WTA Australian Open 2005 Draw, Results & Schedule

Serena Williams won the 2005 Australian Open, defeating Lindsay Davenport 2-6 6-3 6-0 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 17 to January 29, 2005. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.

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Champion
Serena Williams
def. Lindsay Davenport , 2-6 6-3 6-0
Dates
Jan 17 — Jan 29
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
$5,952,601

Results

Match type

127 recorded singles results

Australian Open 2005 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Serena Williams #7CH 2-6 6-3 6-0 Lindsay Davenport #1CH H2H Match data Jan 29, 2005* F
SF (2)
Serena Williams #7CH 2-6 7-5 8-6 Maria Sharapova #4 H2H Match data Jan 28, 2005* SF
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Nathalie Dechy #25 H2H Match data Jan 28, 2005* SF
QF (4)
Maria Sharapova #4 4-6 6-2 6-2 Svetlana Kuznetsova #5 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2005* QF
Serena Williams #7CH 6-2 6-2 Amélie Mauresmo #2 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2005* QF
Nathalie Dechy #25 5-7 6-1 7-5 Patty Schnyder #14 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2005* QF
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-4 4-6 9-7 Alicia Molik #12 H2H Match data Jan 27, 2005* QF
R16 (8)
Amélie Mauresmo #2 6-2 6-4 Evgenia Linetskaya #93 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2005* R16
Serena Williams #7CH 6-1 3-6 6-3 Nadia Petrova #13 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2005* R16
Nathalie Dechy #25 6-4 6-2 Anastasia Myskina #3 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2005* R16
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-2 6-2 Karolina Sprem #18 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2005* R16
Patty Schnyder #14 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2 Elena Dementieva #6 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2005* R16
Maria Sharapova #4 4-6 6-1 6-2 Silvia Farina Elia #19 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2005* R16
Svetlana Kuznetsova #5 6-4 6-2 Vera Dushevina #65 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2005* R16
Alicia Molik #12 7-5 7-6(3) Venus Williams #9 H2H Match data Jan 25, 2005* R16
R32 (16)
Nathalie Dechy #25 6-3 6-3 Francesca Schiavone #23 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Patty Schnyder #14 7-6(4) 6-3 Abigail Spears #96 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Silvia Farina Elia #19 6-1 6-0 Elena Baltacha #185 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Vera Dushevina #65 7-5 6-4 Anna-Lena Groenefeld #71 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Alicia Molik #12 6-3 6-2 Tatiana Panova #78 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Evgenia Linetskaya #93 6-3 6-4 Amy Frazier #28 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-2 6-4 Nicole Vaidisova #70 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Nadia Petrova #13 6-4 6-4 Magdalena Maleeva #26 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Venus Williams #9 6-3 6-0 Anna Smashnova #33 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Amélie Mauresmo #2 6-2 7-5 Ana Ivanovic #82 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Maria Sharapova #4 6-0 6-2 Na Li #64 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Svetlana Kuznetsova #5 6-3 7-6(5) Mariana Diaz-Oliva #101 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Karolina Sprem #18 6-4 6-3 Elena Likhovtseva #22 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Elena Dementieva #6 7-5 5-7 6-4 Daniela Hantuchova #31 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Serena Williams #7CH 6-1 6-4 Sania Mirza #166 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
Anastasia Myskina #3 (w/o) Lisa Raymond #30 H2H Match data Jan 22, 2005* R32
R64 (32)
Elena Likhovtseva #22 6-3 2-6 6-3 Evie Dominikovic #120 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #71 6-2 7-6(2) Fabiola Zuluaga #16 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Sania Mirza #166 6-2 6-1 Petra Mandula #84 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Magdalena Maleeva #26 6-4 7-5 Alina Jidkova #54 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Francesca Schiavone #23 2-6 6-3 6-0 Tatiana Perebiynis #92 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Maria Sharapova #4 4-6 6-0 6-3 Lindsay Lee-Waters #87 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Na Li #64 6-3 6-4 Shinobu Asagoe #36 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Abigail Spears #96 7-5 6-1 Tatiana Golovin #24 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Evgenia Linetskaya #93 6-0 6-2 Martina Sucha #57 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Amélie Mauresmo #2 2-6 6-1 6-0 Dinara Safina #44 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Nadia Petrova #13 4-6 6-0 6-1 Sophie Ferguson #289 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Alicia Molik #12 6-2 6-4 Aiko Nakamura #132 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Elena Baltacha #185 2-6 6-3 6-1 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #115 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Anna Smashnova #33 6-2 6-2 Tamarine Tanasugarn #73 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Elena Dementieva #6 6-2 6-1 Anna Chakvetadze #85 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Nicole Vaidisova #70 6-0 7-5 Jelena Kostanic Tosic #35 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #101 7-6(2) 7-5 Gisela Dulko #32 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Nathalie Dechy #25 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-2 Mashona Washington #52 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Karolina Sprem #18 7-6(5) 7-6(2) Tathiana Garbin #68 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Tatiana Panova #78 3-6 6-4 6-2 Jelena Jankovic #27 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Amy Frazier #28 6-1 3-6 6-2 Denisa Chladkova #51 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Svetlana Kuznetsova #5 6-2 6-0 Marion Bartoli #39 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Ana Ivanovic #82 6-1 6-1 Maria Kirilenko #105 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Patty Schnyder #14 3-6 6-3 6-4 Michaella Krajicek #235 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Anastasia Myskina #3 6-4 6-2 Tzipora Obziler #114 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Daniela Hantuchova #31 6-4 6-0 Barbara Schett #97 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Lisa Raymond #30 6-0 6-1 Klara Koukalova #42 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 2-6 6-2 6-2 Michaela Pastikova #99 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Venus Williams #9 6-3 6-1 Shuai Peng #48 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Silvia Farina Elia #19 6-3 7-6(5) Marta Domachowska #69 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Serena Williams #7CH 6-3 6-0 Dally Randriantefy #67 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64
Vera Dushevina #65 6-3 6-3 Vera Zvonareva #11 H2H Match data Jan 20, 2005* R64 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R128 (64)
Abigail Spears #96 1-6 6-2 6-2 Meghann Shaughnessy #41 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Lisa Raymond #30 6-0 6-1 Anastasiya Yakimova #136 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Lindsay Davenport #1CH 6-1 6-0 Conchita Martínez #46 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Anna Smashnova #33 4-6 6-0 6-0 María Sánchez Lorenzo #58 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Silvia Farina Elia #19 6-3 6-4 Julia Schruff #107 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Ana Ivanovic #82 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1 Iveta Benesova #34 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Nathalie Dechy #25 6-4 6-3 Emmanuelle Gagliardi #118 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Tzipora Obziler #114 7-6(11) 6-4 Emilie Loit #47 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Sophie Ferguson #289 2-6 7-6(6) 6-4 Nuria Llagostera Vives #83 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Vera Dushevina #65 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 Jill Craybas #62 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Tatiana Panova #78 4-6 6-2 6-1 Antonella Serra Zanetti #103 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Alicia Molik #12 6-1 6-3 Anabel Medina Garrigues #38 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Venus Williams #9 6-1 7-5 Eleni Daniilidou #40 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Fabiola Zuluaga #16 6-3 7-5 Selima Sfar #119 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Petra Mandula #84 3-6 6-1 6-3 Flavia Pennetta #37 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Evie Dominikovic #120 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 Mara Santangelo #89 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Shinobu Asagoe #36 6-4 6-2 Anca Barna #95 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Maria Kirilenko #105 5-7 6-2 6-4 Aniko Kapros #91 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Amy Frazier #28 7-5 6-1 Marissa Irvin #75 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Vera Zvonareva #11 6-4 6-2 Nannan Liu #175 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Gisela Dulko #32 6-3 3-6 6-3 Kristina Brandi #56 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Martina Sucha #57 7-5 6-4 Ai Sugiyama #21 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Dinara Safina #44 7-5 3-6 6-4 Jie Zheng #59 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Lindsay Lee-Waters #87 6-3 7-5 Zsofia Gubacsi #178 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Svetlana Kuznetsova #5 6-1 6-1 Jessica Kirkland #239 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Evgenia Linetskaya #93 6-4 6-1 Lubomira Kurhajcova #88 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro #115 6-2 6-2 Mary Pierce #29CH H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Tathiana Garbin #68 7-5 7-6(5) Marlene Weingartner #74 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Maria Sharapova #4 6-3 6-1 Sesil Karatantcheva #110 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Tatiana Golovin #24 6-3 7-5 Ludmila Cervanova #90 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Dally Randriantefy #67 6-1 6-1 Zuzana Ondraskova #137 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Mashona Washington #52 6-2 6-3 Catalina Castano #113 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Sania Mirza #166 3-6 6-3 6-0 Cindy Watson #285 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Serena Williams #7CH 6-1 6-1 Camille Pin #106 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Shuai Peng #48 6-1 6-2 Maria Elena Camerin #43 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Michaella Krajicek #235 6-2 6-1 Stephanie Foretz Gacon H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Denisa Chladkova #51 7-6(3) 6-3 Silvija Talaja #111 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Jelena Kostanic Tosic #35 3-6 6-2 6-2 Casey Dellacqua #256 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Elena Baltacha #185 5-7 6-4 6-4 Katarina Srebotnik #66 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Tatiana Perebiynis #92 1-6 6-4 7-5 Capucine Rousseau #127 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Tamarine Tanasugarn #73 6-0 6-2 Barbora Strycova #55 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Elena Likhovtseva #22 6-3 6-3 Sanda Mamic #102 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Karolina Sprem #18 6-2 6-3 Monique Adamczak #359 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Francesca Schiavone #23 6-3 6-2 Marta Marrero #49 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Klara Koukalova #42 6-3 6-3 Meilen Tu #201 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Jelena Jankovic #27 6-1 6-3 Nicole Pratt #53 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Barbara Schett #97 6-3 1-6 6-2 Tiffany Welford #280 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Anastasia Myskina #3 6-1 6-4 Kveta Peschke #86 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Marta Domachowska #69 6-1 3-6 6-0 Ting (sr) Li #171 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Anna-Lena Groenefeld #71 6-1 6-3 Severine Beltrame #100 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Nadia Petrova #13 6-1 6-2 Virginie Razzano #63 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Amélie Mauresmo #2 6-2 6-3 Samantha Stosur #45 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Anna Chakvetadze #85 6-3 6-2 Arantxa Parra Santonja #79 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Daniela Hantuchova #31 6-4 7-5 Akiko Morigami #81 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Nicole Vaidisova #70 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 Maria Vento-Kabchi #50 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Elena Dementieva #6 6-3 6-3 Alona Bondarenko #112 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Mariana Diaz-Oliva #101 6-3 6-4 Saori Obata #109 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Na Li #64 6-2 4-6 6-2 Laura Granville #77 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Alina Jidkova #54 4-6 6-1 6-4 Virginia Ruano Pascual #72 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Marion Bartoli #39 6-1 6-3 Claudine Schaul #61 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Patty Schnyder #14 6-1 6-1 Yuliana Fedak #76 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Magdalena Maleeva #26 6-1 6-1 Magui Serna #116 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Michaela Pastikova #99 6-4 6-4 Anne Kremer #98 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128
Aiko Nakamura #132 6-3 6-4 Angela Haynes #125 H2H Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128

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WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Australian Open held?
Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia.
Who won the most recent Australian Open?
The 2026 Australian Open was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?
Serena Williams has won 7 Australian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Australian Open played?
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