2005 Italian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2005 Italian Open
Champion	Amélie Mauresmo
Runner-up	Patty Schnyder
Score	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Draw	56
Seeds	16

Defending champion Amélie Mauresmo defeated Patty Schnyder in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2005 Italian Open. This was Mauresmo’s 5th final in Rome in the last six years, with runner-up finishes in 2000, 2001, and 2003.

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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Maria Sharapova	6	6
	9	Elena Bovina	2	2
								1	Maria Sharapova	6	3	1
								8	Patty Schnyder	3	6	6
		Evgenia Linetskaya	1	0
	8	Patty Schnyder	6	6
															8	Patty Schnyder	6	3	4
															2	Amélie Mauresmo	2	6	6
	6	Vera Zvonareva	7	77
		Francesca Schiavone	5	64
								6	Vera Zvonareva	2	4
								2	Amélie Mauresmo	6	6
		Conchita Martínez	1	2
	2	Amélie Mauresmo	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	M Sharapova	6	6
		A Jidkova	4	1					A Medina Garrigues	4	2
		A Medina Garrigues	6	6											1	M Sharapova	77	6
		M Pierce	6	7												M Pierce	64	4
		S Peng	1	5					M Pierce	6	6
	Q	S Mamić	6	6				Q	S Mamić	4	4
	16	D Hantuchová	1	2																		1	M Sharapova	6	6
	9	E Bovina	6	6																		9	E Bovina	2	2
		M Washington	2	2				9	E Bovina	7	6
		D Chládková	64	1				WC	R Vinci	5	2
	WC	R Vinci	77	6											9	E Bovina	3	6	77
		K Šprem	3	0												P Suárez	6	3	65
		P Suárez	6	6					P Suárez	6	6
								5	S Kuznetsova	2	4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								4	E Dementieva	5	4
		G Dulko	6	7					G Dulko	7	6
	LL	V Ruano Pascual	3	5												G Dulko	7	4	4
		E Linetskaya	6	6												E Linetskaya	5	6	6
		T Garbin	3	4					E Linetskaya	6	4	77
		F Pennetta	6	6					F Pennetta	2	6	65
	14	S Asagoe	2	3																			E Linetskaya	1	0
	12	T Golovin	3	4																		8	P Schnyder	6	6
		A Ivanovic	6	6					A Ivanovic	5	6	6
	Q	L Kurhajcová	3	6	1				A Chakvetadze	7	3	2
		A Chakvetadze	6	3	6											A Ivanovic	3	2
	WC	An Serra Zanetti	1	2											8	P Schnyder	6	6
		A-L Grönefeld	6	6					A-L Grönefeld	2	4
								8	P Schnyder	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								6	V Zvonareva	6	6
		D Randriantefy	77	2	1				J Janković	4	1
		J Janković	63	6	6										6	V Zvonareva	6	5	6
	Q	T Perebiynis	3	2											Q	C Castaño	1	7	2
	Q	C Castaño	6	6				Q	C Castaño	6	6
		ME Camerin	4	6	6				ME Camerin	2	2
	10	N Dechy	6	1	4																	6	V Zvonareva	7	77
	15	A Sugiyama	6	6																			F Schiavone	5	64
		M Maleeva	2	4				15	A Sugiyama	6	6
		M Vento-Kabchi	6	77					M Vento-Kabchi	3	0
		V Razzano	4	64											15	A Sugiyama	3	5
		M Shaughnessy	5	0												F Schiavone	6	7
		F Schiavone	7	6					F Schiavone	77	6
								3	S Williams	62	1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								7	N Petrova	6	6
	Q	M Santangelo	6	6				Q	M Santangelo	3	1
		F Zuluaga	2	2											7	N Petrova
		C Martínez	6	6												C Martínez	w/o
	Q	A Haynes	0	1					C Martínez	3	6	6
		A Smashnova	6	6					A Smashnova	6	1	1
	11	E Likhovtseva	1	3																			C Martínez	1	2
	13	S Farina Elia	6	6																		2	A Mauresmo	6	6
		M Kirilenko	4	1				13	S Farina Elia	6	6
	Q	S Cohen-Aloro	2	77	6			Q	S Cohen-Aloro	3	3
	WC	N Viérin	6	64	2										13	S Farina Elia	4	3
		S Stosur	6	6											2	A Mauresmo	6	6
	Q	Y Fedak	3	3					S Stosur	2	0
								2	A Mauresmo	6	6

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