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2005 French Open – Men's singles

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Rafael Nadal defeated Mariano Puerta in the final, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2005 French Open. This was the first time Nadal was seeded at a major. It was his first major title, the first of an all-time record 14 French Open titles, and the first of 22 major men's singles titles overall. Nadal won the French Open on his tournament debut, the first man to do so since Mats Wilander in 1982, and was the youngest champion since Michael Chang in 1989, aged 19 years and two days old when he won the final.

Gastón Gaudio was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to David Ferrer.

Roger Federer was attempting to complete the career Grand Slam, but was defeated in the semifinals by Nadal. It was the first of four consecutive years that Nadal would defeat Federer at the tournament; Federer would eventually win the title and complete the career Grand Slam in 2009.

This was the first French Open appearance of future three-time champion Novak Djokovic, and marked the first time he won a major match. Future champion Stanislas Wawrinka also made his first appearance at a major, losing in the third round to Puerta. 1999 champion Andre Agassi made his last French Open appearance, losing to Jarkko Nieminen in the first round.

Seeds

SUI Roger Federer (semifinals) USA Andy Roddick (second round) RUS Marat Safin (fourth round) ESP Rafael Nadal (champion) ARG Gastón Gaudio (fourth round) USA Andre Agassi (first round) GBR Tim Henman (second round) ARG Guillermo Coria (fourth round) ARG Guillermo Cañas (quarterfinals) ARG David Nalbandian (fourth round) SWE Joachim Johansson (withdrew due to an elbow injury) RUS Nikolay Davydenko (semifinals) CRO Ivan Ljubičić (first round) ESP Carlos Moyá (fourth round) ESP Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals) CZE Radek Štěpánek (third round) SVK Dominik Hrbatý (first round)

CRO Mario Ančić (third round) SWE Thomas Johansson (second round) ESP David Ferrer (quarterfinals) GER Tommy Haas (third round) CHI Nicolás Massú (first round) FRA Sébastien Grosjean (fourth round) ESP Feliciano López (first round) CHI Fernando González (third round) CZE Jiří Novák (second round) ITA Filippo Volandri (third round, retired due to a hand injury) GER Nicolas Kiefer (fourth round, withdrew due to a neck injury) RUS Mikhail Youzhny (second round) FRA Richard Gasquet (third round) ARG Juan Ignacio Chela (second round) ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round) SWE Robin Söderling (second round)

Qualifying

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

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

Bierley, Stephen. (6 June 2005). "Battling Nadal brings the king to his feet". The Guardian.
Eccleshare, Charlie. (8 June 2025). "Rafael Nadal's first French Open title, by Toni Nadal, his opponents, and Rafa himself". The Athletic.
"Draws, ATP Tour, Tennis".

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