WTA US Open 2005 Draw, Results & Schedule

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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.

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
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Round of 128
Kim Clijsters #4 6-1 6-2
Martina Müller #135
Fabiola Zuluaga #58 6-0 3-0 (ret.)
Ashley Harkleroad #129
Ai Sugiyama #33 5-7 6-4 6-3
Alona Bondarenko #77
Michaela Pastikova #96 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3
Rita Grande #1158
Maria Vento-Kabchi #72 1-6 6-3 6-3
Sanda Mamic #89
Ana Ivanovic #16 7-6(5) 6-3
Lindsay Lee-Waters #101
Shahar Peer #60 7-5 7-5
Marta Domachowska #61
Vera Dushevina #34 6-1 6-2
Tiffany Dabek #202
Venus Williams #10 6-3 6-1
Rika Fujiwara #85
Maria Kirilenko #44 6-2 6-3
Laura Pous-Tio #76
Daniela Hantuchova #19 6-3 6-1
Camille Pin #103
María Emilia Salerni #127 6-4 3-6 7-6(0)
Jessica Kirkland #175
Serena Williams #8 6-1 6-3
Yung Jan Chan
Catalina Castano #69 6-4 6-3
Alina Jidkova #74
Francesca Schiavone #26 6-2 7-5
Jelena Kostanic Tosic #70
Emma Laine #116 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2
Shuai Peng #35
Maria Sharapova #2 6-1 6-1
Eleni Daniilidou #62
Dally Randriantefy #48 6-3 6-1
Mary Gambale #244
Julia Schruff #87 6-4 3-6 7-5
Flavia Pennetta #32
Lisa Raymond #64 6-4 3-6 6-2
Anne Kremer #147
Sania Mirza #42 7-6(6) 6-7(6) 6-4
Mashona Washington #65
Maria Elena Camerin #81 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3
Dinara Safina #22
Marion Bartoli #43 6-3 6-0
Barbora Strycova #108
Shenay Perry #118 6-4 6-4
Alicia Molik #14
Nadia Petrova #9 6-4 6-4
Eva Birnerova #111
Aiko Nakamura #84 6-3 6-3
Marissa Irvin #104
Laura Granville #71 6-2 6-1
Silvia Farina Elia #23
Nicole Pratt #134 6-7(0) 6-0 (ret.)
Akiko Morigami #47
Nicole Vaidisova #28 6-3 6-1
Kveta Peschke #36
Jie Zheng #56 6-2 3-6 6-0
Iveta Benesova #54
Ivana Lisjak #189 1-6 6-4 6-3
Emilie Loit #82
Ekaterina Bychkova #97 6-3 6-2
Svetlana Kuznetsova #5
Mary Pierce #12 6-2 6-4
Mara Santangelo #94
Katarina Srebotnik #50 6-0 6-2
Su-Wei Hsieh #204
Jelena Jankovic #17 7-5 6-3
Denisa Chladkova #102
Alexa Glatch #274 6-4 6-3
Yuliana Fedak #120
Justine Henin #7 6-3 6-0
Zuzana Ondraskova #80
María Sánchez Lorenzo #99 7-5 7-6(6)
Angela Haynes #98
Yoon Jeong Cho #75 6-4 2-6 6-4
Arantxa Parra Santonja #105
Gisela Dulko #29 6-3 6-2
Stephanie Foretz Gacon
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-3 6-2
Roberta Vinci #57
Sesil Karatantcheva #39 2-6 7-5 7-5
Meghann Shaughnessy #53
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #31 6-2 6-3
Kristina Brandi #83
Virginie Razzano #38 7-6(6) 6-3
Abigail Spears #79
Elena Likhovtseva #21 6-4 6-1
Tathiana Garbin #68
Magdalena Maleeva #55 6-1 6-3
Emmanuelle Gagliardi #112
Anastasia Myskina #13 6-3 6-1
Tamarine Tanasugarn #91
Amy Frazier #73 6-4 7-5
Carly Gullickson #174
Elena Dementieva #6 7-5 6-3
Lucie Safarova #51
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #63 6-4 6-3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands #161
Anna Chakvetadze #24 6-3 3-6 7-5
Viktoriya Kutuzova #131
Jill Craybas #59 6-4 2-6 7-5
Jamea Jackson #78
Patty Schnyder #11 4-6 6-4 6-2
Conchita Martínez #37
Martina Sucha #66 4-6 6-4 7-5
Sybille Bammer #93
Shinobu Asagoe #25 6-1 6-4
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #88
Evgenia Linetskaya #45 3-6 6-4 6-4
Nuria Llagostera Vives #52
Lindsay Davenport #1 6-4 6-4
Na Li #40
Pauline Parmentier #253 2-6 6-3 6-4
Antonella Serra Zanetti #67
Anabel Medina Garrigues #30 6-2 6-3
Karolina Sprem #86
Tiantian Sun #180 6-3 7-6(4)
Samantha Stosur #49
Nathalie Dechy #15 6-4 7-5
Severine Beltrame #95
Vania King #721 6-3 3-6 6-1
Klara Koukalova #41
Tatiana Golovin #27 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)
Virginia Ruano Pascual #110
Anna Smashnova #46 6-3 6-3
Sandra Kloesel #109
Round of 64
Kim Clijsters #4 7-5 6-0
Fabiola Zuluaga #58
Ai Sugiyama #33 2-6 6-4 6-4
Michaela Pastikova #96
Maria Vento-Kabchi #72 3-6 7-5 6-1
Ana Ivanovic #16
Shahar Peer #60 7-5 3-6 6-3
Vera Dushevina #34
Venus Williams #10 6-1 6-3
Maria Kirilenko #44
Daniela Hantuchova #19 6-1 6-0
María Emilia Salerni #127
Serena Williams #8 6-2 6-2
Catalina Castano #69
Francesca Schiavone #26 6-2 6-2
Emma Laine #116
Maria Sharapova #2 6-1 6-0
Dally Randriantefy #48
Julia Schruff #87 6-2 6-3
Lisa Raymond #64
Sania Mirza #42 6-4 1-6 6-4
Maria Elena Camerin #81
Marion Bartoli #43 4-6 6-1 6-0
Shenay Perry #118
Nadia Petrova #9 6-2 6-0
Aiko Nakamura #84
Laura Granville #71 6-4 5-7 7-5
Nicole Pratt #134
Nicole Vaidisova #28 6-3 6-0
Jie Zheng #56
Ivana Lisjak #189 7-5 6-1
Ekaterina Bychkova #97
Mary Pierce #12 6-3 6-2
Katarina Srebotnik #50
Jelena Jankovic #17 6-2 6-0
Alexa Glatch #274
Justine Henin #7 6-3 6-4
María Sánchez Lorenzo #99
Yoon Jeong Cho #75 6-4 6-3
Gisela Dulko #29
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-0 6-1
Sesil Karatantcheva #39
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #31 3-6 6-3 6-4
Virginie Razzano #38
Elena Likhovtseva #21 6-2 6-1
Magdalena Maleeva #55
Anastasia Myskina #13 6-3 6-2
Amy Frazier #73
Elena Dementieva #6 7-5 6-1
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #63
Anna Chakvetadze #24 6-0 6-2
Jill Craybas #59
Patty Schnyder #11 6-3 2-6 6-2
Martina Sucha #66
Shinobu Asagoe #25 6-4 6-4
Evgenia Linetskaya #45
Lindsay Davenport #1 6-1 6-1
Pauline Parmentier #253
Anabel Medina Garrigues #30 6-4 7-5
Tiantian Sun #180
Nathalie Dechy #15 6-1 6-1
Vania King #721
Tatiana Golovin #27 6-4 7-6(6)
Anna Smashnova #46
Round of 32
Kim Clijsters #4 6-1 6-4
Ai Sugiyama #33
Maria Vento-Kabchi #72 7-5 4-6 6-3
Shahar Peer #60
Venus Williams #10 6-3 6-3
Daniela Hantuchova #19
Serena Williams #8 6-3 6-4
Francesca Schiavone #26
Maria Sharapova #2 6-2 6-4
Julia Schruff #87
Sania Mirza #42 7-6(4) 6-4
Marion Bartoli #43
Nadia Petrova #9 6-2 7-5
Laura Granville #71
Nicole Vaidisova #28 6-1 7-6(2)
Ivana Lisjak #189
Mary Pierce #12 6-3 3-0 (ret.)
Jelena Jankovic #17
Justine Henin #7 6-0 7-6(4)
Yoon Jeong Cho #75
Amélie Mauresmo #3 7-5 6-3
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #31
Elena Likhovtseva #21 0-6 6-3 7-6(6)
Anastasia Myskina #13
Elena Dementieva #6 6-1 4-6 7-6(5)
Anna Chakvetadze #24
Patty Schnyder #11 6-1 6-3
Shinobu Asagoe #25
Lindsay Davenport #1 6-3 6-2
Anabel Medina Garrigues #30
Nathalie Dechy #15 7-5 2-6 6-2
Tatiana Golovin #27
Round of 16
Kim Clijsters #4 6-1 6-0
Maria Vento-Kabchi #72
Venus Williams #10 7-6(5) 6-2
Serena Williams #8
Maria Sharapova #2 6-2 6-1
Sania Mirza #42
Nadia Petrova #9 7-6(4) 7-5
Nicole Vaidisova #28
Mary Pierce #12 6-3 6-4
Justine Henin #7
Amélie Mauresmo #3 6-1 6-4
Elena Likhovtseva #21
Elena Dementieva #6 6-4 6-3
Patty Schnyder #11
Lindsay Davenport #1 6-0 6-3
Nathalie Dechy #15
Quarterfinals
Kim Clijsters #4 4-6 7-5 6-1
Venus Williams #10
Maria Sharapova #2 7-5 4-6 6-4
Nadia Petrova #9
Mary Pierce #12 6-4 6-1
Amélie Mauresmo #3
Elena Dementieva #6 6-1 3-6 7-6(6)
Lindsay Davenport #1
Semifinals
Kim Clijsters #4 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3
Maria Sharapova #2
Mary Pierce #12 3-6 6-2 6-2
Elena Dementieva #6
Final
Kim Clijsters #4 6-3 6-1
Mary Pierce #12

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