The 2005 Bausch & Lomb Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the Amelia Island Championships, and was part of the WTA Tier II series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Florida, from April 4 through April 10, 2005.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1 Singles1951378849251416.7541Doubles1 11.75
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1Singles$93,000$47,500$24,300$12,450$6,380$3,270$1,675$860$440Doubles *$29,000$14,920$7,650$3,930$2,010 * per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedLindsay Davenport11Serena Williams42Anastasia Myskina63Alicia Molik84Venus Williams95Vera Zvonareva116Nadia Petrova127Patty Schnyder138Elena Likhovtseva179Karolina Šprem1810Jelena Janković2011Silvia Farina Elia2212Ai Sugiyama2413Mary Pierce2514Shinobu Asagoe2615Amy Frazier2716 1 Rankings as of 21 March 2005.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Dája Bedáňová Eleni Daniilidou Shahar Pe'er Nicole Pratt
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kateryna Bondarenko Kristina Brandi Catalina Castaño Marta Domachowska Marissa Irvin Akiko Morigami Tzipora Obziler Květa Peschke
Retirements Émilie Loit (left wrist tendinitis) Meghann Shaughnessy (lower back injury) Serena Williams (left ankle sprain)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedNadia PetrovaMeghann ShaughnessyWithdrew1Lisa RaymondRennae Stubbs172Elena LikhovtsevaAi Sugiyama183Conchita MartínezVirginia Ruano Pascual194Alicia MolikMartina Navratilova215 1 Rankings as of 21 March 2005.
Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Eleni Daniilidou / Carly Gullickson Corina Morariu / Mary Pierce
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Lourdes Domínguez Lino / Evgenia Linetskaya
The following pair received entry as lucky losers: Jill Craybas / Jennifer Russell Janet Lee / Peng Shuai
Withdrawals Before the tournament Émilie Loit (left wrist tendinitis) → replaced by Craybas/Russell Meghann Shaughnessy (lower back injury) → replaced by Lee/Peng
Finals
Singles
Lindsay Davenport defeated Silvia Farina Elia, 7–5, 7–5 It was the 2nd title for Davenport in the season and the 47th title in her singles career.
Doubles
Bryanne Stewart / Samantha Stosur defeated Květa Peschke / Patty Schnyder, 6–4, 6–2 It was the 2nd title for both Stewart and Stosur in their respective doubles careers.
References
External links ITF tournament edition details