2005 Indian Wells Masters

TennisEventInfo|2005|Indian Wells Masters
date=March 14 – March 20
edition=29th
champms= flagicon|SUI Roger Federer
champws= flagicon|BEL Kim Clijsters
champmd= flagicon|BAH Mark Knowles / flagicon|CAN Daniel Nestor
champwd= flagicon|ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / flagicon|ARG Paola Suarez

The 2005 Indian Wells Masters (also known as the "Pacific Life Open" for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Indian Wells Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States, from March 14 through March 20, 2005.

The men singles were headlined by World No. 1, reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion, and Masters Cup winner and defending champion Roger Federer, ATP No. 2, Sydney champion, two-times Grand Slam champion and Australian Open runner-up Lleyton Hewitt, and San Jose champion and two-time grand-slam finalist Andy Roddick. Also competing in the field were Australian Open titlist Marat Safin, 2004 French Open winner Guillermo Coria, Tim Henman, Carlos Moya and Gaston Gaudio.

Champions

Men's Singles

flagicon|SUI Roger Federer def. flagicon|AUS Lleyton Hewitt, 6–2, 6-4, 6–4
*It was Roger Federer's 4th title of the year, and his 26th overall. It was his 1st Masters title of the year, and his 5th overall. This was also his second victory at the event after winning the previous year.

Women's Singles

flagicon|BEL Kim Clijsters def. flagicon|USA Lindsay Davenport, 6–4, 4-6, 6-2
*It was Kim Clijsters' 1st title of the year, and her 22nd overall. It was her 3rd Tier I title overall. This was also her second victory at the event after winning in 2003.

Men's Doubles

flagicon|BAH Mark Knowles / flagicon|CAN Daniel Nestor def. flagicon|AUS Wayne Arthurs / flagicon|AUS Paul Hanley, 7-6, 7-6

Women's Doubles

flagicon|ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / flagicon|ARG Paola Suarez def. flagicon|RUS Nadia Petrova / flagicon|USA Meghann Shaughnessy, 7-6(3), 6-1

External links

* [http://www.pacificlifeopen.com Official website]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/404/mds.pdf Men's Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/404/mdd.pdf Men's Doubles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/posting/2005/404/qs.pdf Men's Qualifying Singles Draw]
* [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/3/global/Pdfs/events/2005/indianwells_draws.pdf Women's Singles, Doubles and Qualifying Singles Draws]