2005 U.S. Open (tennis)

TennisEventInfo|2005|U.S. Open
date= August 29 - September 11 [http://tennis.quickfound.net/wta_results_2005/us_open_results_2005.html]
edition= 124th
champms= flagicon|SUI Roger Federer
champws= flagicon|BEL Kim Clijsters
champmd= flagicon|USA Bob Bryan / flagicon|USA Mike Bryan
champwd= flagicon|USA Lisa Raymond / flagicon|AUS Samantha Stosur
champxd= flagicon|SVK Daniela Hantuchová / flagicon|IND Mahesh BhupathiList of the 2005 U.S. Open Champions, the top seeds and important highlights of the tournament:

eniors

Men's Singles

flagicon|SUI Roger Federer def. flagicon|USA Andre Agassi, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1

Women's Singles

flagicon|BEL Kim Clijsters def. flagicon|FRA Mary Pierce, 6-3 6-1

Men's Doubles

flagicon|USA Bob Bryan / flagicon|USA Mike Bryan def. flagicon|SWE Jonas Björkman / flagicon|BLR Max Mirnyi, 6-1, 6-4

Women's Doubles

flagicon|USA Lisa Raymond / flagicon|AUS Samantha Stosur def. flagicon|RUS Elena Dementieva / flagicon|ITA Flavia Pennetta, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3

Mixed doubles

flagicon|SVK Daniela Hantuchová [By winning this year's U.S. Open Mixed Doubles title, Hantuchová completed a Career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. She became just the 5th player in history to have achieved this.] / flagicon|IND Mahesh Bhupathi def. flagicon|SLO Katarina Srebotnik / flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić, 6-4, 6-2

Juniors

Boys' Singles

flagicon|BAH Ryan Sweeting def. flagicon|FRA Jeremy Chardy, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Singles

flagicon|BLR Victoria Azarenka def. flagicon|USA Alexa Glatch, 6–3, 6–4

Boys' Doubles

flagicon|USA Alex Clayton / flagicon|USA Donald Young def. flagicon|AUS Carsten Ball / flagicon|NED Thiemo de Bakker, 7–6(3), 4–6, 7–5

Girls' Doubles

flagicon|CZE Nikola Franková / flagicon|RUS Alisa Kleybanova def. flagicon|USA Alexa Glatch / flagicon|USA Vania King, 7–5, 7–6(3)

eeds

Top 10 seeds (singles)

Top 5 seeds (mixed doubles)

Highlights

*Day 1
** Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia became the first defending women's champion to lose in the first round during the Open Era. She lost to Ekaterina Bychkova 6-3, 6-4. It marked the fourth time a women's defending champ was ousted in her first match.
** Ninth-seeded Gastón Gaudio (2004 French Open champion) also lost in the first round. He was beaten by wildcard Brian Baker in straight sets: 7-6(9), 6-2, 6-4.
*Day 2
** 2003 Champion Andy Roddick lost to Gilles Müller 7-6, 7-6, 7-6.
*Day 3
*Day 4
** Indian teen sensation Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to reach 4th Round of any Grand Slam.
*Day 5
*Day 6
** American James Blake takes out No. 2 seed - and one of the candidates to win the title - Rafael Nadal of Spain. James Blake declared the player of the day for the 2nd time in the tourney.
*Day 7
** Tenth seed Venus Williams beats her little sister and 2005 Australian Open champion Serena Williams to reach the quarter-final (7-6 [5] , 6-2).
*Day 8
** Andre Agassi is stretched to five sets against Belgian Xavier Malisse.
*Day 9
** Roger Federer loses his first set of the tournament against Nicolas Kiefer of Germany. He progresses in four sets.
** Kim Clijsters of Belgium continues to dominate the hardcourt summer. Her victim in the quarter-final was Venus Williams. Clijsters wins 4-6, 7-5 and 6-1.
*Day 10
** Both Andre Agassi and Robby Ginepri needed five difficult sets to beat James Blake and Guillermo Coria in their quarter-final matches.
** Second seed Lindsay Davenport loses in three sets to Russian Elena Dementieva and for the first time since 1994 there's no American representative in the women's semifinals.
*Day 11
**Daniela Hantuchová and Mahesh Bhupathi are champions in Mixed Doubles against Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić.
*Day 12
**Twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan, after being runner-ups at the other three Grand Slams, are champions for the first time in the U.S. Open in the Men's Doubles championship, winning the 1st Seed Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi.
*Day 13
**Kim Clijsters wins her first Grand Slam title after defeating Mary Pierce in 6-3, 6-1.
*Day 14
**Roger Federer wins the title defeating Andre Agassi in 4 sets.

Player of the day

*Day 1 - Brian Baker for upset defeat of Gastón Gaudio
*Day 2 - James Blake for a comeback after injury-marred 2004
*Day 3 - Sania Mirza for winning the match despite bleeding toes
*Day 4 - Andre Agassi for second most wins in the US Open history
*Day 5 - Nicole Vaidišová for a personal best performance in a Grand Slam Tourney
*Day 6 - James Blake for defeating No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal
*Day 7 - Venus Williams for defeating sister Serena Williams
*Day 8 - Guillermo Coria on winning the longest match (4 & 1/2 hours) of 2005 US open
*Day 9 - Jarkko Nieminen for becoming the first Finnish man to reach the quarter finals of a grand slam
*Day 10 - Mary Pierce for a great comeback and making it to the US Open Semifinal for the 1st time
*Day 11 - Daniela Hantuchová and Mahesh Bhupathi for winning the mixed doubles title
*Day 12 - Mike and Bob Bryan for winning their first men's doubles title
*Day 13 - Kim Clijsters for capturing her first Grand Slam singles title
*Day 14 - Roger Federer for capturing the men's singles title

External links

* [http://tennis.quickfound.net/wta_results_2005/us_open_results_2005.html Tennis Quickfound 2005 U.S. Open Page]

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