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2005 French Open 

2005 French Open
Date:   Late May, Early June
Edition:   104th
Champions
Men's Singles
Flag of Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's Singles
Flag of Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne
Men's Doubles
Flag of Sweden Jonas Björkman / Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi
Women's Doubles
Flag of Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina Paola Suárez
Mixed Doubles
Flag of France Fabrice Santoro / Flag of Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
French Open
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The 2005 French Open was the 104th edition of the tournament. Rafael Nadal was a strong favourite after winning the Rome and Monte Carlo Masters, with Guillermo Coria, a 2004 finalist and runner-up in Monaco, calling Nadal the best clay-court player in the world prior to the tournament.

Contents

Seniors

Men's singles

Flag of Spain Rafael Nadal def. Flag of Argentina Mariano Puerta, 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5

Women's singles

Flag of Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne def. Flag of France Mary Pierce, 6-1, 6-1
Henin-Hardenne became only the second French Open women's singles winner after saving match points en route to the title. In 2004 Myskina did the same.
Both saved match points against Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round.

Men's doubles

Flag of Sweden Jonas Björkman / Flag of Belarus Max Mirnyi def. Flag of the United States Bob Bryan / Flag of the United States Mike Bryan, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

Women's doubles

Flag of Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina Paola Suárez def. Flag of Zimbabwe Cara Black / Flag of South Africa Liezel Huber, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

Mixed doubles

Flag of Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová / Flag of France Fabrice Santoro def. Flag of the United States Martina Navratilova / Flag of India Leander Paes, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Top 5 Seeds

Men's Singles
1. Roger Federer (Flag of Switzerland Switzerland) lost to [4] Rafael Nadal (Flag of Spain Spain) Semi-final
2. Andy Roddick (Flag of the United States United States) lost to José Acasuso (Flag of Argentina Argentina) 2nd round
3. Marat Safin (Flag of Russia Russia) lost to [15] Tommy Robredo (Flag of Spain Spain) 4th round
4. Rafael Nadal (Flag of Spain Spain) defeated Mariano Puerta (Flag of Argentina Argentina) Champion
5. Gaston Gaudio (Flag of Argentina Argentina) lost to [20] David Ferrer (Flag of Spain Spain) 4th round
Women's Singles
1. Lindsay Davenport (Flag of the United States United States) lost to [21] Mary Pierce (Flag of France France) Quarterfinal
2. Maria Sharapova (Flag of Russia Russia) lost to [10] Justine Henin-Hardenne (Flag of Belgium Belgium) Quarterfinal
3. Amélie Mauresmo (Flag of France France) lost to [29] Ana Ivanović (Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro) 3rd round
4. Elena Dementieva (Flag of Russia Russia) lost to [16] Elena Likhovtseva (Flag of Russia Russia) 4th round
5. Anastasia Myskina (Flag of Russia Russia) lost to Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Flag of Spain Spain) 1st round


Juniors

Boys' Singles

Flag of Croatia Marin Čilić def. Flag of the Netherlands Antal van der Duim, 6-3, 6-1

Girls' Singles

Flag of Hungary Ágnes Szávay def. Flag of Romania Raluca-Ioana Olaru, 6-2, 6-1

Boys' Doubles

Flag of Argentina Emiliano Massa / Flag of Argentina Leonardo Mayer def. Flag of Ukraine Sergey Bubka / Flag of France Jeremy Chardy, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Girls' Doubles

Flag of Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Flag of Hungary Ágnes Szávay def. Flag of Romania Raluca-Ioana Olaru / Flag of Kazakhstan Amina Rakhim, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0

Preceded by
2004 French Open
French Open Succeeded by
2006 French Open
Preceded by
2005 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
2005 Wimbledon
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