WTA US Open 2005 Draw, Results & Schedule

Kim Clijsters won the 2005 US Open, defeating Mary Pierce 6-3 6-1 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from August 29 to September 10, 2005. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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Champion
Kim Clijsters
def. Mary Pierce , 6-3 6-1
Dates
Aug 29 — Sep 10
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
$7,147,042

Results

US Open 2005 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Kim Clijsters #4 6-3 6-1 Mary Pierce #12 H2H Match data Sep 10, 2005* F
SF (2)
Kim Clijsters #4 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 Maria Sharapova #2 H2H Match data Sep 9, 2005* SF
Mary Pierce #12 3-6 6-2 6-2 Elena Dementieva #6 H2H Match data Sep 9, 2005* SF
QF (4)
Mary Pierce #12 6-4 6-1 Amélie Mauresmo #3 H2H Match data Sep 8, 2005* QF
Elena Dementieva #6 6-1 3-6 7-6(6) Lindsay Davenport #1CH H2H Match data Sep 8, 2005* QF Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Kim Clijsters #4 4-6 7-5 6-1 Venus Williams #102× CH H2H Match data Sep 8, 2005* QF
Maria Sharapova #2 7-5 4-6 6-4 Nadia Petrova #9 H2H Match data Sep 8, 2005* QF
R16 (8)
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-1 6-4 Elena Likhovtseva #21 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2005* R16
Maria Sharapova #2 6-2 6-1 Sania Mirza #42 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2005* R16
Mary Pierce #12 6-3 6-4 Justine Henin #7CH H2H Match data Sep 6, 2005* R16 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-0 6-3 Nathalie Dechy #15 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2005* R16
Nadia Petrova #9 7-6(4) 7-5 Nicole Vaidisova #28 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2005* R16
Kim Clijsters #4 6-1 6-0 Maria Vento-Kabchi #72 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2005* R16
Venus Williams #102× CH 7-6(5) 6-2 Serena Williams #82× CH H2H Match data Sep 6, 2005* R16
Elena Dementieva #6 6-4 6-3 Patty Schnyder #11 H2H Match data Sep 6, 2005* R16
R32 (16)
Elena Likhovtseva #21 0-6 6-3 7-6(6) Anastasia Myskina #13 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Maria Vento-Kabchi #72 7-5 4-6 6-3 Shahar Peer #60 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Justine Henin #7CH 6-0 7-6(4) Yoon Jeong Cho #75 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-3 6-2 Anabel Medina Garrigues #30 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Nathalie Dechy #15 7-5 2-6 6-2 Tatiana Golovin #27 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Venus Williams #102× CH 6-3 6-3 Daniela Hantuchova #19 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Sania Mirza #42 7-6(4) 6-4 Marion Bartoli #43 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Maria Sharapova #2 6-2 6-4 Julia Schruff #87 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Patty Schnyder #11 6-1 6-3 Shinobu Asagoe #25 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Mary Pierce #12 6-3 3-0 (ret.) Jelena Jankovic #17 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Kim Clijsters #4 6-1 6-4 Ai Sugiyama #33 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Amélie Mauresmo #3 7-5 6-3 Anna-Lena Groenefeld #31 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Nadia Petrova #9 6-2 7-5 Laura Granville #71 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Elena Dementieva #6 6-1 4-6 7-6(5) Anna Chakvetadze #24 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Nicole Vaidisova #28 6-1 7-6(2) Ivana Lisjak #189 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
Serena Williams #82× CH 6-3 6-4 Francesca Schiavone #26 H2H Match data Sep 3, 2005* R32
R64 (32)
Tatiana Golovin #27 6-4 7-6(6) Anna Smashnova #46 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Shinobu Asagoe #25 6-4 6-4 Evgenia Linetskaya #45 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Yoon Jeong Cho #75 6-4 6-3 Gisela Dulko #29 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Daniela Hantuchova #19 6-1 6-0 María Emilia Salerni #127 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Maria Vento-Kabchi #72 3-6 7-5 6-1 Ana Ivanovic #16 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Kim Clijsters #4 7-5 6-0 Fabiola Zuluaga #58 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Nadia Petrova #9 6-2 6-0 Aiko Nakamura #84 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Serena Williams #82× CH 6-2 6-2 Catalina Castano #69 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Elena Likhovtseva #21 6-2 6-1 Magdalena Maleeva #55 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Julia Schruff #87 6-2 6-3 Lisa Raymond #64 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Maria Sharapova #2 6-1 6-0 Dally Randriantefy #48 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Nicole Vaidisova #28 6-3 6-0 Jie Zheng #56 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Venus Williams #102× CH 6-1 6-3 Maria Kirilenko #44 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Elena Dementieva #6 7-5 6-1 Mariana Diaz-Oliva #63 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Sania Mirza #42 6-4 1-6 6-4 Maria Elena Camerin #81 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-0 6-1 Sesil Karatantcheva #39 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Ivana Lisjak #189 7-5 6-1 Ekaterina Bychkova #97 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-1 6-1 Pauline Parmentier #253 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Ai Sugiyama #33 2-6 6-4 6-4 Michaela Pastikova #96 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Jelena Jankovic #17 6-2 6-0 Alexa Glatch #274 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Marion Bartoli #43 4-6 6-1 6-0 Shenay Perry #118 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Anna Chakvetadze #24 6-0 6-2 Jill Craybas #59 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Justine Henin #7CH 6-3 6-4 María Sánchez Lorenzo #99 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Patty Schnyder #11 6-3 2-6 6-2 Martina Sucha #66 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Anastasia Myskina #13 6-3 6-2 Amy Frazier #73 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Laura Granville #71 6-4 5-7 7-5 Nicole Pratt #134 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Mary Pierce #12 6-3 6-2 Katarina Srebotnik #50 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Shahar Peer #60 7-5 3-6 6-3 Vera Dushevina #34 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Nathalie Dechy #15 6-1 6-1 Vania King #721 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Anabel Medina Garrigues #30 6-4 7-5 Tiantian Sun #180 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #31 3-6 6-3 6-4 Virginie Razzano #38 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
Francesca Schiavone #26 6-2 6-2 Emma Laine #116 H2H Match data Sep 1, 2005* R64
R128 (64)
Gisela Dulko #29 6-3 6-2 Stephanie Foretz Gacon H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Maria Sharapova #2 6-1 6-1 Eleni Daniilidou #62 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Francesca Schiavone #26 6-2 7-5 Jelena Kostanic Tosic #70 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Ekaterina Bychkova #97 6-3 6-2 Svetlana Kuznetsova #5DEF H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128 Upset: winner had a 8 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Ivana Lisjak #189 1-6 6-4 6-3 Emilie Loit #82 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Kim Clijsters #4 6-1 6-2 Martina Müller #135 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-4 6-4 Na Li #40 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Daniela Hantuchova #19 6-3 6-1 Camille Pin #103 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Magdalena Maleeva #55 6-1 6-3 Emmanuelle Gagliardi #112 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Vania King #721 6-3 3-6 6-1 Klara Koukalova #41 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jill Craybas #59 6-4 2-6 7-5 Jamea Jackson #78 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Shahar Peer #60 7-5 7-5 Marta Domachowska #61 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Elena Likhovtseva #21 6-4 6-1 Tathiana Garbin #68 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Ana Ivanovic #16 7-6(5) 6-3 Lindsay Lee-Waters #101 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Katarina Srebotnik #50 6-0 6-2 Su-Wei Hsieh #204 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
María Sánchez Lorenzo #99 7-5 7-6(6) Angela Haynes #98 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Yoon Jeong Cho #75 6-4 2-6 6-4 Arantxa Parra Santonja #105 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
María Emilia Salerni #127 6-4 3-6 7-6(0) Jessica Kirkland #175 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Shinobu Asagoe #25 6-1 6-4 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #88 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Nicole Vaidisova #28 6-3 6-1 Kveta Peschke #36 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Martina Sucha #66 4-6 6-4 7-5 Sybille Bammer #93 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Michaela Pastikova #96 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3 Rita Grande #1158 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Venus Williams #102× CH 6-3 6-1 Rika Fujiwara #85 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Maria Kirilenko #44 6-2 6-3 Laura Pous-Tio #76 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Aiko Nakamura #84 6-3 6-3 Marissa Irvin #104 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Alexa Glatch #274 6-4 6-3 Yuliana Fedak #120 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Amy Frazier #73 6-4 7-5 Carly Gullickson #174 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Tiantian Sun #180 6-3 7-6(4) Samantha Stosur #49 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Dally Randriantefy #48 6-3 6-1 Mary Gambale #244 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Anna Chakvetadze #24 6-3 3-6 7-5 Viktoriya Kutuzova #131 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Mary Pierce #12 6-2 6-4 Mara Santangelo #94 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Nadia Petrova #9 6-4 6-4 Eva Birnerova #111 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Sania Mirza #42 7-6(6) 6-7(6) 6-4 Mashona Washington #65 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Vera Dushevina #34 6-1 6-2 Tiffany Dabek #202 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Patty Schnyder #11 4-6 6-4 6-2 Conchita Martínez #37 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Jelena Jankovic #17 7-5 6-3 Denisa Chladkova #102 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Virginie Razzano #38 7-6(6) 6-3 Abigail Spears #79 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Laura Granville #71 6-2 6-1 Silvia Farina Elia #23 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Evgenia Linetskaya #45 3-6 6-4 6-4 Nuria Llagostera Vives #52 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Serena Williams #82× CH 6-1 6-3 Yung Jan Chan H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Maria Elena Camerin #81 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 Dinara Safina #22 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Tatiana Golovin #27 6-3 2-6 7-6(5) Virginia Ruano Pascual #110 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Fabiola Zuluaga #58 6-0 3-0 (ret.) Ashley Harkleroad #129 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #31 6-2 6-3 Kristina Brandi #83 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Anastasia Myskina #13 6-3 6-1 Tamarine Tanasugarn #91 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Anabel Medina Garrigues #30 6-2 6-3 Karolina Sprem #86 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Julia Schruff #87 6-4 3-6 7-5 Flavia Pennetta #32 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Nathalie Dechy #15 6-4 7-5 Severine Beltrame #95 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Elena Dementieva #6 7-5 6-3 Lucie Safarova #51 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Emma Laine #116 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 Shuai Peng #35 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-3 6-2 Roberta Vinci #57 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #63 6-4 6-3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #161 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Catalina Castano #69 6-4 6-3 Alina Jidkova #74 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Ai Sugiyama #33 5-7 6-4 6-3 Alona Bondarenko #77 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Lisa Raymond #64 6-4 3-6 6-2 Anne Kremer #147 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Nicole Pratt #134 6-7(0) 6-0 (ret.) Akiko Morigami #47 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Sesil Karatantcheva #39 2-6 7-5 7-5 Meghann Shaughnessy #53 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Shenay Perry #118 6-4 6-4 Alicia Molik #14 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128 Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Pauline Parmentier #253 2-6 6-3 6-4 Antonella Serra Zanetti #67 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Jie Zheng #56 6-2 3-6 6-0 Iveta Benesova #54 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Marion Bartoli #43 6-3 6-0 Barbora Strycova #108 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Maria Vento-Kabchi #72 1-6 6-3 6-3 Sanda Mamic #89 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Justine Henin #7CH 6-3 6-0 Zuzana Ondraskova #80 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128
Anna Smashnova #46 6-3 6-3 Sandra Kloesel #109 H2H Match data Aug 31, 2005* R128

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Most Titles

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  1. Venus Williams 26 appearances

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Where is US Open held?
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