2005 Wimbledon Championships

2005 Wimbledon Championships
Date20 June – 3 July 2005
Edition119th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£10,085,510
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Roger Federer
Women's singles
Venus Williams
Men's doubles
Stephen Huss / Wesley Moodie
Women's doubles
Cara Black / Liezel Huber
Mixed doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Mary Pierce
Wheelchair men's doubles
Michaël Jeremiasz / Jayant Mistry
Boys' singles
Jérémy Chardy
Girls' singles
Agnieszka Radwańska
Boys' doubles
Jesse Levine / Michael Shabaz
Girls' doubles
Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay

The 2005 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It was the 119th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 3 July 2005. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Roger Federer successfully defended the men's singles crown defeating Andy Roddick in the final for the second consecutive year. Maria Sharapova was unsuccessful in her 2004 title defence, being defeated in the semifinals by eventual champion Venus Williams. Williams and Lindsay Davenport played the longest women's final in history.

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Senior points

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles 1000 700 450 250 150 75 35 5 12 8 4 0
Men's doubles 0 0 0
Women's singles 650 456 292 162 90 56 32 2 30 21 12.5 4
Women's doubles 0 0 0

Prize distribution

The total prize money for 2005 championships was £10,085,510. The winner of the men's title earned £630,000 while the women's singles champion earned £600,000.[3][4]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Men's singles £630,000
Women's singles £600,000
Men's doubles * £218,500
Women's doubles * £203,250
Mixed doubles * £90,000

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick, 6–2, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 [5]

Women's singles

Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 9–7 [6]

Men's doubles

Stephen Huss / Wesley Moodie defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3 [7]

Women's doubles

Cara Black / Liezel Huber defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova / Amélie Mauresmo, 6–2, 6–1 [8]

Mixed doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi / Mary Pierce defeated Paul Hanley / Tatiana Perebiynis, 6–4, 6–2 [9]

Juniors

Boys' singles

Jérémy Chardy defeated Robin Haase, 6–4, 6–3 [10]

Girls' singles

Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Tamira Paszek, 6–3, 6–4 [11]

Boys' doubles

Jesse Levine / Michael Shabaz defeated Sam Groth / Andrew Kennaugh, 6–4, 6–1 [12]

Girls' doubles

Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay defeated Marina Erakovic / Monica Niculescu, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0 [13]

Other events

Wheelchair men's doubles

Michaël Jeremiasz / Jayant Mistry defeated David Hall / Martin Legner, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 [14]

Singles seeds

Main draw wild card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Mixed doubles

  1. Jamie Baker / Claire Curran
  2. Jamie Delgado / Amanda Janes
  3. Andy Murray / Shahar Pe'er
  4. Arvind Parmar / Jane O'Donoghue
  5. David Sherwood / Elena Baltacha

Qualifier entries

Withdrawals

References

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