| Week |
Name |
City |
Prize |
Court |
Draw M/Q/D |
| Jan 3 |
Uncle Tobys Hardcourt*! |
Gold Coast, AUS |
$170,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 14 s2 Patty Schnyder SUI d # 65 Samantha Stosur AUS 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
Elena Likhovtseva & Magdalena Maleeva d Maria Elena Camerin & Silvia Farina Elia 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Photo: Patty held up the hardware from her 9th WTA singles title on Sat, Jan 8. |
|
| Jan 3 |
ASB Bank Classic* |
Auckland, NZL |
$140,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 87 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d # 37 s4 Shinobu Asagoe JPN 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
Shinobu Asagoe & Katarina Srebotnik d Leanne Baker & Francesca Lubiani 6-3, 6-3
Photo: Katarina won her 3rd WTA singles title, and her 8th doubles title, on Sat, Jan 8. |
|
| Jan 10 |
Medibank International*! |
Sydney, AUS |
$585,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 13 s6 Alicia Molik AUS d # 65 wc Samantha Stosur AUS 6(5)-7, 6-4, 7-5
Bryanne Stewart & Samantha Stosur d s3 Elena Dementieva & Ai Sugiyama
walkover-- Dementieva heat illness
Photo: Alicia won her 5th WTA singles title on Sat, Jan 15-- the win will move her up to a career high # 11. |
|
| Jan 10 |
Canberra Women's Classic*! |
Canberra, AUS |
$110,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 101 q Ana Ivanovic SCG d # 128 LL Melinda Czink HUN 7-5, 6-1
Tathiana Garbin & Tina Krizan d Gabriela Navratilova & Michaela Pastikova 7-5, 1-6, 6-4
Photo: Ana holds the glassware that accompanied her 1st WTA singles title on Sat, Jan 15. |
|
| Jan 10 |
Moorilla International*! |
Hobart, AUS |
$110,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 66 Jie Zheng CHN d # 33 s2 Gisela Dulko ARG 6-2, 6-0
s1 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng d s2 Anabel Medina Garrigues & Dinara Safina 6-4, 7-5
Photo: Jie won 1st WTA singles title, and her 1st WTA doubles title, on Fri, Jan 14. The Hobart trophy is in the shape of a map of Tasmania. |
|
| Jan 17 |
-30 Australian Open* |
Melbourne, AUS |
$19 mil AU |
HO |
128/96/64 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 7 s7 Serena Williams USA d # 1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
s6 Svetlana Kuznetsova & Alicia Molik d s15 Lindsay Davenport & Corina Morariu 6-3, 6-4
Samantha Stosur & Scott Draper d s4 Liezel Huber & Kevin Ullyett 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (10-6)
Photo: Serena won her 7th Grand Slam tourney singles title on Sat, Jan 29. She was handed the trophy by Aussie great (62 Grand Slam titles, 24 of them singles) Margaret Smith Court. |
|
| Jan 31 |
Toray Pan Pacific Open |
Tokyo, JPN |
$1,300,000 |
CI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 4 s2 Maria Sharapova RUS d # 1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(5)
cdr17 s2 Janette Husarova & Elena Likhovtseva d cdr80 Lindsay Davenport & Corina Morariu 6-4, 6-3
Photo: Lindsay & Maria with their nice new Japanese tableware after the match. Maria won her 8th WTA singles title in her 9th final on Sun, Feb 6. |
|
| Jan 31 |
Volvo Women's Open |
Pattaya City, THA |
$170,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 46 s3 Conchita Martinez ESP d # 71 s7 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
cdr80 s2 Marion Bartoli & Anna-Lena Groenefeld d cdr274 Marta Domachowska & Silvija Talaja 6-3, 6-2
Photo: Conchita, shown after match point, won her 33rd WTA singles title Sun, Feb 6. It was her 1st tourney victory since the 2000 German Open. |
|
| Feb 7 |
Open Gaz de France |
Paris, FRA |
$585,000 |
GSI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 47 Dinara Safina RUS d # 3 s2 Amélie Mauresmo FRA 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Iveta Benesova & Kveta Peschke d s1 Dinara Safina & Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Photo: 18-year-old Dinara Safina is shown launching a backhand on her way to her 3rd WTA singles title, (and 1st Tier II title), on Sun, Feb 13. |
|
| Feb 7 |
Hyderabad Open |
Hyderabad, IND |
$140,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 131 Sania Mirza IND d # 107 s9 Alyona Bondarenko UKR 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
s3 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng d s2 Ting Li & Tiantian Sun 6-4, 6-1
Photo: 18-year-old Sania Mirza became the first woman from India to win a WTA singles title on Sun, Feb 12 (Sania is shown after winning her SF against Maria Kirilenko on Feb 11). |
|
| Feb 14 |
Proximus Diamond Games |
Antwerp, BEL |
$585,000 |
GSI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 4 s1 Amélie Mauresmo FRA d # 8 s3 Venus Williams USA 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
Cara Black & Els Callens d Anabel Medina Garrigues & Dinara Safina 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Photo: Amélie Mauresmo is shown firing a forehand while winning her 16th WTA singles title on Sun, Feb 20. |
|
| Feb 14 |
Cellular South Cup*! |
Memphis, TN, USA |
$170,000 |
HI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 11 s1 Vera Zvonareva RUS d # 40 s3 Meghann Shaughnessy USA 7-6(3), 6-2
s3 Laura Granville & Abigail Spears d Miho Saeki & Yuka Yoshida 6-3, 6-4
Photo: Vera Zvonareva flung a forehand at Meghann Shaughnessy while winning her 3rd WTA singles title on Sat, Feb 19. Vera also won in Memphis in 2004. |
|
| Feb 14 |
Copa Consanitas |
Bogota, COL |
$170,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 35 s2 Flavia Pennetta ITA d # 193 q Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP 7-6(4), 6-4
Emmanuelle Gagliardi & Tina Pisnik d s4 Lubomira Kurhajcova & Barbora Strycova 6-4, 6-3
Photo: Flavia Pennetta applauded the crowd after winning her 2nd WTA singles title on Sun, Feb 20. |
|
| Feb 21 |
Qatar Total Open |
Doha, Qatar |
$600,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 4 s2 Maria Sharapova RUS d # 10 s4 Alicia Molik AUS 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Alicia Molik & Francesca Schiavone d s2 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 6-3, 6-4
Photo: Maria Sharapova with a nice new trophy, after winning her 9th WTA singles title in her 10th final, on Sat, Feb 26. |
|
| Feb 21 |
Abierto Mexicano Pegaso |
Acapulco, MEX |
$180,000 |
RCO |
30/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 36 s1 Flavia Pennetta ITA d # 101 Ludmila Cervanova SVK 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Alina Jidkova & Tatiana Perebiynis d R-M Andres Rodriguez & C Martinez Granados 7-5, 6-3
Photo: Flavia Pennetta says hello to another trophy after winning her 15th clay court match in a row, her 2nd tourney in a row, and her 3rd WTA singles title on Sun, Feb 27. |
|
| Feb 28 |
Dubai Women's Open* |
Dubai |
$585,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d # 27 Jelena Jankovic SCG 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
cdr3 s1 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suarez d cdr14 s2 S Kuznetsova & Alicia Molik 6(7)-7, 6-2, 6-1
Photo: Lindsay Davenport holds a big coffeepot after winning her 46th WTA singles title (and first in 2005) in a tough match with Jelena Jankovic on Sat, Mar 5. |
|
| Mar 7 |
-20 Pacific Life Open |
Indian Wells,CA,USA |
$2,100,000 |
HO |
96/48/32 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#134 Kim Clijsters BEL d #1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
cdr3 s1 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suarez d cdr10 s2 Nadia Petrova & Meghann Shaughnessy 7-6(3), 6-1
Photo: Kim Clijsters won her 22 WTA singles title, in only her 2nd tourney after returning from a career threatening wrist injury, on Mar 19. Kim is shown with the large metallic acquatic mammal that she also won in 2003. |
|
| Mar 21 |
-Apr 3 NASDAQ-100 Open* |
Miami, FL, USA |
$3,115,000 |
HO |
96/48/32 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#133 Kim Clijsters BEL d #3 s2 Maria Sharapova RUS 6-3, 7-5
cdr12 s3 Svetlana Kuznetsova & Alicia Molik d cdr19 s5 Lisa Raymond & Rennae Stubbs 7-5, 6(5)-7, 6-2
Photo: On Apr 2, in her 3rd tourney after returning from a career threatening wrist injury, Kim Clijsters won her 23rd WTA singles title, and they gave her a big punchbowl. By winning 2 tourneys in a row, Kim moved from # 133 back into the top 20. |
|
| Apr 4 |
Bausch & Lomb Champ's |
Amelia Island,FL,USA |
$585,000 |
GCO |
56/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d #22 s12 Silvia Farina Elia ITA 7-5, 7-5
cdr71 Bryanne Stewart & Samantha Stosur d cdr89 Kveta Peschke & Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2
Photo: Lindsay Davenport won her 47th WTA singles title on Apr 10, and got another nice beer mug to add to her collection (it was Lindsay's third Amelia Island title). |
|
| Apr 11 |
Family Circle Cup |
Charleston,SC,USA |
$1,300,000 |
GCO |
56/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 34 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d # 5 s2 Elena Dementieva RUS 7-5, 6-4
cdr19 s2 Conchita Martinez & Virginia Ruano Pascual d cdr113 I Benesova & Kveta Peschke 6-1, 6-4
Photo: Justine Henin-Hardenne is shown after match point as she won her 20th WTA singles title on Apr 17. It was only her 2nd tourney after returning from illness and injury. |
|
| Apr 18 |
FED CUP I (QFs)** |
|
|
|
|
World Group I Results:
home teams in italics
USA d Belgium 5-0
Russia d Italy 4-1
France d Austria 4-1
Spain d Argentina 3-2
| |
World Group II results:
home teams in italics
Croatia d Thailand 3-2
Czech Republic d Japan 3-2
Germany d Indonesia 4-1
Switzerland Slovak Republic 3-2
|
The 2005 Fed Cup World Group I semifinals dates are July 9-10.
Photo: Chris Evert is shown tossing a coin to determine whether Lindsay Davenport or Els Callens would serve first on Sun, Apr 24. Chrissie was 57-4 in Fed Cup play (including doubles) between 1977 and 1989; her last Fed Cup match was a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Conchita Martinez in Oct 1989 in Tokyo, Japan, as the US defeated Spain 3-0 to win the Cup. |
|
| Apr 25 |
J&S Cup (Warsaw Cup) |
Warsaw, POL |
$585,000 |
RCO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#22 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #7 s2 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
cdr179 Tatiana Perebiynis & Barbora Strycova d cdr315 Klaudia Jans & Alicja Rosolska 6-1, 6-4
Photo: Justine Henin-Hardenne departs after winning her 2nd straight WTA singles title, her 21st in all, on May 1. She will travel to Berlin to go for three straight on her best surface, clay. |
|
| Apr 25 |
Estoril Open |
Estroil, POR |
$140,000 |
RCO |
32/16/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#154 q Lucie Safarova CZE d #41 s4 Na Li CHN 6(4)-7, 6-4, 6-3
cdr105 s3 Ting Li & Tian Tian Sun d cdr339 Michaela Krajicek & Henrieta Nagyova 6-3, 6-1
Photo: 18-year-old lefty Lucie Safarova from Brno, Czech Republic, is shown after match point as she won her 1st WTA singles title on May 1. |
|
| May 2 |
Qatar Total German Open |
Berlin, GER |
$1,300,000 |
RCO |
56/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 22 s12 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d # 12 s6 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
cdr26 s3 Vera Zvonareva & Elena Likhovtseva d cdr17 s2 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Photo: Qatar Tennis Federation's Gold Bird took a trip to Berlin to visit Justine Henin-Hardenne after she won her 3rd straight WTA singles title, the 22nd of her career, on May 8. Justine will now take a couple weeks off to prepare for the French Open at Roland Garros, where she is already considered the favorite. |
|
| May 2 |
Grand Prix La Princesse |
Rabat, MAR |
$140,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 57 s2 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP d # 69 s6 Jie Zheng CHN 6-4, 6-2
cdr153 Emilie Loit & Barbora Strycova d cdr207 L Dominguez Lino & N Llagostera Vives 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5
Photo: 5' 1½" Nuria Llagostera Vives, shown during her semifinal win over Emilie Loit on May 7, won her 1st WTA singles title on May 8. She had previously won 7 ITF singles titles. |
|
| May 9 |
Telecom Italia Masters |
Rome, ITA |
$1,300,000 |
RCO |
56/48/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 3 s2 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d # 13 s8 Patty Schnyder SUI 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
cdr17 s2 Cara Black & Liezel Huber v cdr83 Maria Kirilenko & Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
Photo: Amelie Mauresmo greets her 17th WTA singles trophy (hopefully sanitized for her protection) on May 15. She had also won in Rome in 2004. |
|
| May 9 |
ECM Prague Open |
Prague, CZE |
$140,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 36 s1 Dinara Safina RUS d # 99 Zuzana Ondrášková CZE 7-6(2), 6-3
cdr73 s2 Emilie Loit & Nicole Pratt d cdr121 Jelena Kostanic & Barbora Strycova 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-4
Photo: 19-year-old Dinara Safina won her 4th WTA singles trophy on May 15. |
|
| May 16 |
Istanbul Cup* |
Istanbul, TUR |
$200,000 |
RCO |
30/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#14 s1 Venus Williams USA d #39 s2 Nicole Vaidisova CZE 6-3, 6-2
cdr154 s4 Marta Marrero & Antonella Serra Zanetti d cdr323 Daniela & Sandra Klemenschits 6-4, 6-0
Photo: Venus Williams won her 32nd WTA singles title, her first of the year, on May 21. |
|
| May 16 |
Internationaux* |
Strasbourg, FRA |
$170,000 |
RCO |
30/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#42 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d #62 Marta Domachowska POL 6-4, 6-3
cdr198 Rosa Maria Andres & Andreea Vanc d cdr187 M Domachowska & M Weingartner 6-3, 6-1
Photo: Anabel Medina Garrigues delivered autographs to the crowd after winning her 3rd WTA singles title on May 21. |
|
| May 23 |
-Jun 5 Roland Garros* |
Paris, FRA |
$17,562,375 |
RCO |
128/96/64 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 12 s10 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d # 24 s21 Mary Pierce FRA 6-1, 6-1
cdr3 s1 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suarez d cdr12 s2 Cara Black & Liezel Huber 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Daniela Hantuchova & Fabrice Santoro d s6 Martina Navratilova & Leander Paes 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Photo: Justine Henin-Hardenne won her 23rd WTA singles title, her 4th Grand Slam tourney title, on Sat, June 4. She is shown holding the cup she also held in 2003. She finished that year with the highest year-end ranking point total in WTA history, but illness and injury held her back in 2004 and early 2005. |
|
| Jun 6 |
DFS Classic |
Birmingham, GBR |
$200,000 |
GO |
56/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#2 s1 Maria Sharapova RUS d #18 s3 Jelena Jankovic SCG 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
cdr39 s2 Ai Sugiyama & Daniela Hantuchova d cdr115 Eleni Daniilidou & Jennifer Russell 6-2, 6-3
Photo: Maria Sharapova holds the "Maud Watson" trophy after winning her 10th WTA singles title (and 2nd straight Birmingham title) on June 12. This trophy was originally presented to Maud Watson for winning the ladies singles at The Championships at Wimbledon 1884 & 1885, the first two years of ladies competition there. Maud gave the hardware to the Edgbaston Club in 1934, and since the current WTA tourney began there in 1982, the "Maud Watson" trophy has been its prize. |
|
| Jun 13 |
H D Int'l Champ's* |
Eastbourne, GBR |
$585,000 |
GO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 17 s7 Kim Clijsters BEL d # 54 q Vera Douchevina RUS 7-5, 6-0
cdr16 s2 Lisa Raymond & Rennae Stubbs d cdr 21 s3 Elena Likhovtseva & Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 7-5
Photo: Kim Clijsters holds the big punch bowl after winning her 24th WTA singles title, her 3rd this year, on Sat, June 18. |
|
| Jun 13 |
Ordina Open* |
s'Hertogenbosch, NED |
$170,000 |
GO |
30/--/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 42 s8 Klara Koukalova CZE d # 77 Lucie Safarova CZE 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
cdr49 s3 A Medina Garrigues & Dinara Safina d cdr113 I Benesova & N Llagostera Vives 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(11)
Photo: Klara Koukalova is shown after match point as she won her first WTA singles title (while playing in her sixth final) on Sat, June 18. |
|
| Jun 20 |
-Jul 3 The Championships* |
Wimbledon, GBR |
£10,085,510 |
GO |
128/96/64 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#16 s14 Venus Williams USA d #1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA 4-6, 7-6(4), 9-7
cdr7 s2 Cara Black & Liezel Huber d cdr167 Svetlana Kuznetsova & Amelie Mauresmo 6-1, 6-2
Mary Pierce & Mahesh Bhupathi d Tatiana Perebiynis & Paul Hanley 6-4, 6-2
Photo: Venus Williams is shown holding the coveted big pizza pan, which happens to be called the "Venus Rosewater Dish," on Sat, July 2. It was her 3rd Wimbledon (and 5th Grand Slam) singles title, and her 33rd WTA singles title. |
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| Jul 4 |
FED CUP II (SFs)** |
July 9-10 |
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| Jul 11 |
Internazionali di Modena |
Modena, ITA |
$140,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 61 s5 Anna Smashnova ISR d # 95 Tathiana Garbin ITA 6(3)-6(0) retired-- heatstroke
cdr184 Yulia Beygelzimer & Mervana Jugic-Salkic d cdr74 s1 Gabriela Navratilova & M Pastikova 6-2, 6-0
Photo: Anna Smashnova is shown while picking up her trophy (plate variety this time) and check, after winning her 10th WTA singles title, on Sun, July 17. |
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| Jul 18 |
W&S Financial Open |
Cincinnati, OH |
$170,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 12 s1 Patty Schnyder SUI d # 72 Akiko Morigami JPN 6-4, 6-0
cdr137 s3 Laura Granville & Abigail Spears d cdr96 s1 K Peschke & Maria-Emilia Salerni 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Photo: On Sun, July 24, Patty Schnyder picked up the 10th WTA singles trophy of her career, her 2nd of 2005, and her 1st at a tourney in the USA. |
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| Jul 18 |
Internazionali Femminili |
Palermo, ITA |
$140,000 |
RCO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#33 s3 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d #40 s5 Klara Koukalova CZE 6-4, 6-0
cdr275 Giulia Casoni & Mariya Koryttseva d cdr201 s4 Klaudia Jans & Alicja Rosolska 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Photo: Anabel Medina Garrigues won her 4th WTA singles title, her 2nd of the year, in Palermo on Sun, July 24. Anabel had also won in Palermo in 2001 and 2004. |
|
| Jul 25 |
Bank of the West Classic |
Stanford, CA, USA |
$585,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 14 s4 Kim Clijsters BEL d # 9 s2 Venus Williams USA 7-5, 6-2
cdr9 s1 Cara Black & Rennae Stubbs d cdr18 s2 Elena Likhovtseva & Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 7-5
Photo: Kim Clijsters won her 25th WTA singles title in her 38th final, on Sun, July 31. She is shown holding her lovely new ashtray-- uh, trophy. |
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| Jul 25 |
Budapest Grand Prix |
Budapest, HUN |
$140,000 |
RCO |
32/16/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 53 s1 Anna Smashnova ISR d # 93 Catalina Castano COL 6-2, 6-2
cdr64 s1 Emilie Loit & Katarina Srebotnik d cdr125 s4 Marta Marrero & L Dominguez Lino 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
Photo: Anna Smashnova won her 11th WTA singles title, and her 2nd of the month, on Sun, July 31. Anna has never lost a WTA singles final. |
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| Aug 1 |
Acura Classic |
San Diego, CA, USA |
$1,300,000 |
HO |
56/32/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 13 s6 Mary Pierce FRA d # 33 Ai Sugiyama JPN 6-0, 6-3
cdr28 s3 V Ruano Pascual & Conchita Martinez d cdr38 s5 A Sugiyama & D Hantuchova 6(7)-7, 6-1, 7-5
Photo: Mary Pierce with the glassware (and check) after winnning her 17th WTA singles title, in her 37th final, on Sun, Aug 7. |
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| Aug 8 |
JP MorganChase Open |
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
$585,000 |
HO |
56/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 10 s5 Kim Clijsters BEL d # 23 s9 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 6-4, 6-1
cdr105 Elena Dementieva & Flavia Pennetta d cdr465 Angela Haynes & Bethanie Mattek 6-2, 6-4
Photo: Kim Clijsters admired her new glassware after winning her 26th WTA singles title on Sun, Aug 14. |
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| Aug 8 |
Nordea Nordic Light Open |
Stockholm, SWE |
$140,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 60 s5 Katarina Srebotnik SLO d # 12 s2 Anastasia Myskina RUS 7-5, 6-2
cdr59 s1 Katarina Srebotnik & Emilie Loit d cdr135 s2 Eva Birnerova & Mara Santangelo 6-3, 6-4
Photo: Katarina Srebotnik was amused by one of the weirdest trophies in WTA history (it's certainly uncontaminated by tennis) after winning her 4th WTA singles title on Sun, Aug 14. She later returned to the court, and won her 10th doubles title as well. |
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| Aug 15 |
Rogers AT&T Canada Cup |
Toronto, CAN |
$1,300,000 |
HO |
56/48/28 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 10 s7 Kim Clijsters BEL d # 5 s4 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL 7-5, 6-1
cdr45 s6 A-L Groenefeld & Martina Navratilova d cdr19 s3 V Ruano Pascual & C Martinez 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Photo: Kim Clijsters displayed her new transparent bat after winning her 27th WTA singles title, and her fifth of the year, on Sun, Aug 21. The latest Babolat technology? No, it's the trophy. Kim has won the last 7 WTA finals she has played in. |
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| Aug 22 |
Pilot Pen Tennis*! |
New Haven, CT, USA |
$585,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d # 3 s2 Amelie Mauresmo FRA 6-4, 6-4
cdr30 s3 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur d cdr88 Gisela Dulko & Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-1
Photo: Lindsay Davenport and glassware after Lindsay won her 48th WTA singles title on Sat, Aug 27. |
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| Aug 22 |
Forest Hills*! |
NY, USA |
$74,800 |
HO |
16/--/-- |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 65 Lucie Safarova CZE d # 50 s3 Sania Mirza IND 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Photo: Lucie Safarova holds the hardware after winning her 2nd WTA singles title, and her 2nd of the year, on Sat, Aug 27. |
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| Aug 29 |
-Sep 11 US Open* |
Flushing Meadows, NY |
$17,742,000 |
HO |
128/128/64 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 4 s4 Kim Clijsters BEL d # 12 s12 Mary Pierce FRA 6-3, 6-1
s6 Lisa Raymond USA & Samantha Stosur AUS d s14 E Dementieva RUS & F Pennetta ITA 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
Daniela Hantuchova SVK & Mahesh Bhupathi IND d K Srebotnik SLO & N Zimonjic SCG 6-4, 6-2
Photo: Kim Clijsters posed with the hardware in front of the Corona Park Unisphere at Flushing Meadows on Sun, after winning the US Open singles title on Sat, Sept 10. It was Kim's 28th WTA singles title, and her first Grand Slam singles title. Because Kim also won the "US Open Series" title (in tourneys leading up to the US Open), her prize money was doubled, and she received $2,200,000. |
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| Sep 12 |
FED CUP Final** |
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World Group I Final
Sept 17-18 Roland Garros, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
full singles results with photos & quotes
Russia d France 3-2
Russia: E Dementieva, A Myskina, D Safina, V Douchevina
France: A Mauresmo, M Pierce, N Dechy, T Golovin
Photo: Elena Dementieva and Dinara Safina celebrate after match point of their doubles victory over Amelie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce at Roland Garros on Sun, Sept 18. The win broke a 2-2 tie, giving Russia the Fed Cup for a 2nd straight year. |
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| Sep 12 |
Wismilak International |
Bali, INA |
$225,000 |
HO |
30/16/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 1 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d # 26 s4 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-2, 6-4
cdr25 s1 Meghann Shaughnessy & Anna-Lena Groenefeld d cdr99 s4 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng 6-3, 6-3
Photo: Lindsay Davenport holds the hardware after winning her 49th WTA singles title on Sun, Sept 18. |
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| Sep 19 |
China Open |
Beijing, CHN |
$585,000 |
HO |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 45 Maria Kirilenko RUS d # 30 s9 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 6-3, 6-4
cdr118 Nuria Llagostera Vives & Maria Vento-Kabchi d cdr81 Zi Yan & Jie Zheng 6-2, 6-4
Photo: 18-year-old Maria Kirilenko, shown with panda & mug, won her 1st WTA singles title while playing in her 2nd final on Sun, Sept 25. |
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| Sep 19 |
Sunfeast Open |
Kolkata, IND |
$170,000 |
GSI |
32/16/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 13 s1 Anastasia Myskina RUS d # 85 s7 Karolina Sprem CRO 6-2, 6-2
cdr36 s1 Elena Likhovtseva & Anastasia Myskina d cdr682 Shikha Uberoi & Neha Uberoi 6-1, 6-0
Photo: Anastasia Myskina, shown with the glassware, won her 10th WTA singles title (in 17 finals), and her first title of the year, on Sun, Sept 25. With her friend Elena Likhovtseva, she took the doubles title, too. |
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| Sep 19 |
Slovenia Open |
Portoroz, SLO |
$140,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 42 s4 Klara Koukalova CZE d # 48 s6 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
cdr126 s4 A Medina Garrigues & Roberta Vinci d cdr100 s2 J Kostanic & K Srebotnik 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
Photo: Klara Koukalova lost her first five WTA singles finals, but in 2005 has won two out of three. Klara is shown with the Slovenia-shaped trophy she won on Sun, Sept 25. |
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| Sep 26 |
FORTIS Championships |
Luxembourg, LUX |
$585,000 |
HI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 3 s1 Kim Clijsters BEL d # 30 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 6-2, 6-4
cdr12 s2 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur d cdr5 s1 Cara Black & Rennae Stubbs 7-5, 6-1
Photo: Kim Clijsters won her 8th WTA singles title of the year (29th of her career) on Sun, Oct 2. I would say the trophy looks funny, but so many others this year have looked so strange that this one seems normal. |
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| Sep 26 |
Guangzhou Open |
Guangzhou, CHN |
$170,000 |
HO |
32/16/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 155 Zi Yan CHN d # 54 s6 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP 6-4, 4-0 retired-- left hamstring strain
cdr116 s3 Emmanuelle Gagliardi & Maria Elena Camerin d cdr681 Shikha & Neha Uberoi 7-6(5), 6-3
Photo: Zi Yan, shown with the glassware, won her first WTA singles title while playing in her first final, on Sun, Oct 2. Though injured, Nuria said: "Yan played very well and I give all the credit to her for playing a great match." |
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| Sep 26 |
Hansol Korea Open |
Seoul, KOR |
$140,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 24 s2 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d # 17 s1 Jelena Jankovic SCG 7-5, 6-3
cdr273 Yung-Jan Chan & Chia-Jung Chuang d cdr227 Jill Craybas & Natalie Grandin 6-2, 6-4
Photo: Nicole Vaidisova, shown meeting the press after the final, won her 3rd WTA singles title while playing in her 4th final, on Sun, Oct 2. |
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| Oct 3 |
Porsche Grand Prix |
Filderstadt, GER |
$650,000 |
HI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 2 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d # 4 s3 Amelie Mauresmo FRA 6-2, 6-4
cdr45 Daniela Hantuchova & Anastasia Myskina d cdr84 Kveta Peschke & F Schiavone 6-0, 3-6, 7-5
Photo: Lindsay Davenport is shown on Sun, Oct 9, behind the wheel of her new Porsche Cayman S, which, along with a check for $98,500, was the fruit of her 50th WTA singles title (in 85 finals). |
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| Oct 3 |
AIG Japan Open* |
Tokyo, JPN |
$170,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 24 s2 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d # 26 s3 Tatiana Golovin FRA 7-6(4), 3-2 retired-- left achilles tendonitis
cdr76 s2 Maria Kirilenko & Gisela Dulko d cdr64 s1 Shinobu Asagoe & Maria Vento-Kabchi 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Photo: Nicole Vaidisova, shown with the hardware, won her 4th WTA singles title, and her 2nd in two weeks, on Sun, Oct 9. |
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| Oct 3 |
Tashkent Open (no website!) |
Tashkent, UZB |
$140,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 89 s5 Michaella Krajicek NED d # 252 wc Akgul Ammanmuradova UZB 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
cdr101 s1 Maria Elena Camerin & Emilie Loit d cdr 211 Anastassia Rodionova & Galina Voskoboeva 6-3, 6-0
Photo: 16-year-old Michaella Krajicek won her 1st WTA singles title while playing in her first final on Sun, Oct 9. |
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| Oct 10 |
Ladies Kremlin Cup |
Moscow, RUS |
$1,300,000 |
SI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 6 s3 Mary Pierce FRA d # 22 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-4, 6-3
cdr8 s2 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur d cdr6 s1 Cara Black & Rennae Stubbs 6-2, 6-4
Photo: Mary Pierce, shown after match point, won her 18th WTA singles title while playing in her 38th final on Sun, Oct 16. |
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| Oct 10 |
Thailand Open |
Bangkok, THA |
$200,000 |
HO |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 21 s2 Nicole Vaidisova CZE d # 9 s1 Nadia Petrova RUS 6-1, 6-7(5), 7-5
cdr74 s2 Shinobu Asagoe & Gisela Dulko d cdr17 s1 V Ruano Pascual & Conchita Martinez 6-1, 7-5
Photo: Nicole Vaidisova, shown with the glassware, won her 5th WTA singles title, and her 3rd in two weeks, on Sun, Oct 16. It was Nicoles 15th consecutive match victory, dating back to the quarterfinals of the US Open, where she was defeated in close match by-- Nadia Petrova. |
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| Oct 17 |
Zurich Open! |
Zurich, SUI |
$1,300,000 |
HI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
#2 s1 Lindsay Davenport USA d #10 s6 Patty Schnyder SUI 7-6(5), 6-3
cdr9 s1 Cara Black & Rennae Stubbs d cdr36 Ai Sugiyama & Daniela Hantuchova 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 6-3
Photo: Lindsay Davenport is shown holding her 51st WTA singles trophy (from her 86th final) on Sun, Oct 23. It was the fourth time she has won the Zurich title. |
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| Oct 24 |
Generali Ladies Linz |
Linz, AUT |
$585,000 |
HI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 9 s3 Nadia Petrova RUS d # 10 s4 Patty Schnyder SUI 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
cdr57 Gisela Dulko & Kveta Peschke d cdr16 s2 Virginia Ruano Pascual & Conchita Martinez 6-2, 6-3
Photo: Nadia Petrova won her 1st WTA singles title while playing in her 5th final on Sun, Oct 30. Nadia is shown while modeling at the tourney fashion show on Fri night after her quarterfinal victory. |
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| Oct 24 |
Gaz de France Stars |
Hasselt, BEL |
$170,000 |
HI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 2 s1 Kim Clijsters BEL d # 18 s3 Francesca Schiavone ITA 6-2, 6-3
cdr60 s2 Emilie Loit & Katarina Srebotnik d cdr273 Michaella Krajicek & Agnes Szavay 6-3, 6-4
Photo: Francesca Schiavone and Kim Clijsters are shown after Kim defeated Francesca to win her 30th WTA singles title (her 9th of 2005) while playing in her 43rd final on Sun, Oct 30. |
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| Oct 31 |
Advanta Championships |
Philadelphia, PA |
$585,000 |
HI |
28/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 4 s3 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d # 8 s4 wc Elena Dementieva RUS 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
cdr6 s1 Cara Black & Rennae Stubbs d cdr7 s2 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur 6-4, 7-6(4)
Photo: Amelie Mauresmo, shown serving to Elena Dementieva, won her 18th WTA singles title in her 35th final on Sun, Nov 6. It was the third straight time she has won the Philadelphia title. |
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| Oct 31 |
Bell Challenge |
Quebec City, CAN |
$170,000 |
HI |
32/32/16 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 71 s6 Amy Frazier USA d # 81 s8 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 6-1, 7-5
cdr284 Anastassia Rodionova & Elena Vesnina d cdr274 s4 L Dekmeijere & A Harkleroad 6(4)-7, 6-4, 6-2
Photo: Amy Frazier holds her 8th WTA singles trophy, which she won in her 15th final, on Sun, Nov 6. |
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| Nov 7 |
WTA Tour Championships |
Los Angeles, CA |
$3,000,000 |
HI |
8/--/4 |
full singles results with photos & quotes - wta draw pages, .pdf
# 4 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d # 5 Mary Pierce FRA 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-4
cdr7 Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur d cdr6 Cara Black & Rennae Stubbs 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4
Photo: Amelie Mauresmo won her 19th WTA singles title, and the biggest of her career, in her 36th final on Sun, Nov 13. It was her 2nd title in 8 days. |
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Tournament Categories by
Minimum Prizes (US $)
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Grand Slams
WTA
Championships
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV
Tier V
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$3,000,000
$1,300,000
$ 585,000
$ 170,000
$ 140,000
$ 110,000
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Symbols
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*
**
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Sat Singles Final
Tour Affiliated Events
Sun Start
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Court Surfaces
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HO
GCO
RCO
GO
SI
CI
HI
GSI
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Hardcourt Outdoors
Green Clay Outdoors
Red Clay Outdoors
Grass Court Outdoors
Supreme Indoors
Carpet Indoors
Hardcourt Indoors
Greenset Indoors
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2005 WTA Player Tourney Prize Money Earnings
US dollars, includes WTA bonuses
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| 1 |
CLIJSTERS, KIM |
$3,983,654 |
| 2 |
MAURESMO, AMELIE |
$2,843,708 |
| 3 |
DAVENPORT, LINDSAY |
$2,684,490 |
| 4 |
PIERCE, MARY |
$2,525,403 |
| 5 |
SHARAPOVA, MARIA |
$1,921,283 |
| 6 |
HENIN-HARDENNE, JUSTINE |
$1,705,173 |
| 7 |
DEMENTIEVA, ELENA |
$1,524,461 |
| 8 |
WILLIAMS, VENUS |
$1,509,065 |
| 9 |
PETROVA, NADIA |
$1,305,000 |
| 10 |
KUZNETSOVA, SVETLANA |
$1,246,818 |
| 11 |
SCHNYDER, PATTY |
$1,101,693 |
| 12 |
WILLIAMS, SERENA |
$1,076,226 |
| 13 |
MYSKINA, ANASTASIA |
$873,199 |
| 14 |
LIKHOVTSEVA, ELENA |
$806,796 |
| 15 |
HANTUCHOVA, DANIELA |
$797,787 |
| 16 |
STOSUR, SAMANTHA |
$775,962 |
| 17 |
RAYMOND, LISA |
$688,966 |
| 18 |
MOLIK, ALICIA |
$640,433 |
| 19 |
DECHY, NATHALIE |
$640,306 |
| 20 |
BLACK, CARA |
$595,065 |
| 21 |
GROENEFELD, ANNA-LENA |
$543,161 |
| 22 |
RUANO PASCUAL, VIRGINIA |
$540,952 |
| 23 |
SCHIAVONE, FRANCESCA |
$528,587 |
| 24 |
MARTINEZ, CONCHITA |
$518,438 |
| 25 |
SUGIYAMA, AI |
$495,592 |
| 26 |
ZVONAREVA, VERA |
$491,914 |
| 27 |
PENNETTA, FLAVIA |
$489,032 |
| 28 |
SAFINA, DINARA |
$478,417 |
| 29 |
IVANOVIC, ANA |
$472,547 |
| 30 |
JANKOVIC, JELENA |
$450,441 |
| 31 |
HUBER, LIEZEL |
$392,202 |
| 32 |
VAIDISOVA, NICOLE |
$391,316 |
| 33 |
ASAGOE, SHINOBU |
$390,717 |
| 34 |
MEDINA GARRIGUES, ANABEL |
$383,002 |
| 35 |
KIRILENKO, MARIA |
$382,559 |
| 36 |
SREBOTNIK, KATARINA |
$377,256 |
| 37 |
GOLOVIN, TATIANA |
$374,852 |
| 38 |
PESCHKE, KVETA |
$360,053 |
| 39 |
DULKO, GISELA |
$334,905 |
| 40 |
FARINA ELIA, SILVIA |
$333,509 |
| 41 |
SHAUGHNESSY, MEGHANN |
$298,573 |
| 45 |
MALEEVA, MAGDALENA |
$288,160 |
| 48 |
KARATANTCHEVA, SESIL |
$286,292 |
| 71 |
FRAZIER, AMY |
$201,396 |
| 123 |
KRAJICEK, MICHAELLA |
$100,006 |
| 183 |
ROLLE, AHSHA |
$50,398 |
| 199 |
FUDA, RYOKO |
$42,720 |
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Nov 27, 2004 -- The WTA Tour 2005 schedule includes 1 big change which most players should like: the Fed Cup semis and final have been moved up 2 months, to the week following the US Open. This makes the WTA season 2 weeks shorter, giving the players who reach the Fed Cup semis a longer break.
Mar 3, 2005 -- The strangest change in the schedule was a dead week following the Fed Cup SFs, which are the week after Wimbledon. No tourneys were scheduled for the week of July 11th. This would have left players who lose in qualifying or the 1st round at Wimbledon (and their fans) with almost a month to kill before another WTA tourney. That is, of course, except for World Team Tennis, which appears to be the reason for the break. But how long has it been since anyone, except the promoters, has taken World Team Tennis seriously? In late Feb this gap was partially filled with a new Tier IV tourney in Modena, Italy, but there really should be a larger tourney that week also.
Opinion: The WTA Championships, limited to 8 players in singles and 4 doubles teams, should be opened up to the widest draw possible. Until the 8-player round-robin was adopted in 2003, the WTA Championships used a 16-player standard draw. A 32-player draw would be even better. This can be tough indoors, but other tourneys manage 28 or 32 player draws. This would increase fan interest. The current system is to run the qualifying for the 8 spots as a season-long "race." But the WTA Championships are not like the World Series or the Super Bowl, where about 30 teams aim to reach the 1 event that dwarfs all others. The Grand Slams are bigger than the championships, and there are hundreds of WTA players. The "race" gets practically no attention at all.
Currently, with only 8 selected for the championships, many fans will find their favorite player(s) missing. The presence of players such as Anastasia Myskina, Ai Sugiyama and Daniela Hantuchova at the Championships would substantially increase ticket sales & TV ratings.
Besides, why not spread that $3 million purse out to more players who can use the money, instead of giving it to the players who are richest already?
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