2005 Rafael Nadal tennis season
The 2005 Rafael Nadal tennis season started in January. Nadal won eleven singles titles and one doubles title with Albert Costa in 2005.
Full name | Rafael Nadal Parera |
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Country | ![]() |
Calendar prize money | $3,874,751 (Singles $3,794,327, Doubles $80,424)[1][2] |
Singles | |
Season record | 79–10 (88.8%) |
Calendar titles | 11 |
Year-end ranking | No. 2 |
Ranking change from previous year | ![]() |
Grand Slam & significant results | |
Australian Open | 4R |
French Open | W |
Wimbledon | 2R |
US Open | 3R |
Australian Open
At the 2005 Australian Open, Nadal lost in the fourth round to eventual runner-up Lleyton Hewitt.
Hard court
Nadal reached the final of the 2005 Miami Masters, and despite being two points from a straight-sets victory, he was defeated in five sets by world No. 1 Roger Federer.
Clay court
Nadal then dominated the spring clay court season. He won 24 consecutive singles matches, which broke Andre Agassi's Open Era record of consecutive match wins for a male teenager.[3] Nadal won the Torneo Conde de Godó in Barcelona and beat 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in the finals of the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters and the 2005 Rome Masters. During the Rome quarterfinals against Radek Stepanek, Nadal hit what is considered by many as the greatest shot of his career, a no-look, running passing shot near the net.[4] These victories raised his ranking to world No. 5[5] and made him one of the favorites at his career-first French Open. On his 19th birthday, Nadal defeated Federer in the 2005 French Open semifinals,[6] being one of only four players who defeated the top-seeded player that year (along with Marat Safin, Richard Gasquet, and David Nalbandian). Two days later, he defeated Mariano Puerta in the final, becoming the second male player after Mats Wilander to win the French Open on his first attempt. He also became the first teenager to win a Grand Slam singles title since Pete Sampras won the 1990 US Open at age 19. Winning the French Open improved Nadal's ranking to world No. 3.[5]
Grass court
Three days after his victory in Paris, Nadal's 24-match winning streak was snapped in the first round of the grass court Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, where he lost to the German Alexander Waske.[7] He then lost in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon to Gilles Müller of Luxembourg.
Summer hard court
Immediately after Wimbledon, Nadal won 16 consecutive matches and three consecutive tournaments, bringing his ranking to world No. 2 on 25 July 2005. Nadal started his North American summer hard-court season by defeating Agassi in the final of the 2005 Canada Masters, but lost in the first round of the 2005 Cincinnati Masters. Nadal was seeded second at the 2005 US Open, where he was upset in the third round by world No. 49 James Blake in four sets.
In September, he defeated Coria in the final of the China Open in Beijing and won both of his Davis Cup matches against Italy. In October, he won his fourth ATP Masters Series title of the year, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the final of the 2005 Madrid Masters. He then suffered a foot injury that prevented him from competing in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup.[8]
Both Nadal and Federer won eleven singles titles and four ATP Masters Series titles in 2005. Nadal broke Mats Wilander's previous teenage record of nine in 1983.[9] Nine of Nadal's titles were on clay, and the remainder were on hard courts. Nadal won 79 matches, second only to Federer's 81. Nadal won the Golden Bagel Award for 2005, with eleven 6–0 sets during the year.[10]
Year-end ranking
Nadal finished the year as the world No. 2,[11] the highest year-end ranking ever by a Spanish male player. He also won the ATP Most Improved Player of the Year award.[12] This was also Nadal's best year in terms of titles won (11).[13]
Singles Matches
Tournament | Match Win | Round | Opponent | Rank | Result | Score |
Qatar Open Doha, Qatar ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor January 3, 2005 – January 9, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
16 | 6-3, 7-6(7–3) | ||
2R | ![]() |
36 | 6-2, 6-4 | |||
QF | ![]() |
22 | 2-6, 7-6(3–7), 3-6 | |||
Heineken Open Auckland, New Zealand ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor January 10, 2005 – January 16, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
20 | 3-6 RET | ||
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 17 January–30 January 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
65 | 6-0, 6-4, 6-2 | ||
2R | ![]() |
15 | 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 | |||
3R | ![]() |
283 | 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 | |||
4R | ![]() |
3 | 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-7(3–7), 2-6 | |||
ATP Buenos Aires Buenos aires, Argentina ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor February 7, 2005 – February 13, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
61 | 7-6(7–2), 6-3 | ||
2R | ![]() |
66 | 6-1, 6-3 | |||
QF | ![]() |
8 | 6-0, 0-6, 1-6 | |||
Brasil Open Sao Paulo, Brazil ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 15–20 February 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
55 | 7-6(7–1), 6-3 | ||
2R | ![]() |
86 | 6-3, 6-3 | |||
QF | ![]() |
60 | 6-2, 6-7(5–7), 6-4 | |||
SF | ![]() |
56 | 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 | |||
W | ![]() |
61 | 6-0, 6-7(2–7), 6-1 | |||
Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor February 21, 2005 - February 27, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
81 | 6-4, 6-4 | ||
2R | ![]() |
77 | 7-6, 6-2 | |||
QF | ![]() |
12 | 7-5, 6-3 | |||
SF | ![]() |
74 | 6-4, 6-1 | |||
W | ![]() |
95 | 6-1, 6-0 | |||
Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 21-April 3, 2005 |
1R | Bye | ||||
2R | ![]() |
39 | 6–4, 7-6(7–5) | |||
3R | ![]() |
45 | 6–2, 6-2 | |||
4R | ![]() |
14 | 6–4, 6-7(5–7), 6-3 | |||
QF | ![]() |
27 | 6-2, 6-4 | |||
SF | ![]() |
44 | 6-4, 6-3 | |||
F | ![]() |
1 | 6-2, 7-6(7–4), 6-7(5–7), 3-6, 1-6 | |||
Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana Valencia, Spain ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor April 4, 2005 – April 10, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
68 | 6-2, 6-1 | ||
2R | ![]() |
80 | 6-1, 6-4 | |||
QF | ![]() |
47 | 5-7, 2-6 | |||
Monte Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor April 11–17, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
106 | 6–3, 6-2 | ||
2R | ![]() |
38 | 6–0, 6-3 | |||
3R | ![]() |
42 | 6–1, 6–2 | |||
QF | ![]() |
6 | 6–3, 6-0 | |||
SF | ![]() |
101 | 6-7(6–8), 6-4, 6-3 | |||
W | ![]() |
9 | 6-3, 6-2, 0-6, 7-5 | |||
Torneo Godo Barcelona, Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor April 18–24, 2005 |
– | 1R | Bye | |||
2R | ![]() |
64 | 6-0, 6-2 | |||
3R | ![]() |
25 | 6-1, 6-2 | |||
QF | ![]() |
99 | 6-2, 3-0 RET | |||
SF | ![]() |
22 | 7-5, 6-2 | |||
W | ![]() |
58 | 6–1, 7-6(7–4), 6-3 | |||
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 2–8 May 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
26 | 6-0, 6-2 | ||
2R | ![]() |
85 | 6–1, 6–1 | |||
3R | ![]() |
13 | 6–3, 6-1 | |||
QF | ![]() |
17 | 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 | |||
SF | ![]() |
25 | 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 | |||
W | ![]() |
11 | 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(8–6) | |||
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 23 May–5 June 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
96 | 6-1, 7-6(7–4), 6-1 | ||
2R | ![]() |
46 | 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 | |||
3R | ![]() |
31 | 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 | |||
4R | ![]() |
24 | 6–4, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 | |||
QF | ![]() |
21 | 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 | |||
SF | ![]() |
1 | 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 | |||
W | ![]() |
37 | 6-7(6–8), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 | |||
Noventi Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 6–12 June 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
147 | 6-4, 5-7, 3-6 | ||
The Championships, Wimbledon Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 20 June–3 July 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
39 | 6–4, 6-3, 6-2 | ||
2R | ![]() |
69 | 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 | |||
Swedish Open Bastad, Sweden ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor July 4, 2005 – July 7, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
66 | 6-1, 6-1 | ||
2R | ![]() |
50 | 6-2, 6-4 | |||
QF | ![]() |
31 | 6-3, 6-3 | |||
SF | ![]() |
20 | 6-3, 6-3 | |||
W | ![]() |
20 | 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 | |||
Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor July 18–24, 2005 |
– | 1R | Bye | |||
2R | ![]() |
167 | 6–1, 6–2 | |||
3R | ![]() |
58 | 6–3, 6–2 | |||
QF | ![]() |
57 | 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 | |||
SF | ![]() |
66 | 6-2, 7-5 | |||
W | ![]() |
13 | 6–3, 6–3, 6-4 | |||
Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor August 8–14, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
32 | 6–3, 6-7, 6-3 | ||
2R | ![]() |
56 | 6–1, 6-2 | |||
3R | ![]() |
34 | 6–4, 6-4 | |||
QF | ![]() |
11 | 6-3, 6-1 | |||
SF | ![]() |
63 | 6-4, 7-5 | |||
W | ![]() |
7 | 6–3, 4-6, 6-2 | |||
Cincinnati Masters Ohio, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor August 15–21, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
36 | 7-6(7–4), 2-6, 6-7(3–7) | ||
US Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 29 August–11 September 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
132 | 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 | ||
2R | ![]() |
352 | 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 | |||
3R | ![]() |
49 | 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 1-6 | |||
China Open Beijing, China ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor September 12, 2005 – September 18, 2005 |
1R | ![]() |
100 | 6-2, 6-4 | ||
2R | ![]() |
95 | 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 | |||
QF | ![]() |
115 | 7-6(7–3), 6-2 | |||
SF | ![]() |
23 | 6-4, 6-4 | |||
W | ![]() |
8 | 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 | |||
Davis Cup, ITA v/s ESP World Group Play Offs Italy Davis Cup Clay, outdoor 19–25 September 2005 |
RR | ![]() |
69 | 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 | ||
RR | ![]() |
78 | 6-1, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 | |||
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor October 17–23, 2005 |
1R | Bye | ||||
2R | ![]() |
42 | 7-6(7–5), 6-3 | |||
3R | ![]() |
17 | 6–2, 6-4 | |||
QF | ![]() |
14 | 7-6(11–9), 6-4 | |||
SF | ![]() |
21 | 7-5, 7-6(11–9) | |||
W | ![]() |
7 | 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(7–3) | |||
References
- https://www.atpworldtour.com/players/rafael-nadal/n409/player-activity?year=2005&matchType=singles
- https://www.atpworldtour.com/players/rafael-nadal/n409/player-activity?year=2005&matchType=doubles
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- beats Federer in battle of wills
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