2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open

The 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2005 WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 26 through October 2, 2005. Total prize money for the tournament was $170,000.[1][2]

2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open
DateSeptember 26 – October 2
Edition2nd
Champions
Singles
Yan Zi
Doubles
Maria Elena Camerin / Emmanuelle Gagliardi

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 20 1
 CHN Peng Shuai 33 2
 CHN Li Na 35 3
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 45 4
 CHN Zheng Jie 46 5
 ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives 54 6
 POL Marta Domachowska 64 7
 SVK Martina Suchá 65 8
  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of September 15, 2005.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

  • Chen Yan-chong
  • Xie Yan-ze

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser from the singles qualifying draw:

Finals results

Singles
Main article: 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles

Yan Zi def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, 6–4, 4–0, ret.

  • Yan won the first WTA title of her career.

Doubles
Main article: 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

Maria Elena Camerin / Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. Neha Uberoi / Shikha Uberoi, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

References
  1. 2005 Results on the ITF
  2. 2005 Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Singles Results Kim Clijsters, Zi Yan, & N Vaidisova, Champions



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