2005 Wimbledon Championships

The 2005 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.^[1][2] It was the 119th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 3 July 2005. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

2005 Wimbledon Championships
Date	20 June – 3 July 2005
Edition	119th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money	£10,085,510
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Venue	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Venus Williams
Men's doubles
Stephen Huss / Wesley Moodie
Women's doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber
Mixed doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Mary Pierce
Wheelchair men's doubles
Michaël Jeremiasz / Jayant Mistry
Boys' singles
Jérémy Chardy
Girls' singles
Agnieszka Radwańska
Boys' doubles
Jesse Levine / Michael Shabaz
Girls' doubles
Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay

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 semifinals by eventual champion Venus Williams. Williams and Lindsay Davenport played the longest women's final in history.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

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

Senior points

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	1000	700	450	250	150	75	35	5	12	8	4	0
Men's doubles							0	—		—	0	0
Women's singles	650	456	292	162	90	56	32	2	30	21	12.5	4
Women's doubles							0	—		—	0	0

Prize distribution

The total prize money for 2005 championships was £10,085,510. The winner of the men's title earned £630,000 while the women's singles champion earned £600,000.^[3][4]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128
Men's singles	£630,000
Women's singles	£600,000
Men's doubles *	£218,500							—
Women's doubles *	£203,250							—
Mixed doubles *	£90,000							—

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Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4 ^[5]

Women's singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 9–7 ^[6]

Men's doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Stephen Huss / Wesley Moodie defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3 ^[7]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova / Amélie Mauresmo, 6–2, 6–1 ^[8]

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi / Mary Pierce defeated Paul Hanley / Tatiana Perebiynis, 6–4, 6–2 ^[9]

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Jérémy Chardy defeated Robin Haase, 6–4, 6–3 ^[10]

Girls' singles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Tamira Paszek, 6–3, 6–4 ^[11]

Boys' doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles

Jesse Levine / Michael Shabaz defeated Sam Groth / Andrew Kennaugh, 6–4, 6–1 ^[12]

Girls' doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles

Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay defeated Marina Erakovic / Monica Niculescu, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2, 6–0 ^[13]

Other events

Wheelchair men's doubles

Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Wheelchair men's doubles

Michaël Jeremiasz / Jayant Mistry defeated David Hall / Martin Legner, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 ^[14]

Singles seeds

Men's singles Roger Federer (champion) Andy Roddick (final, lost to Roger Federer) Lleyton Hewitt (semifinals, lost to Roger Federer) Rafael Nadal (second round, lost to Gilles Müller) Marat Safin (third round, lost to Feliciano López) Tim Henman (second round, lost to Dmitry Tursunov) Guillermo Cañas (withdrew) Nikolay Davydenko (second round, lost to Jonas Björkman) Sébastien Grosjean (quarterfinals, lost to Andy Roddick) Mario Ančić (fourth round, lost to Feliciano López) Joachim Johansson (third round, lost to Fernando González) Thomas Johansson (semifinals, lost to Andy Roddick) Tommy Robredo (first round, lost to Fernando Verdasco) Radek Štěpánek (second round, lost to Andy Murray) Guillermo Coria (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer) Mariano Puerta (first round, lost to Lars Burgsmüller) David Ferrer (first round, lost to Guillermo García López) David Nalbandian (quarterfinals, lost to Thomas Johansson) Tommy Haas (first round, lost to Janko Tipsarević) Ivan Ljubičić (first round, lost to Jürgen Melzer) Fernando González (quarterfinals, lost to Roger Federer) Dominik Hrbatý (second round, lost to Gaël Monfils) Juan Carlos Ferrero (fourth round, lost to Roger Federer) Taylor Dent (fourth round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt) Nicolas Kiefer (third round, lost to Roger Federer) Feliciano López (quarterfinals, lost to Lleyton Hewitt) Richard Gasquet (fourth round, lost to David Nalbandian) Jiří Novák (third round, lost to Max Mirnyi) Nicolás Massú (second round, lost to Justin Gimelstob) Robin Söderling (first round, lost to Igor Andreev) Mikhail Youzhny (fourth round, lost to Fernando González) Filippo Volandri (first round, lost to Wayne Arthurs) Olivier Rochus (second round, lost to Max Mirnyi)

Women's singles Lindsay Davenport (final, lost to Venus Williams) Maria Sharapova (semifinals, lost to Venus Williams) Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport) Serena Williams (third round, lost to Jill Craybas) Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport) Elena Dementieva (fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina) Justine Henin-Hardenne (first round, lost to Eleni Daniilidou) Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals, lost to Maria Sharapova) Anastasia Myskina (quarterfinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo) Patty Schnyder (first round, lost to Antonella Serra Zanetti) Vera Zvonareva (second round, lost to Květa Peschke) Mary Pierce (quarterfinals, lost to Venus Williams) Elena Likhovtseva (fourth round, lost to Amélie Mauresmo) Venus Williams (champion) Kim Clijsters (fourth round, lost to Lindsay Davenport) Nathalie Dechy (fourth round, lost to Maria Sharapova) Jelena Janković (third round, lost to Anastasia Myskina) Tatiana Golovin (first round, lost to Alona Bondarenko) Ana Ivanovic (third round, lost to Mary Pierce) Daniela Hantuchová (third round, lost to Venus Williams) Francesca Schiavone (first round, lost to Kristina Brandi) Silvia Farina Elia (third round, lost to Elena Likhovtseva) Ai Sugiyama (first round, lost to Roberta Vinci) Shinobu Asagoe (first round, lost to Magdalena Maleeva) Karolina Šprem (first round, lost to Tamarine Tanasugarn) Flavia Pennetta (fourth round, lost to Mary Pierce) Nicole Vaidišová (third round, lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova) Amy Frazier (first round, lost to Mashona Washington) Marion Bartoli (second round, lost to Rika Fujiwara) Dinara Safina (third round, lost to Lindsay Davenport) Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round, lost to Katarina Srebotnik) Virginie Razzano (second round, lost to Cara Black)

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles James Blake Alex Bogdanovic Josh Goodall Alan Mackin Jonathan Marray Andy Murray Mark Philippoussis David Sherwood

Women's singles Elena Baltacha Cara Black Sarah Borwell Amanda Janes Anne Keothavong Rebecca Llewellyn Katie O'Brien Jane O'Donoghue

Men's doubles James Auckland / Dan Kiernan Andrew Banks / Alan Mackin Richard Barker / William Barker Alex Bogdanovic / Josh Goodall Mark Hilton / Jonathan Marray Andy Murray / David Sherwood

Women's doubles Elena Baltacha / Jane O'Donoghue Sarah Borwell / Emily Webley-Smith Claire Curran / Natalie Grandin Anna Hawkins / Rebecca Llewellyn Amanda Janes / Anne Keothavong Katie O'Brien / Melanie South

Mixed doubles

1. Jamie Baker / Claire Curran
2. Jamie Delgado / Amanda Janes
3. Andy Murray / Shahar Pe'er
4. Arvind Parmar / Jane O'Donoghue
5. David Sherwood / Elena Baltacha

Qualifier entries

Men's singles Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying Andreas Seppi Arnaud Clément George Bastl Jamie Delgado Jeff Morrison Antony Dupuis Danai Udomchoke Gilles Elseneer Roko Karanušić Dick Norman Adrián García Lu Yen-hsun Noam Okun Tuomas Ketola Novak Djokovic Tobias Summerer The following players received entry into the lucky loser spot: Justin Gimelstob Daniele Bracciali Paul Goldstein

Women's singles Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying Kateřina Böhmová Sofia Arvidsson Ashley Harkleroad Els Callens Jamea Jackson Meilen Tu Saori Obata Mara Santangelo Sabine Klaschka Kateryna Bondarenko Julia Vakulenko Tatiana Poutchek The following players received entry into the lucky loser spot: Eva Birnerová Séverine Beltrame Melinda Czink

Men's doubles Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles qualifying Tuomas Ketola / Frédéric Niemeyer Ramón Delgado / André Sá Robert Lindstedt / Alexander Peya Stephen Huss / Wesley Moodie (champions) The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot: Lukáš Dlouhý / David Škoch Ross Hutchins / Martin Lee

Women's doubles Main article: 2005 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying Evie Dominikovic / Aiko Nakamura Alona Bondarenko / Anastasia Rodionova Rika Fujiwara / Saori Obata Tatiana Poutchek / Anastasiya Yakimova The following teams received entry into the lucky loser spot: Yuliana Fedak / Lilia Osterloh Erica Krauth / Marie-Ève Pelletier Edina Gallovits / Angela Haynes

Withdrawals

Men's Singles Andre Agassi → replaced by Justin Gimelstob Guillermo Cañas → replaced by Paul Goldstein Juan Ignacio Chela → replaced by Thomas Enqvist Albert Costa → replaced by Scott Draper Mardy Fish → replaced by Albert Montañés Gastón Gaudio → replaced by Janko Tipsarević Edgardo Massa → replaced by Björn Phau Carlos Moyá → replaced by Bohdan Ulihrach Sjeng Schalken → replaced by Daniele Bracciali Mariano Zabaleta → replaced by Ivo Minář

Women's Singles Elena Bovina → replaced by Eva Birnerová Alicia Molik → replaced by Melinda Czink Paola Suárez → replaced by Séverine Beltrame