Rafael Nadal defeated Guillermo Coria in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2005 Italian Open. Nadal was making his tournament debut, and it was the first of an eventual record ten Italian Open titles. The final is considered one of the best matches in tournament history.
Carlos Moyá was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Potito Starace.
Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
Andy Roddick (third round) Marat Safin (second round) Gastón Gaudio (third round) Tim Henman (third round) Rafael Nadal (champion) Andre Agassi (semifinals) Carlos Moyà (first round) David Nalbandian (first round) Guillermo Coria (final) Joachim Johansson (first round) Guillermo Cañas (third round) Ivan Ljubičić (third round) Tommy Robredo (first round) Nikolay Davydenko (first round) Radek Štěpánek (quarterfinals) Thomas Johansson (second round)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser Alberto Martín
Qualifying draws
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
References
External links 2005 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Singles draw Men's singles draw Men's qualifying singles draw ITF tournament profile