2005 Rafael Nadal tennis season

The 2005 Rafael Nadal tennis season started in January. Nadal won eleven singles titles and one doubles title with Albert Costa in 2005.

2005 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Full name	Rafael Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$3,874,751 (Singles $3,794,327, Doubles $80,424)[1][2]
Singles
Season record	79–10 (88.8%)
Calendar titles	11
Year-end ranking	No. 2
Ranking change from previous year	49
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	4R
French Open	W
Wimbledon	2R
US Open	3R

Australian Open

At the 2005 Australian Open, Nadal lost in the fourth round to eventual runner-up Lleyton Hewitt.

Hard court

Nadal reached the final of the 2005 Miami Masters, and despite being two points from a straight-sets victory, he was defeated in five sets by world No. 1 Roger Federer.

Clay court

Nadal then dominated the spring clay court season. He won 24 consecutive singles matches, which broke Andre Agassi's Open Era record of consecutive match wins for a male teenager.[3] Nadal won the Torneo Conde de Godó in Barcelona and beat 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in the finals of the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters and the 2005 Rome Masters. During the Rome quarterfinals against Radek Stepanek, Nadal hit what is considered by many as the greatest shot of his career, a no-look, running passing shot near the net.[4] These victories raised his ranking to world No. 5[5] and made him one of the favorites at his career-first French Open. On his 19th birthday, Nadal defeated Federer in the 2005 French Open semifinals,[6] being one of only four players who defeated the top-seeded player that year (along with Marat Safin, Richard Gasquet, and David Nalbandian). Two days later, he defeated Mariano Puerta in the final, becoming the second male player after Mats Wilander to win the French Open on his first attempt. He also became the first teenager to win a Grand Slam singles title since Pete Sampras won the 1990 US Open at age 19. Winning the French Open improved Nadal's ranking to world No. 3.[5]

Grass court

Three days after his victory in Paris, Nadal's 24-match winning streak was snapped in the first round of the grass court Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, where he lost to the German Alexander Waske.[7] He then lost in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon to Gilles Müller of Luxembourg.

Summer hard court

Immediately after Wimbledon, Nadal won 16 consecutive matches and three consecutive tournaments, bringing his ranking to world No. 2 on 25 July 2005. Nadal started his North American summer hard-court season by defeating Agassi in the final of the 2005 Canada Masters, but lost in the first round of the 2005 Cincinnati Masters. Nadal was seeded second at the 2005 US Open, where he was upset in the third round by world No. 49 James Blake in four sets.

In September, he defeated Coria in the final of the China Open in Beijing and won both of his Davis Cup matches against Italy. In October, he won his fourth ATP Masters Series title of the year, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the final of the 2005 Madrid Masters. He then suffered a foot injury that prevented him from competing in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup.[8]

Both Nadal and Federer won eleven singles titles and four ATP Masters Series titles in 2005. Nadal broke Mats Wilander's previous teenage record of nine in 1983.[9] Nine of Nadal's titles were on clay, and the remainder were on hard courts. Nadal won 79 matches, second only to Federer's 81.

Year-end ranking

Nadal finished the year as the world No. 2. He also won the ATP Most Improved Player of the Year award.[10] This was also Nadal's best year in terms of titles won (11).[11]

Singles Matches

Tournament	Match Win	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Qatar Open Doha, Qatar ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor January 3, 2005 – January 9, 2005		1R	Mikhail Youzhny	16	Win	6-3, 7-6^(7–3)
		2R	Fernando Verdasco	36	Win	6-2, 6-4
		QF	Ivan Ljubicic	22	Loss	2-6, 7-6^(3–7), 3-6
Heineken Open Auckland, New Zealand ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor January 10, 2005 – January 16, 2005		1R	Dominik Hrbaty	20	Loss	3-6 RET
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 17 January–30 January 2005		1R	Julien Benneteau	65	Win	6-0, 6-4, 6-2
		2R	Mikhail Youzhny	15	Win	6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
		3R	Bobby Reynolds	283	Win	6-1, 6-1, 6-3
		4R	Lleyton Hewitt	3	Loss	5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-7^(3–7), 2-6
ATP Buenos Aires Buenos aires, Argentina ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor February 7, 2005 – February 13, 2005		1R	Agustín Calleri	61	Win	7-6^(7–2), 6-3
		2R	Potito Starace	66	Win	6-1, 6-3
		QF	Gastón Gaudio	8	Loss	6-0, 0-6, 1-6
Brasil Open Sao Paulo, Brazil ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 15–20 February 2005		1R	José Acasuso	55	Win	7-6^(7–1), 6-3
		2R	Alex Calatrava	86	Win	6-3, 6-3
		QF	Agustin Calleri	60	Win	6-2, 6-7^(5–7), 6-4
		SF	Ricardo Mello	56	Win	2-6, 6-2, 6-4
		W	Alberto Martin	61	Win (1)	6-0, 6-7^(2–7), 6-1
Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor February 21, 2005 - February 27, 2005		1R	Alex Calatrava	81	Win	6-4, 6-4
		2R	Santiago Ventura	77	Win	7-6, 6-2
		QF	Guillermo Cañas	12	Win	7-5, 6-3
		SF	Mariano Puerta	74	Win	6-4, 6-1
		W	Albert Montañes	95	Win (2)	6-1, 6-0
Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor March 21-April 3, 2005		1R	Bye
		2R	Rainer Schuettler	39	Win	6–4, 7-6^(7–5)
		3R	Fernando Verdasco	45	Win	6–2, 6-2
		4R	Ivan Ljubicic	14	Win	6–4, 6-7^(5–7), 6-3
		QF	Thomas Johansson	27	Win	6-2, 6-4
		SF	David Ferrer	44	Win	6-4, 6-3
		F	Roger Federer	1	Loss (1)	6-2, 7-6^(7–4), 6-7^(5–7), 3-6, 1-6
Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana Valencia, Spain ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor April 4, 2005 – April 10, 2005		1R	Juan Carlos Ferrero	68	Win	6-2, 6-1
		2R	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	80	Win	6-1, 6-4
		QF	Igor Andreev	47	Loss	5-7, 2-6
Monte Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor April 11–17, 2005		1R	Gael Monfils	106	Win	6–3, 6-2
		2R	Xavier Malisse	38	Win	6–0, 6-3
		3R	Olivier Rochus	42	Win	6–1, 6–2
		QF	Gaston Gaudio	6	Win	6–3, 6-0
		SF	Richard Gasquet	101	Win	6-7^(6–8), 6-4, 6-3
		W	Guillermo Coria	9	Win (3)	6-3, 6-2, 0-6, 7-5
Torneo Godo Barcelona, Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor April 18–24, 2005	–	1R	Bye
		2R	Gilles Muller	64	Win	6-0, 6-2
		3R	Dominik Hrbaty	25	Win	6-1, 6-2
		QF	Agustín Calleri	99	Win	6-2, 3-0 RET
		SF	Radek Stepanek	22	Win	7-5, 6-2
		W	Juan Carlos Ferrero	58	Win (4)	6–1, 7-6^(7–4), 6-3
Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 2–8 May 2005		1R	Mikhail Youzhny	26	Win	6-0, 6-2
		2R	Victor Hanescu	85	Win	6–1, 6–1
		3R	Guillermo Canas	13	Win	6–3, 6-1
		QF	Radek Stepanek	17	Win	5-7, 6-1, 6-1
		SF	David Ferrer	25	Win	4-6, 6-4, 7-5
		W	Guillermo Coria	11	Win (5)	6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6^(8–6)
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 23 May–5 June 2005		1R	Lars Burgsmuller	96	Win	6-1, 7-6^(7–4), 6-1
		2R	Xavier Malisse	46	Win	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
		3R	Richard Gasquet	31	Win	6-4, 6-4, 6-2
		4R	Sebastien Grosjean	24	Win	6–4, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
		QF	David Ferrer	21	Win	7-5, 6-2, 6-0
		SF	Roger Federer	1	Win	6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
		W	Mariano Puerta	37	Win (6)	6-7^(6–8), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
Noventi Open Halle, Germany ATP World Tour 250 Grass, outdoor 6–12 June 2005		1R	Alexander Waske	147	Loss	6-4, 5-7, 3-6
The Championships, Wimbledon Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 20 June–3 July 2005		1R	Vincent Spadea	39	Win	6–4, 6-3, 6-2
		2R	Gilles Muller	69	Loss	4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6
Swedish Open Bastad, Sweden ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor July 4, 2005 – July 7, 2005		1R	Juan Monaco	66	Win	6-1, 6-1
		2R	Alberto Martin	50	Win	6-2, 6-4
		QF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	31	Win	6-3, 6-3
		SF	Tommy Robredo	20	Win	6-3, 6-3
		W	Tomas Berdych	20	Win (7)	2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor July 18–24, 2005	–	1R	Bye
		2R	Hugo Armando	167	Win	6–1, 6–2
		3R	Fernando Verdasco	58	Win	6–3, 6–2
		QF	Tomas Zib	57	Win	4-6, 6-4, 6-3
		SF	Jarkko Nieminen	66	Win	6-2, 7-5
		W	Gaston Gaudio	13	Win (8)	6–3, 6–3, 6-4
Rogers Cup Montreal, Canada ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor August 8–14, 2005		1R	Carlos Moya	32	Win	6–3, 6-7, 6-3
		2R	Ricardo Mello	56	Win	6–1, 6-2
		3R	Sebastien Grosjean	34	Win	6–4, 6-4
		QF	Mariano Puerta	11	Win	6-3, 6-1
		SF	Paul-Henri Mathieu	63	Win	6-4, 7-5
		W	Andre Agassi	7	Win (9)	6–3, 4-6, 6-2
Cincinnati Masters Ohio, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor August 15–21, 2005		1R	Tomas Berdych	36	Loss	7-6^(7–4), 2-6, 6-7^(3–7)
US Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 29 August–11 September 2005		1R	Bobby Reynolds	132	Win	6-3, 6-3, 6-4
		2R	Scoville Jenkins	352	Win	6-4, 7-5, 6-4
		3R	James Blake	49	Loss	4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 1-6
China Open Beijing, China ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor September 12, 2005 – September 18, 2005		1R	Jimmy Wang	100	Win	6-2, 6-4
		2R	Justin Gimelstob	95	Win	5-7, 6-4, 6-4
		QF	Peter Wessels	115	Win	7-6^(7–3), 6-2
		SF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	23	Win	6-4, 6-4
		W	Guillermo Coria	8	Win (10)	5-7, 6-1, 6-2
Davis Cup, ITA v/s ESP World Group Play Offs Italy Davis Cup Clay, outdoor 19–25 September 2005		RR	Daniele Bracciali	69	Win	6-3, 6-2, 6-1
		RR	Andreas Seppi	78	Win	6-1, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor October 17–23, 2005		1R	Bye
		2R	Victor Hanescu	42	Win	7-6^(7–5), 6-3
		3R	Tommy Robredo	17	Win	6–2, 6-4
		QF	Radek Stepanek	14	Win	7-6^(11–9), 6-4
		SF	Robby Ginepri	21	Win	7-5, 7-6^(11–9)
		W	Ivan Ljubicic	7	Win (11)	3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6^(7–3)

References

1. https://www.atpworldtour.com/players/rafael-nadal/n409/player-activity?year=2005&matchType=singles
2. https://www.atpworldtour.com/players/rafael-nadal/n409/player-activity?year=2005&matchType=doubles
3. "Teen Nadal gives Spain reign over French Open". USA Today. Associated Press. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
4. https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/videos/Rafael_Nadal/55122/13-years-ago-rafael-nadal-hits-crazy-passing-shot/
5. "ATP Rankings History: Rafael Nadal". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
6. beats Federer in battle of wills
7. "Waske snaps Nadal's winning streak". Associated Press. 10 June 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
8. Linden, Julian (5 January 2006). "Foot injury delays Rafael Nadal's comeback". Reuters. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
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