2005 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

Singles
Singles
2005 Generali Ladies Linz
Final
Champion	Nadia Petrova
Runner-up	Patty Schnyder
Score	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion, but withdrew from the tournament due to injury.

Nadia Petrova won her maiden WTA tour title, defeating Patty Schnyder in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–1.

This was the final tournament in which Grand Slam champion and former world No. 2 Conchita Martínez participated in singles, before her retirement in 2006. She retired in the second round against Daniela Hantuchová.

Seeds edit

The top three seeds who played, and the ninth seed, received a bye into the second round.

Amélie Mauresmo (withdrew)
Elena Dementieva (second round)
Nadia Petrova (champion)
Patty Schnyder (final)
Elena Likhovtseva (first round)
Daniela Hantuchová (quarterfinals)
Jelena Janković (first round)
Ana Ivanovic (semifinals)
Tatiana Golovin (quarterfinals)^[a]

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Semifinals				Final

8	Ana Ivanovic	5	2

4	Patty Schnyder	7	6
				4	Patty Schnyder	6	3	1

				3	Nadia Petrova	4	6	6
3	Nadia Petrova	6	6

	Květa Peschke	3	4

Top half edit

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

					9	T Golovin	6	7⁷
LL	Y Meusburger	6³	3			S Karatantcheva	4	6²
	S Karatantcheva	7⁷	6							9	T Golovin	7	6
	T Paszek	7⁸	1	7						8	A Ivanovic	5	3
Q	E Vesnina	6⁶	6	5		T Paszek	5	1
	S Asagoe	6⁴	2		8	A Ivanovic	7	6
8	A Ivanovic	7⁷	6											8	A Ivanovic	5	2
														4	P Schnyder	7	6
					4	P Schnyder	6	6
Q	M Domachowska	3	3			I Benešová	2	2
	I Benešová	6	6							4	P Schnyder	6	6
	C Martínez	6	6							6	D Hantuchová	2	1
	M Bartoli	1	1			C Martínez	6	0	1^r
	K Koukalová	4	7⁷	6⁹	6	D Hantuchová	2	6	3
6	D Hantuchová	6	6⁴	7¹¹

Bottom half edit

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

	V Dushevina	7⁸	3	6
7	J Janković	6⁶	6	0		V Dushevina	5	4
	V Razzano	7⁷	6		WC	S Bammer	7	6
WC	S Bammer	6³	3							WC	S Bammer	2	6	3
Q	S Arvidsson	6	6							3	N Petrova	6	3	6
Q	B Strýcová	1	2		Q	S Arvidsson	3	3
					3	N Petrova	6	6
															3	N Petrova	6	6
	A Sugiyama	6	4	7												K Peschke	3	4
5	E Likhovtseva	1	6	5		A Sugiyama	6	3	6
WC	L Raymond	7⁷	6⁶	2		G Dulko	4	6	2
	G Dulko	6²	7⁸	6							A Sugiyama	6	5	4
	K Peschke	7	7								K Peschke	4	7	6
	V Zvonareva	5	5			K Peschke	6	7
					2	E Dementieva	3	5

Qualifying edit

Seeds edit

Iveta Benešová (Promoted to main draw)
Marta Domachowska (qualified)
Alona Bondarenko (second round)
Laura Pous Tió (first round)
Zuzana Ondrášková (second round)
Sofia Arvidsson (qualified)
Emma Laine (first round)
Tsvetana Pironkova (second round)
Emmanuelle Gagliardi (second round)

Qualifiers edit

Lucky losers edit

Yvonne Meusburger

Draw edit

First qualifier edit

First round				Second round					Qualifying competition

9	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6	6

WC	Tina Schiechtl	4	1
				9	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6	0	4

					Elena Vesnina	3	6	6
	Elena Vesnina	6	6

	Kathrin Wörle	2	4
										Elena Vesnina	6	6

										Kateryna Bondarenko	1	1
Alt	Libuše Průšová	4	2

	Kateryna Bondarenko	6	6
					Kateryna Bondarenko	6	7

				8	Tsvetana Pironkova	4	5
	Varvara Lepchenko	1	0^r

8	Tsvetana Pironkova	6	5

Second qualifier edit

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

2	Marta Domachowska	6	6

	Marie-Ève Pelletier	4	2
					2	Marta Domachowska	6	6

						Viktoriya Kutuzova	0	4
	Viktoriya Kutuzova	6	6

	Kateřina Böhmová	4	0
									2	Marta Domachowska	5	6	7⁹

										Yuliana Fedak	7	3	6⁷
	Yuliana Fedak	6	2	6

	Selima Sfar	3	6	3
						Yuliana Fedak	6	6

					5	Zuzana Ondrášková	2	4
WC	Gréta Arn	0	1

5	Zuzana Ondrášková	6	6

Third qualifier edit

First round					Second round					Qualifying competition

3	Alona Bondarenko	2	6	6

	Tatiana Panova	6	4	2
					3	Alona Bondarenko	4	6	3

						Yvonne Meusburger	6	3	6
	Yvonne Meusburger	6	6

Alt	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	0	4
											Yvonne Meusburger	4	4

										6	Sofia Arvidsson	6	6
	Sabine Klaschka	6	6

	Elena Baltacha	1	2
						Sabine Klaschka	5	0

					6	Sofia Arvidsson	7	6
	Eva Birnerová	7¹⁰	4	0

6	Sofia Arvidsson	6⁸	6	6

Fourth qualifier edit

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

4	Laura Pous Tió	2	6⁶

WC	Barbara Schwartz	6	7⁸
					WC	Barbara Schwartz	0	0^r

					WC	Nicole Remis	6	1
	Michaela Paštiková	6³	3

WC	Nicole Remis	7⁷	6
									WC	Nicole Remis	3	3

										Barbora Strýcová	6	6
	Silvija Talaja	6	3	3

	Ľudmila Cervanová	2	6	6
						Ľudmila Cervanová	3	2

						Barbora Strýcová	6	6
	Barbora Strýcová	6	3	6

7	Emma Laine	3	6	3

References edit

^ Tatiana Golovin was initially unseeded, and was scheduled to face Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round. However, following Amélie Mauresmo's withdrawal, Golovin was promoted to ninth seed, necessitating a draw reshuffle. Golovin occupied Mauresmo's original position in the draw, receiving a first-round bye, and Yvonne Meusburger received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser, and was positioned in Golovin's original position.

Main and Qualifying Draws (ITF)

[1] Tatiana Golovin was initially unseeded, and was scheduled to face Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round. However, following Amélie Mauresmo's withdrawal, Golovin was promoted to ninth seed, necessitating a draw reshuffle. Golovin occupied Mauresmo's original position in the draw, receiving a first-round bye, and Yvonne Meusburger received entry into the main draw as a lucky loser, and was positioned in Golovin's original position.

[a]