WTA Australian Open 2005 Draw, Results & Schedule

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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.

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
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 29, 2005* F Serena Williams #7 2-6 6-3 6-0 Lindsay Davenport #1 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 28, 2005* SF Serena Williams #7 2-6 7-5 8-6 Maria Sharapova #4 H2H Match data
Jan 28, 2005* SF Lindsay Davenport #1 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Nathalie Dechy #25 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jan 27, 2005* QF Maria Sharapova #4 4-6 6-2 6-2 Svetlana Kuznetsova #5 H2H Match data
Jan 27, 2005* QF Serena Williams #7 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 #1 6-4 4-6 9-7 Alicia Molik #12 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 25, 2005* R16 Amélie Mauresmo #2 6-2 6-4 Evgenia Linetskaya #93 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 2005* R16 Serena Williams #7 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 #1 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
R32 (16)
Jan 22, 2005* R32 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 Lindsay Davenport #1 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 #7 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
R64 (32)
Jan 20, 2005* R64 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 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 #1 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 #7 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
R128 (64)
Jan 19, 2005* R128 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 #1 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 #29 H2H Match data
Jan 19, 2005* R128 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 #7 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

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