2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
2005 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Venus Williams
Runner-up	Lindsay Davenport
Score	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 9–7
Draw	128 (12 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships

Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 9–7 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was her third Wimbledon singles title and fifth major singles title overall.[2] At two hours and 45 minutes, it was the longest Wimbledon women's final in history.[3] Williams was the first woman in the Open Era, and the first since Helen Wills in 1935, to win the title after saving a championship point.[2] The final was a rematch of the 2000 final.

Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but lost to Venus Williams in the semifinals.[4]

The first week of the tournament was headlined by two major upsets. Justine Henin-Hardenne's first round defeat marked the first time in the Open Era that the reigning French Open champion lost her opening match at Wimbledon, while Serena Williams's loss in the third round was her earliest exit at any major since the 1999 French Open.[5][6]

Seeds

01.   Lindsay Davenport (final)

02.   Maria Sharapova (semifinals)

03.   Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals)

04.   Serena Williams (third round)

05.   Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals)

06.   Elena Dementieva (fourth round)

07.   Justine Henin-Hardenne (first round)

08.   Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals)

09.   Anastasia Myskina (quarterfinals)

10.   Patty Schnyder (first round)

11.   Vera Zvonareva (second round)

12.   Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)

13.   Elena Likhovtseva (fourth round)

14.   Venus Williams (champion)

15.   Kim Clijsters (fourth round)

16.   Nathalie Dechy (fourth round)

17.   Jelena Janković (third round)

18.   Tatiana Golovin (first round)

19.   Ana Ivanovic (third round)

20.   Daniela Hantuchová (third round)

21.   Francesca Schiavone (first round)

22.   Silvia Farina Elia (third round)

23.   Ai Sugiyama (first round)

24.   Shinobu Asagoe (first round)

25.   Karolina Šprem (first round)

26.   Flavia Pennetta (fourth round)

27.   Nicole Vaidišová (third round)

28.   Amy Frazier (first round)

29.   Marion Bartoli (second round)

30.   Dinara Safina (third round)

31.   Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)

32.   Virginie Razzano (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Lindsay Davenport	7^7	6
	5	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6^1	3
								1	Lindsay Davenport	6^5	7^7	6
								3	Amélie Mauresmo	7^7	6^4	4
	3	Amélie Mauresmo	6	6
	9	Anastasia Myskina	3	4
															1	Lindsay Davenport	6	6^4	7
															14	Venus Williams	4	7^7	9
	12	Mary Pierce	0	6^10
	14	Venus Williams	6	7^12
								14	Venus Williams	7^7	6
								2	Maria Sharapova	6^2	1
	8	Nadia Petrova	6^6	3
	2	Maria Sharapova	7^8	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	L Davenport	6	6
		A Jidkova	0	2				1	L Davenport	6	6
		M Marrero	2	3				Q	J Jackson	0	3
	Q	J Jackson	6	6											1	L Davenport	6	6
		B Strýcová	6	7											30	D Safina	2	1
		L Osterloh	3	5					B Strýcová	2	2
		S Mamić	3	4				30	D Safina	6	6
	30	D Safina	6	6																		1	L Davenport	6	6^4	6
	23	A Sugiyama	2	6	4																	15	K Clijsters	3	7^7	3
		R Vinci	6	2	6				R Vinci	6	6
		A Spears	0	6	2				A Kremer	3	2
		A Kremer	6	2	6											R Vinci	3	4
		M Irvin	7^7	6											15	K Clijsters	6	6
	Q	S Obata	6^4	3					M Irvin	1	1
	WC	K O'Brien	2	3				15	K Clijsters	6	6
	15	K Clijsters	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	10	P Schnyder	4	7^9	3
		A Serra Zanetti	6	6^7	6				A Serra Zanetti	7	2	7
		T Perebiynis	3	6^5				Q	S Arvidsson	5	6	5
	Q	S Arvidsson	6	7^7												A Serra Zanetti	3	2
		M Kirilenko	6	7^7												M Maleeva	6	6
	Q	E Callens	2	6^3					M Kirilenko	2	3
		M Maleeva	6	7^8					M Maleeva	6	6
	24	S Asagoe	2	6^6																			M Maleeva	4	3
	27	N Vaidišová	6	3	6																	5	S Kuznetsova	6	6
		J Kostanić	3	6	3			27	N Vaidišová	7	6
		S Stosur	6^1	4					M Paštiková	5	3
		M Paštiková	7^7	6											27	N Vaidišová	5	7^7	2
		A Morigami	3	6	6										5	S Kuznetsova	7	6^5	6
		S Mirza	6	3	8				S Mirza	4	7^7	4
	WC	R Llewellyn	0	1				5	S Kuznetsova	6	6^4	6
	5	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	3	A Mauresmo	6	6
	LL	M Czink	3	2				3	A Mauresmo	6	6
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	4	6				M Sánchez Lorenzo	1	3
		M Domachowska	4	6	2										3	A Mauresmo	6	6
	WC	S Borwell	6^11	3												S Perry	0	2
		S Perry	7^13	6					S Perry	7^7	6
		T Tanasugarn	6	6					T Tanasugarn	6^1	2
	25	K Šprem	2	2																		3	A Mauresmo	6	6
	22	S Farina Elia	6	6																		13	E Likhovtseva	4	0
		M Suchá	4	2				22	S Farina Elia	6	5	6
		M Vento-Kabchi	7^7	4	6				M Vento-Kabchi	1	7	3
		M Sequera	6^1	6	4										22	S Farina Elia	7	4	4
		M Shaughnessy	6	1	6										13	E Likhovtseva	5	6	6
		J Schruff	1	6	2				M Shaughnessy	3	6^4
		A Smashnova	2	2				13	E Likhovtseva	6	7^7
	13	E Likhovtseva	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	9	A Myskina	5	7^7	6
	Q	K Böhmová	7	6^4	4			9	A Myskina	6	6
		E Dominikovic	7	3	4				A Nakamura	4	3
		A Nakamura	5	6	6										9	A Myskina	6	5	10
		M Díaz Oliva	6	6											17	J Janković	0	7	8
	WC	A Keothavong	3	4					M Díaz Oliva	3	5
		A Chakvetadze	4	2				17	J Janković	6	7
	17	J Janković	6	6																		9	A Myskina	1	7^11	7
	28	A Frazier	4	6	4																	6	E Dementieva	6	6^9	5
		M Washington	6	4	6				M Washington	6	3	6
		S Sfar	6	4	9				S Sfar	3	6	3
		É Loit	2	6	7											M Washington	5	1
	WC	E Baltacha	3	2											6	E Dementieva	7	6
	Q	S Klaschka	6	6				Q	S Klaschka	6	3	6
		I Benešová	2	3				6	E Dementieva	2	6	8
	6	E Dementieva	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	7	J Henin-Hardenne	6^6	6	5
		E Daniilidou	7^8	2	7				E Daniilidou	6	6
		K Koukalová	1	2					L Granville	2	0
		L Granville	6	6												E Daniilidou	4	3
		G Dulko	6	6											26	F Pennetta	6	6
		Y Fedak	2	4					G Dulko	2	4
		E Gagliardi	1	2				26	F Pennetta	6	6
	26	F Pennetta	6	6																		26	F Pennetta	3	1
	19	A Ivanovic	6	6																		12	M Pierce	6	6
		V Dushevina	4	3				19	A Ivanovic	6	6
		D Chládková	3	6	1				S Foretz	4	3
		S Foretz	6	4	6										19	A Ivanovic	1	4
	Q	J Vakulenko	6	6											12	M Pierce	6	6
		T Garbin	2	4				Q	J Vakulenko	6	6^7	7
		L Šafářová	3	4				12	M Pierce	4	7^9	9
	12	M Pierce	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	14	V Williams	6	6
	LL	E Birnerová	2	4				14	V Williams	7	6
		N Pratt	3	6	6				N Pratt	5	3
		L Cervanová	6	3	1										14	V Williams	7	6
	Q	M Tu	3	3											20	D Hantuchová	5	3
		S Pe'er	6	6					S Pe'er	2	6	3
		E Linetskaia	6	2	2			20	D Hantuchová	6	2	6
	20	D Hantuchová	3	6	6																	14	V Williams	6	6
	29	M Bartoli	6	6																			J Craybas	0	2
		R Fujiwara	2	2				29	M Bartoli	1	4
	Q	A Harkleroad	4	6	4				J Craybas	6	6
		J Craybas	6	4	6											J Craybas	6	7^7
	Q	M Santangelo	6	6											4	S Williams	3	6^4
	Q	T Poutchek	3	2				Q	M Santangelo	6	3	2
		A Haynes	7^14	4	2			4	S Williams	2	6	6
	4	S Williams	6^12	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	N Petrova	4	6	6
		V Ruano Pascual	6	3	2			8	N Petrova	6	6
		C Schaul	2	1				LL	S Beltrame	1	2
	LL	S Beltrame	6	6											8	N Petrova	6	6
		Z Ondrášková	3	3											WC	C Black	4	3
	WC	C Black	6	6				WC	C Black	6	7^7
		C Castaño	7^8	3	4			32	V Razzano	4	6^5
	32	V Razzano	6^6	6	6																	8	N Petrova	6^5	7^9	6
	21	F Schiavone	3	6	7																		K Peschke	7^7	6^7	3
		K Brandi	6	3	9				K Brandi	2	3
		C Martínez	6	7^7					C Martínez	6	6
	Q	K Bondarenko	1	6^4												C Martínez	4	1
		K Peschke	7	6												K Peschke	6	6
		D Randriantefy	5	1					K Peschke	1	6	6
		M Weingärtner	6	4	0			11	V Zvonareva	6	4	3
	11	V Zvonareva	2	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	16	N Dechy	7^7	6
		ME Camerin	6^1	1				16	N Dechy	6	6
	WC	J O'Donoghue	1	6	6			WC	J O'Donoghue	2	1
		A-L Grönefeld	6	1	4										16	N Dechy	6	6
		T Panova	7	6												A Bondarenko	1	4
		L Raymond	5	3					T Panova	3	6	3
		A Bondarenko	6	3	7				A Bondarenko	6	2	6
	18	T Golovin	3	6	5																	16	N Dechy	4	2
	31	A Medina Garrigues	3	3																		2	M Sharapova	6	6
		K Srebotnik	6	6					K Srebotnik	7	6
		Y-j Cho	6	6					Y-j Cho	5	4
		A Parra-Santonja	3	3												K Srebotnik	2	4
	WC	A Janes	5	7^8	5										2	M Sharapova	6	6
		S Karatantcheva	7	6^6	7				S Karatantcheva	0	1
		N Llagostera Vives	2	2				2	M Sharapova	6	6
	2	M Sharapova	6	6

Championship match statistics

Category	V. Williams	Davenport
1st serve %	96/130 (74%)	80/118 (68%)
1st serve points won	64 of 96 = 67%	49 of 80 = 61%
2nd serve points won	16 of 34 = 47%	20 of 38 = 53%
Total service points won	80 of 130 = 61.54%	69 of 118 = 58.47%
Aces	4	5
Double faults	10	5
Winners	64	49
Unforced errors	29	27
Net points won	19 of 24 = 79%	9 of 13 = 69%
Break points converted	4 of 8 = 50%	4 of 12 = 33%
Return points won	49 of 118 = 42%	50 of 130 = 38%
Total points won	129	119
Source

References

1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
2. "In an Epic Wimbledon Final, Williams Prevails". The New York Times. 3 July 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
3. "Williams regains Wimbledon title". BBC Sport. 2 July 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
4. "Venus drives out Sharapova". The Guardian. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
5. "Henin becomes first big name to fall". The Age. 23 June 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
6. "Serena ousted at Wimbledon; Federer, Roddick advance". USA Today. 25 June 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 2005 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
• 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 2005 French Open – Women's singles

Grand Slam women's singles

Succeeded by 2005 US Open – Women's singles