2005 Medibank International – Women's singles
# 2005 Medibank International – Women's singles

Justine Henin-Hardenne was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.

Alicia Molik won the title by defeating Samantha Stosur $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–4, 7–5 in the final. It was the 1st title for Molik in this season and the 5th title in her career.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

* Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a bronchitis)
* Anastasia Myskina (second round)
* Elena Dementieva (semifinals, withdrew due to a heat illness)
* Vera Zvonareva (second round)
* Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals)
* Alicia Molik (champion)
* Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals)
* Ai Sugiyama (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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WC | Samantha Stosur | w/o | | | | | | |
| 3 | Elena Dementieva | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Elena Dementieva | | | WC | Samantha Stosur | $7^7$ | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | 6 | Alicia Molik | $6^5$ | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Alicia Molik | 6 | 6 | 6 | Alicia Molik | $6^5$ | 6 | 7 |
| Q | Shuai Peng | 4 | 3 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dechy | 7 | 6 | | | N Dechy | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | | | | | | |
| | J Kostanić | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | WC | S Stosur | w/o | | | | | |
| WC | S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Stosur | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Golovin | 6 | 2 | 6 | | T Golovin | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Sugiyama | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Stosur | w/o |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | E Dementieva | |
| | | | | | 3 | E Dementieva | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Daniilidou | 3 | 6 | 6 | | E Daniilidou | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Martínez | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | E Dementieva | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | |
| WC | S Ferguson | $7^7$ | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | P Schnyder | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | |
| | M Maleeva | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | | M Maleeva | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Šprem | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Schnyder | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | A Molik | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Schiavone | $6^4$ | 1 | | 6 | A Molik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Janković | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Janković | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | 6 | A Molik | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | D Chládková | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | F Zuluaga | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | F Zuluaga | 6 | 6 | | | F Zuluaga | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | V Zvonareva | $6^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Molik | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | N Petrova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | Q | S Peng | 4 | 3 |
| Q | Ľ Cervanová | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hantuchová | $7^7$ | 6 | | | D Hantuchová | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Talaja | $6^2$ | 2 | | | | | | 5 | N Petrova | 3 | $2^r$ | | | | |
| Q | M Washington | 4 | 2 | | | | | | Q | S Peng | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Myskina | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
