2005 WTA German Open – Singles
# 2005 WTA German Open – Singles

Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Nadia Petrova in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2005 WTA German Open.

Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Petrova.

## Seeds

* Maria Sharapova (quarterfinals)
* Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals)
* Anastasia Myskina (second round)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals)
* Vera Zvonareva (second round)
* Nadia Petrova (final)
* Patty Schnyder (semifinals)
* Elena Bovina (quarterfinals)
* Nathalie Dechy (first round)
* Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
* Kim Clijsters (third round)
* Justine Henin-Hardenne (champion)
* Jelena Janković (semifinals)
* Ai Sugiyama (first round)
* Daniela Hantuchová (first round)
* Karolina Šprem (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maria Sharapova | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 | | 12 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Patty Schnyder | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 2 | 2 | | 7 | Patty Schnyder | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Patty Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Patty Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Nadia Petrova | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | Elena Bovina | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Nadia Petrova | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | Jelena Janković | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Jelena Janković | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | Jelena Janković | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Nadia Petrova | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | | 6 | Nadia Petrova | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Amélie Mauresmo | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | AL Grönefeld | 6 | 6 | | | AL Grönefeld | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Linetskaya | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Jidkova | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | S Peng | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6 | | | M Vento-Kabchi | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Peng | 7 | 6 | | | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | A Sugiyama | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Sharapova | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | J Henin-Hardenne | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | J Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 |
| | I Benešová | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | J Henin-Hardenne | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Zuluaga | 3 | 1 | | | M Kirilenko | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kirilenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | J Henin-Hardenne | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | K Peschke | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | Q | K Peschke | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| LL | A Haynes | 2 | $6^4$ | | Q | K Peschke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | V Zvonareva | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 4 | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | M Maleeva | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina | 3 | 1 | | | | | 4 | S Kuznetsova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Müller | 0 | $6^5$ | | | | | | C Martínez | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | C Martínez | 6 | 7 | | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dulko | 6 | 6 | | G Dulko | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | D Hantuchová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Kuznetsova | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | K Clijsters | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Y Fedak | 1 | 0 | 11 | K Clijsters | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Safina | 6 | 6 | | D Safina | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ivanovic | 1 | 4 | | | | | 11 | K Clijsters | 7 | $5^r$ | | | | | |
| Q | T Panova | $6^4$ | 2 | | | | | 7 | P Schnyder | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues | 7 | 6 | | A Medina Garrigues | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 7 | P Schnyder | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 8 | E Bovina | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Böhmová | 7 | 3 | $6^5$ | | E Daniilidou | 5 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Daniilidou | $6^5$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 8 | E Bovina | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Shaughnessy | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | M Shaughnessy | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | L Průšová | 6 | 3 | $6^0$ | | M Shaughnessy | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Randriantefy | 7 | 6 | | | D Randriantefy | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | N Dechy | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | E Bovina | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | J Janković | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Q | T Obziler | 3 | 3 | | 13 | J Janković | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Barna | 1 | 2 | | | F Pennetta | 6 | 4 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 13 | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Chládková | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | WC | J Schruff | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | J Schruff | 3 | 7 | 6 | WC | J Schruff | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Myskina | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 6 | N Petrova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Marrero | 4 | 1 | | | K Koukalová | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Koukalová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | N Petrova | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Chakvetadze | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | M Pierce | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Klösel | 5 | $6^0$ | | 10 | E Likhovtseva | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | E Likhovtseva | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | N Petrova | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | K Šprem | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Mauresmo | 2 | 3 |
| | V Razzano | 4 | 6 | 6 | | V Razzano | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Craybas | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Craybas | $6^8$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Gehrlein | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | V Razzano | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Smashnova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Kostanić | 3 | 2 | | | A Smashnova | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
