2005 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2005 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2005 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from October 22–30, 2005 at the TipsArena Linz. Nadia Petrova won the singles title.

2005 Generali Ladies Linz
Date22 – 30 October
Edition19th
CategoryTier II Series
Prize moneyUSD $585,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationLinz, Austria
VenueTipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Russia Nadia Petrova
Doubles
Argentina Gisela Dulko / Czech Republic Květa Peschke
← 2004 · Linz Open · 2006 →

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 195 137 88 49 25 1 11.75 6.75 4 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $95,500 $51,000 $27,300 $14,600 $7,820 $4,175 $2,230 $1,195 $640
Doubles * $30,000 $16,120 $8,620 $4,610 $2,465

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank Seed
  FRA Amélie Mauresmo 4 1
  RUS Elena Dementieva 8 2
  RUS Nadia Petrova 9 3
   SUI Patty Schnyder 10 4
  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 16 5
  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 19 6
  SCG Jelena Janković 21 7
  SCG Ana Ivanovic 22 8
  FRA Tatiana Golovin 24 9

Rankings are as of 17 October 2005.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

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Retirements

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Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Player 1 Rank Player 2 Rank Seed
  ZIM Cara Black   AUS Rennae Stubbs 2 5 1
  ESP Conchita Martínez   ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 14 2 2
  RUS Elena Likhovtseva   RUS Vera Zvonareva 10 13 3
  SVK Daniela Hantuchová   JPN Ai Sugiyama 17 19 4

Rankings are as of 17 October 2005

Other entrants

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The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

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Singles

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It was Petrova's first WTA singles title.

Doubles

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It was the 4th title of both Dulko and Peschke's careers, and their only title together as a pair.

References

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  1. ^ "Petrova wins maiden title in Linz". Eurosport. Linz. 30 October 2005. Retrieved 5 May 2020.