andre Agassi
  9. David Nalbandian
  10. Gastón Gaudio
  11. Joachim Johansson
  12. Guillermo Cañas
  13. Tommy Robredo
  14. Sébastien Grosjean
  15. Mikhail Youzhny
  16. Tommy Haas
  17. Andrei Pavel
  18. Nicolás Massú
  19. Vincent Spadea
  20. Dominik Hrbatý
  21. Nicolas Kiefer
  22. Ivan Ljubičić
  23. Fernando González
  24. Feliciano López
  25. Juan Ignacio Chela
  26. Nikolay Davydenko
  27. Paradorn Srichaphan
  28. Mario Ančić
  29. Taylor Dent
  30. Thomas Johansson Fourth Round, lost to Dominik Hrbatý)
  31. Juan Carlos Ferrero
  32. Jürgen Melzer ''

    Women's Singles

  33. Lindsay Davenport
  34. Amélie Mauresmo
  35. Anastasia Myskina
  36. Maria Sharapova
  37. Svetlana Kuznetsova
  38. Elena Dementieva
  39. Serena Williams
  40. Venus Williams
  41. Vera Zvonareva
  42. Alicia Molik
  43. Nadia Petrova
  44. Patty Schnyder
  45. Karolina Šprem
  46. Francesca Schiavone
  47. Silvia Farina Elia
  48. Ai Sugiyama
  49. Fabiola Zuluaga
  50. Elena Likhovtseva
  51. Nathalie Dechy
  52. Tatiana Golovin
  53. Amy Frazier
  54. Magdalena Maleeva
  55. Jelena Janković
  56. Mary Pierce
  57. Lisa Raymond
  58. Daniela Hantuchová
  59. Anna Smashnova
  60. Shinobu Asagoe
  61. Gisela Dulko
  62. Flavia Pennetta
  63. Jelena Kostanić Tošić
  64. Iveta Benešová ''

    Qualifier entries

Men's Qualifiers entries

  1. Tomáš Zíb
  2. Federico Luzzi
  3. Guillermo García López
  4. Olivier Marach
  5. Olivier Patience
  6. Florent Serra
  7. Janko Tipsarević
  8. Jean-René Lisnard
  9. Marcos Baghdatis
  10. Dieter Kindlmann
  11. Melle van Gemerden
  12. Daniele Bracciali
  13. Bobby Reynolds
  14. Roko Karanušić
  15. Novak Djokovic
  16. Takao Suzuki
;Lucky Losers
  1. Christophe Rochus
  2. Björn Phau

    Women's Qualifiers entries

  3. Sesil Karatantcheva
  4. Jessica Kirkland
  5. Michaëlla Krajicek
  6. Liu Nannan
  7. Elena Baltacha
  8. Angela Haynes
  9. Zuzana Ondrášková
  10. Zsófia Gubacsi
  11. Anastasia Yakimova
  12. Li Ting
  13. Meilen Tu
  14. Aiko Nakamura

    Withdrawals

;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles