2005 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open
# 2005 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open

The 2005 Hyderabad Open was a Tier IV WTA Women's Tennis Tournament held in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India from 7–12 February 2005.

Hometown favourite Sania Mirza, a resident of Hyderabad, impressed the crowds at the tournament by becoming the first ever Indian woman to win a WTA Singles Title.

## WTA entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| China | Li Na | 56 | 1 |
| Germany | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 58 | 2 |
| Russian Federation | Tatiana Panova | 60 | 3 |
| China | Zheng Jie | 61 | 4 |
| Poland | Marta Domachowska | 66 | 5 |
| Thailand | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 67 | 6 |
| Slovakia | Ľubomíra Kurhajcová | 90 | 7 |
| Russian Federation | Maria Kirilenko | 94 | 8 |
| Ukraine | Alona Bondarenko | 107 | 9 |

$^*$ Rankings as of 31 January 2005

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Ankita Bhambri
* Sania Mirza
* Shahar Pe'er

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Akgul Amanmuradova
* Jarmila Gajdošová
* Li Ting
* Mandy Minella

The following players received entry through the Lucky loser spot:

* Shiho Hisamatsu
* Tatiana Poutchek

## Champions

Singles

Sania Mirza defeated Alona Bondarenko, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3

Doubles

Yan Zi / Zheng Jie defeated Li Ting / Sun Tiantian, 6–4, 6–1

