2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Date4 – 10 April
Edition26th
CategoryWTA Tier II
Prize moneyUSD $585,000
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
LocationAmelia Island, Florida, United States
VenueAmelia Island Plantation
Champions
Singles
United States Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
Australia Bryanne Stewart / Australia Samantha Stosur

The 2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the Amelia Island Championships, and was part of the WTA Tier II series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Florida, from April 4 through April 10, 2005.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 195 137 88 49 25 14 1 6.75 4 1
Doubles 1 — — 11.75 — —

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Singles $93,000 $47,500 $24,300 $12,450 $6,380 $3,270 $1,675 $860 $440
Doubles * $29,000 $14,920 $7,650 $3,930 $2,010 — — — —

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Lindsay Davenport 1 1
 USA Serena Williams 4 2
 RUS Anastasia Myskina 6 3
 AUS Alicia Molik 8 4
 USA Venus Williams 9 5
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 11 6
 RUS Nadia Petrova 12 7
  SUI Patty Schnyder 13 8
 RUS Elena Likhovtseva 17 9
 CRO Karolina Šprem 18 10
 SCG Jelena Janković 20 11
 ITA Silvia Farina Elia 22 12
 JPN Ai Sugiyama 24 13
 FRA Mary Pierce 25 14
 JPN Shinobu Asagoe 26 15
 USA Amy Frazier 27 16

1 Rankings as of 21 March 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Nadia Petrova  USA Meghann Shaughnessy Withdrew 1
 USA Lisa Raymond  AUS Rennae Stubbs 17 2
 RUS Elena Likhovtseva  JPN Ai Sugiyama 18 3
 ESP Conchita Martínez  ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 19 4
 AUS Alicia Molik  USA Martina Navratilova 21 5

1 Rankings as of 21 March 2005.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Finals

Singles

It was the 2nd title for Davenport in the season and the 47th title in her singles career.

Doubles

It was the 2nd title for both Stewart and Stosur in their respective doubles careers.

References

  1. ↑ "Davenport claims Amelia Island title". ABC Australia. AFP. 11 April 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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