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2005 French Open

The 2005 French Open was the 104th edition of the tournament.

On the men's side, Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth at his first French Open, 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.

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. 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, 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.

Points distribution

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

Senior points

Men's singles	Men's doubles	Women's singles	Women's doubles
1000	700	450	250
0			0
650	456	292	162
0			0

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2005 French Open – Men's singles

Spain Rafael Nadal defeated Argentina 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

Main article: 2005 French Open – Women's singles

Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated France 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

Main article: 2005 French Open – Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

Main article: 2005 French Open – Women's doubles

ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG** Paola Suárez** defeated ZIM Cara Black / RSA Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2005 French Open – Mixed doubles

SVK Daniela Hantuchová / FRA Fabrice Santoro defeated USA Martina Navratilova / IND Leander Paes, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2005 French Open – Boys' singles

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

Girls' singles

Main article: 2005 French Open – Girls' singles

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

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2005 French Open – Boys' doubles

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

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2005 French Open – Girls' doubles

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

Singles seeds

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.

[[2005 French Open – Men's singles|Men's singles]]

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	[Points defending](2004-french-open-men-s-singles)	[Points won](2005-french-open-points-distribution)	Points after	Status
1	1	SUI Roger Federer	6,605	75	450	6,980	Semifinals lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [4]
2	3	USA Andy Roddick	3,590	35	35	3,590	Second round lost to ARG José Acasuso
3	4	RUS Marat Safin	3,065	150	150	3,065	Fourth round lost to ESP Tommy Robredo [15]
4	5	ESP Rafael Nadal	2,600	0	1,000	3,600	Champion, defeated ARG Mariano Puerta
5	6	ARG Gastón Gaudio	2,440	1,000	150	1,590	Fourth round lost to ESP David Ferrer [20]
6	7	USA Andre Agassi	2,275	5	5	2,275	First round lost to FIN Jarkko Nieminen [Q]
7	8	GBR Tim Henman	2,195	450	35	1,780	Second round lost to PER Luis Horna
8	9	ARG Guillermo Coria	2,040	700	150	1,490	Fourth round lost to RUS Nikolay Davydenko [12]
9	10	ARG Guillermo Cañas	1,745	5	250	1,990	Quarterfinals lost to ARG Mariano Puerta
10	11	ARG David Nalbandian	1,685	450	150	1,385	Fourth round lost to ROU Victor Hănescu
11	13	SWE Joachim Johansson	1,625	5	0	1,620	Withdrew due to an elbow injury
12	12	RUS Nikolay Davydenko	1,640	5	450	2,085	Semifinals lost to ARG Mariano Puerta
13	14	CRO Ivan Ljubičić	1,465	35	5	1,435	First round lost to ARG Mariano Puerta
14	15	ESP Carlos Moyá	1,430	250	150	1,330	Fourth round lost to SUI Roger Federer [1]
15	16	ESP Tommy Robredo	1,415	150	250	1,515	Quarterfinals lost to RUS Nikolay Davydenko [12]
16	17	CZE Radek Štěpánek	1,415	5	75	1,495	Third round lost to FRA Sébastien Grosjean [23]
17	20	SVK Dominik Hrbatý	1,291	35	5	1,261	First round lost to SCG Janko Tipsarević
18	18	CRO Mario Ančić	1,315	75	75	1,315	Third round lost to ARG David Nalbandian [10]
19	19	SWE Thomas Johansson	1,313	(25)†	35	1,323	Second round lost to ESP David Sánchez
20	21	ESP David Ferrer	1,225	35	250	1,440	Quarterfinals lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [4]
21	22	GER Tommy Haas	1,215	5	75	1,295	Third round lost to RUS Nikolay Davydenko [12]
22	23	CHI Nicolás Massú	1,205	75	5	1,135	First round lost to SUI Stan Wawrinka [Q]
23	24	FRA Sébastien Grosjean	1,200	35	150	1,315	Fourth lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [4]
24	25	ESP Feliciano López	1,200	150	5	1,055	First round lost to FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu
25	26	CHI Fernando González	1,200	5	75	1,270	Third round lost to SUI Roger Federer [1]
26	27	ESP Jiří Novák	1,185	35	35	1,185	Second round lost to ESP Félix Mantilla
27	34	ITA Filippo Volandri	990	5	75	1,065	Third round retired against ARG José Acasuso
28	28	GER Nicolas Kiefer	1,130	35	150	1,245	Fourth round withdrew due to a neck injury
29	30	RUS Mikhail Youzhny	1,095	75	35	1,055	Second round lost to AUT Jürgen Melzer
30	31	FRA Richard Gasquet	1,050	5	75	1,120	Third round lost to ESP Rafael Nadal [4]
31	32	ARG Juan Ignacio Chela	1,015	250	35	800	Second round lost to ROU Victor Hănescu
32	33	ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero	995	35	75	1,035	Third round lost to RUS Marat Safin [3]
33	35	SWE Robin Söderling	955	5	35	985	Second round lost to KOR 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	AUS Lleyton Hewitt	3,935	250	3,685	Rib injury
29	USA Taylor Dent	1,100	5	1,095	url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hewitt-dent-withdraw-from-french-open-1.540832	title=Hewitt, Dent withdraw from French Open	publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	date=19 May 2005	access-date=30 January 2020}}

[[2005 French Open – Women's singles|Women's singles]]

5.	Anastasia Myskina (Russia)	lost to	María Sánchez Lorenzo (Spain)	1st round

Wildcard entries

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

Men's singles wildcard entries

FRA Thierry Ascione
FRA Arnaud Clément
AUS Peter Luczak
FRA Gaël Monfils
FRA Olivier Patience
FRA Florent Serra
FRA Gilles Simon
FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Women's singles wildcard entries

FRA Mailyne Andrieux
FRA Alizé Cornet
FRA Youlia Fedossova
AUS Sophie Ferguson
FRA Mathilde Johansson
FRA Pauline Parmentier
FRA Camille Pin
FRA Aravane Rezaï

Men's doubles wildcard entries

FRA Thierry Ascione / FRA Jean-René Lisnard
FRA Grégory Carraz / FRA Antony Dupuis
FRA Jérémy Chardy / FRA Nicolas Renavand
FRA Nicolas Devilder / FRA Marc Gicquel
FRA Jérôme Haehnel / FRA Florent Serra
FRA Olivier Mutis / FRA Olivier Patience
FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin / FRA Gilles Simon

Women's doubles wildcard entries

FRA Mailyne Andrieux / FRA Pauline Parmentier
FRA Séverine Beltrame / FRA Camille Pin
FRA Kildine Chevalier / FRA Stéphanie Foretz
FRA Youlia Fedossova / FRA Violette Huck
FRA Florence Haring / FRA Virginie Pichet
FRA Mathilde Johansson / FRA Aurélie Védy
USA Martina Navratilova / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

FRA Séverine Beltrame / FRA Michaël Llodra
FRA Alizé Cornet / FRA Gaël Monfils
FRA Stéphanie Foretz / FRA Nicolas Devilder
FRA Émilie Loit / FRA Jean-François Bachelot
FRA Camille Pin / FRA Arnaud Clément
FRA Sandrine Testud / FRA Marc Gicquel

Qualifier entries

Men's qualifiers entries

Main article: 2005 French Open – Men's singles qualifying

CRO Saša Tuksar
SUI Stan Wawrinka
GER Tomas Behrend
FIN Jarkko Nieminen
CZE Lukáš Dlouhý
ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver
ESP Fernando Vicente
FRA Antony Dupuis
CZE Robin Vik
BRA Marcos Daniel
ISR Dudi Sela
ITA Tomas Tenconi
USA James Blake
AUS Chris Guccione
SCG Novak Djokovic
BEL Kristof Vliegen

The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:

ITA Daniele Bracciali
BEL Dick Norman
BRA Flávio Saretta
ARG Juan Pablo Brzezicki
USA Hugo Armando

Women's qualifiers entries

Main article: 2005 French Open – Women's singles qualifying

USA Meilen Tu
SWE Sofia Arvidsson
ARG Clarisa Fernández
GER Sandra Klösel
HUN Petra Mandula
NED Michaëlla Krajicek
CZE Eva Birnerová
AUT Yvonne Meusburger
BIH Mervana Jugić-Salkić
CZE Libuše Průšová
BLR Anastasiya Yakimova
ITA Mara Santangelo

The following player received entry into a lucky loser spot:

CZE Lucie Šafářová

Withdrawals

;Men's singles

ARG Agustín Calleri → replaced by ESP David Sánchez
USA Taylor Dent → replaced by ITA Daniele Bracciali
AUS Lleyton Hewitt → replaced by BEL Dick Norman
SWE Joachim Johansson → replaced by BRA Flávio Saretta
ARG Edgardo Massa → replaced by AUS Scott Draper
NED Sjeng Schalken → replaced by USA Hugo Armando
ITA Potito Starace → replaced by ARG Juan Pablo Brzezicki
NED Martin Verkerk → replaced by SWE Thomas Enqvist
ARG Mariano Zabaleta → replaced by FRA Julien Benneteau

;Women's singles

CHN Li Na → replaced by AUS Evie Dominikovic
AUS Alicia Molik → replaced by CRO Silvija Talaja
USA Serena Williams → replaced by CZE Lucie Šafářová

Official videogame

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.

Notes

References

(19 May 2005). "Rib keeps Hewitt out of the French Open".
Eccleshare, Charlie. (8 June 2025). "Rafael Nadal's first French Open title, by Toni Nadal, his opponents, and Rafa himself". The Athletic.
(4 June 2005). "Tearful Pierce rues poor display".
(28 May 2005). "Serbian starlet shocks Mauresmo". BBC News.
(30 May 2005). "Brave Henin-Hardenne battles on". BBC News.
Henin-Hardenne became only the second French Open women's singles winner after saving match points en route to the title. In 2004 Myskina did the same.
Both saved match points against Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round.
(19 May 2005). "Hewitt, Dent withdraw from French Open". [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].
"PlayStation - Games - Roland Garros 2005: Powered by Smash Court Tennis".

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