The 2005 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2005 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from 22 October until 30 October 2005 at the TipsArena Linz. Third-seeded Nadia Petrova won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Nadia Petrova defeated Patty Schnyder, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 It was Petrova's first WTA singles title.
Doubles
Gisela Dulko / Květa Peschke defeated Conchita Martínez / Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6–2, 6–3 It was the 4th title of both Dulko and Peschke's careers, and their only title together as a pair.
Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Singles195137884925111.756.7541 Doubles 1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Singles$95,500$51,000$27,300$14,600$7,820$4,175$2,230$1,195$640Doubles *$30,000$16,120$8,620$4,610$2,465 * per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Rank SeedAmélie Mauresmo41 Elena Dementieva 8 2 Nadia Petrova 9 3 Patty Schnyder 10 4 Elena Likhovtseva 16 5 Daniela Hantuchová 19 6 Jelena Janković 21 7 Ana Ivanovic 22 8 Tatiana Golovin 24 9 Rankings are as of 17 October 2005.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Sybille Bammer Lisa Raymond
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Sofia Arvidsson Marta Domachowska Barbora Strýcová Elena Vesnina
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Yvonne Meusburger
Withdrawals Jennifer Capriati → replaced by Marion Bartoli Anna-Lena Grönefeld → replaced by Vera Dushevina Justine Henin → replaced by Iveta Benešová Amélie Mauresmo → replaced by Yvonne Meusburger Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Klára Koukalová Mary Pierce → replaced by Virginie Razzano Chanda Rubin → replaced by Lisa Raymond
Retirements Conchita Martínez (Achilles tendon strain)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Country Player Player 1 Rank Player 2 Rank SeedCara BlackRennae Stubbs251Conchita MartínezVirginia Ruano Pascual1422Elena LikhovtsevaVera Zvonareva10133Daniela HantuchováAi Sugiyama17194 Rankings are as of 17 October 2005
Other entrants The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Yvonne Meusburger / Tamira Paszek
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Yuliana Fedak / Elena Vesnina
References
External links WTA tournament draws