2005 Wimbledon Championships

2005 Wimbledon Championships
Date 20 June – 3 July
Edition 119th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Grass
Location Church Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
Champions
Men's Singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's Singles
United States Venus Williams
Men's Doubles
Australia Stephen Huss / South Africa Wesley Moodie
Women's Doubles
Zimbabwe Cara Black / South Africa Liezel Huber
Mixed Doubles
France Mary Pierce / India Mahesh Bhupathi
Boys' Singles
France Jérémy Chardy
Girls' Singles
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Boys' Doubles
United States Jesse Levine / United States Michael Shabaz
Girls' Doubles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Hungary Ágnes Szávay

The 2005 Wimbledon Championships was the 119th edition. It was held at the All England Club between 20 June and 3 July.

Roger Federer successfully defended the men's singles crown defeating Andy Roddick in the final for the second consecutive year. Maria Sharapova was unsuccessful in her 2004 title defence, being defeated in the semi-finals by eventual champion Venus Williams. Williams and Lindsay Davenport played the longest women's final in history.

Seniors

Men's Singles

Switzerland Roger Federer defeated United States Andy Roddick, 6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4

Women's Singles

United States Venus Williams defeated United States Lindsay Davenport, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 9–7

Men's Doubles

Australia Stephen Huss / South Africa Wesley Moodie[1] defeated United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3

Women's Doubles

Zimbabwe Cara Black / South Africa Liezel Huber defeated Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova / France Amélie Mauresmo, 6–2, 6–1

Mixed Doubles

France Mary Pierce / India Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis / Australia Paul Hanley, 6–4, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' Singles

France Jérémy Chardy defeated Netherlands Robin Haase, 6–4, 6–3

Girls' Singles

Poland Agnieszka Radwańska[2] defeated Austria Tamira Paszek, 6–3, 6–4

Boys' Doubles

United States Jesse Levine / United States Michael Shabaz defeated Australia Samuel Groth / United Kingdom Andrew Kennaugh, 6–4, 6–1

Girls' Doubles

Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Hungary Ágnes Szávay defeated New Zealand Marina Erakovic / Romania Monica Niculescu, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0

Seeds

Men's Singles

  1. Switzerland Roger Federer (Champion)
  2. United States Andy Roddick (Final, lost to Roger Federer)
  3. Australia Lleyton Hewitt (Semifinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  4. Spain Rafael Nadal (Second Round, lost to Gilles Müller)
  5. Russia Marat Safin (Third Round, lost to Feliciano López)
  6. United Kingdom Tim Henman (Second Round, lost to Dmitry Tursunov)
  7. Argentina Guillermo Cañas (Withdrew)
  8. Russia Nikolay Davydenko (Second Round, lost to Jonas Björkman)
  9. France Sébastien Grosjean (Quarterfinals, lost to Andy Roddick)
  10. Croatia Mario Ančić (Fourth Round, lost to Feliciano López)
  11. Sweden Joachim Johansson (Third Round, lost to Fernando González)
  12. Sweden Thomas Johansson (Semifinals, lost to Andy Roddick)
  13. Spain Tommy Robredo (First Round, lost to Fernando Verdasco)
  14. Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek (Second Round, lost to Andy Murray)
  15. Argentina Guillermo Coria (Fourth Round, lost to Roger Federer)
  16. Argentina Mariano Puerta (First Round, lost to Lars Burgsmüller)
  17. Spain David Ferrer (First Round, lost to Guillermo García-López)
  18. Argentina David Nalbandian (Quarterfinals, lost to Thomas Johansson)
  19. Germany Tommy Haas (First Round, lost to Janko Tipsarević)
  20. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić (First Round, lost to Jürgen Melzer)
  21. Chile Fernando González (Quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer)
  22. Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý (Second Round, lost to Gaël Monfils)
  23. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (Fourth Round, lost to Roger Federer)
  24. United States Taylor Dent (Fourth Round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  25. Germany Nicolas Kiefer (Third Round, lost to Roger Federer)
  26. Spain Feliciano López (Quarterfinals, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  27. France Richard Gasquet (Fourth Round, lost to David Nalbandian)
  28. Czech Republic Jiří Novák (Third Round, lost to Max Mirnyi)
  29. Chile Nicolás Massú (Second Round, lost to Justin Gimelstob)
  30. Sweden Robin Söderling (First Round, lost to Igor Andreev)
  31. Russia Mikhail Youzhny (Fourth Round, lost to Fernando González)
  32. Italy Filippo Volandri (First Round, lost to Wayne Arthurs)
  33. Belgium Olivier Rochus (Second Round, lost to Max Mirnyi)

Women's Singles

  1. United States Lindsay Davenport (Final, lost to Venus Williams)
  2. Russia Maria Sharapova (Semifinals, lost to Venus Williams)
  3. France Amélie Mauresmo (Semifinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  4. United States Serena Williams (Third Round, lost to Jill Craybas)
  5. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (Quarterfinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  6. Russia Elena Dementieva (Fourth Round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  7. Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne (First Round, lost to Eleni Daniilidou)
  8. Russia Nadia Petrova (Quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  9. Russia Anastasia Myskina (Quarterfinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  10. Switzerland Patty Schnyder (First Round, lost to Antonella Serra Zanetti)
  11. Russia Vera Zvonareva (Second Round, lost to Květa Peschke)
  12. France Mary Pierce (Quarterfinals, lost to Venus Williams)
  13. Russia Elena Likhovtseva (Fourth Round, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  14. United States Venus Williams (Champion)
  15. Belgium Kim Clijsters (Fourth Round, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  16. France Nathalie Dechy (Fourth Round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  17. Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković (Third Round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  18. France Tatiana Golovin (First Round, lost to Alona Bondarenko)
  19. Serbia and Montenegro Ana Ivanovic (Third Round, lost to Mary Pierce)
  20. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová (Third Round, lost to Venus Williams)
  21. Italy Francesca Schiavone (First Round, lost to Kristina Brandi)
  22. Italy Silvia Farina Elia (Third Round, lost to Elena Likhovtseva)
  23. Japan Ai Sugiyama (First Round, lost to Roberta Vinci)
  24. Japan Shinobu Asagoe (First Round, lost to Magdalena Maleeva)
  25. Croatia Karolina Šprem (First Round, lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn)
  26. Italy Flavia Pennetta (Fourth Round, lost to Mary Pierce)
  27. Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová (Third Round, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova)
  28. United States Amy Frazier (First Round, lost to Mashona Washington)
  29. France Marion Bartoli (Second Round, lost to Rika Fujiwara)
  30. Russia Dinara Safina (Third Round, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
  31. Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues (First Round, lost to Katarina Srebotnik)
  32. France Virginie Razzano (Second Round, lost to Cara Black)

References

  1. Huss and Moodie became the first qualifiers to win a Wimbledon Gentlemen's Doubles title.
  2. Radwanska made the final of the Women's Singles in 2012, losing to Serena Williams.


Preceded by
2005 French Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
2005 US Open


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