# Japan Women's Open 2005

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/sackmann_wta:7d0bb4ae81b14ddda3120e5e3cdb479c5472ef53587e81cba6d90c826f05c425/japan-womens-open
Tour: WTA

Nicole Vaidisova won the 2005 Japan Women's Open after Tatiana Golovin retired in the final (7-6(4) 3-2 (ret.)). The WTA 250 event was played October 3–9 on hard courts in Japan Open, Japan.

The Japan Women's Open is a hard-court WTA tournament in Osaka.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Japan Open, Osaka Open, Japan Women's Tennis Open
- Category: Tier III -> WTA 250
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Japan Open
- Start date: 2005-10-03
- End date: 2005-10-09

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
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## Champion
- Winner: Nicole Vaidisova
- Runner-up: Tatiana Golovin
- Final score: 7-6(4) 3-2 RET

## Knockout results
### F
- Nicole Vaidisova def. Tatiana Golovin 7-6(4) 3-2 RET

### SF
- Nicole Vaidisova def. Maria Kirilenko 6-4 6-2
- Tatiana Golovin def. Sania Mirza 6-2 6-4

### QF
- Maria Kirilenko def. Jill Craybas 6-2 4-6 6-2
- Tatiana Golovin def. Ai Sugiyama 3-6 6-2 6-2
- Nicole Vaidisova def. Sofia Arvidsson 2-6 6-3 6-2
- Sania Mirza def. Vera Zvonareva 5-7 6-2 6-4

### R16
- Sofia Arvidsson def. Shinobu Asagoe 2-6 6-3 6-4
- Tatiana Golovin def. Saori Obata 6-1 6-4
- Ai Sugiyama def. Camille Pin 3-6 6-3 6-4
- Maria Kirilenko def. Henrieta Nagyova 6-4 6-2
- Jill Craybas def. Gisela Dulko 6-3 6-3
- Vera Zvonareva def. Shahar Peer 6-3 7-5
- Nicole Vaidisova def. Rika Fujiwara 6-4 6-2
- Sania Mirza def. Aiko Nakamura 6-1 6-4

### R32
- Tatiana Golovin def. Abigail Spears 6-4 6-2
- Camille Pin def. Laura Granville 5-7 6-1 6-4
- Shinobu Asagoe def. Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-3 6-3
- Shahar Peer def. Marion Bartoli 6-4 6-4
- Aiko Nakamura def. Mashona Washington 6-7(6) 6-1 6-1
- Saori Obata def. Martina Sucha 6-1 6-0
- Gisela Dulko def. Su-Wei Hsieh 2-6 7-5 6-2
- Sania Mirza def. Vilmarie Castellvi 6-1 6-3
- Henrieta Nagyova def. Tathiana Garbin 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2
- Sofia Arvidsson def. Severine Beltrame 1-6 6-3 6-0
- Vera Zvonareva def. Catalina Castano 6-2 7-6(4)
- Rika Fujiwara def. Sybille Bammer 0-6 7-5 RET
- Maria Kirilenko def. Ayumi Morita 6-4 6-4
- Ai Sugiyama def. Alina Jidkova 6-1 7-6(5)
- Jill Craybas def. Jamea Jackson 0-6 6-1 6-1
- Nicole Vaidisova def. Akiko Morigami 4-6 6-1 6-1

## Stats
- Total matches: 31
- Players: 32

Other editions available: 2005

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