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.

Main article: Rafael Nadal
2005 Rafael Nadal tennis season
Full nameRafael Nadal Parera
Country Spain
Calendar prize money$3,874,751 (Singles $3,794,327, Doubles $80,424)[1][2]
Singles
Season record79–10 (88.8%)
Calendar titles11
Year-end rankingNo. 2
Ranking change from previous year 49
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open4R
French OpenW
Wimbledon2R
US Open3R
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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 Roger Federer.

Clay court

Nadal dominated the 2005 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] as one of only four players who defeated the world No. 1 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 male 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] Eight 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 Round Opponent Rank Result Score
Qatar Open
Doha, Qatar
ATP World Tour 250
Hard, outdoor
3 – 9 January 2005		 1 / 75 1R Mikhail Youzhny 16
Win
 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2 / 76 2R Fernando Verdasco 36
Win
 6–2, 6–4
3 / 77 QF Ivan Ljubicic 22
Loss
 2–6, 7–6(3–7), 3–6
Heineken Open
Auckland, New Zealand
ATP World Tour 250
Hard, outdoor
10 – 16 January 2005		 4 / 78 1R Dominik Hrbaty 20
Loss
 3–6 RET
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
17 – 30 January 2005		 5 / 79 1R Julien Benneteau 65
Win
 6–0, 6–4, 6–2
6 / 80 2R Mikhail Youzhny 15
Win
 6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
7 / 81 3R Bobby Reynolds 283
Win
 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
8 / 82 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
7 – 13 February 2005		 9 / 83 1R Agustín Calleri 61
Win
 7–6(7–2), 6–3
10 / 84 2R Potito Starace 66
Win
 6–1, 6–3
11 / 85 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		 12 / 86 1R José Acasuso 55
Win
 7–6(7–1), 6–3
13 / 87 2R Alex Calatrava 86
Win
 6–3, 6–3
14 / 88 QF Agustin Calleri 60
Win
 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
15 / 89 SF Ricardo Mello 56
Win
 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
16 / 90 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
21 – 27 February 2005		 17 / 91 1R Alex Calatrava 81
Win
 6–4, 6–4
18 / 92 2R Santiago Ventura 77
Win
 7–6, 6–2
19 / 93 QF Guillermo Cañas 12
Win
 7–5, 6–3
20 / 94 SF Mariano Puerta 74
Win
 6–4, 6–1
21 / 95 W Albert Montañes 95
Win (2)
 6–1, 6–0
Miami Open
Key Biscayne, United States
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
21 March 3 – April 2005		 – 1R Bye
22 / 96 2R Rainer Schuettler 39
Win
 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
23 / 97 3R Fernando Verdasco 45
Win
 6–2, 6–2
24 / 98 4R Ivan Ljubicic 14
Win
 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
25 / 99 QF Thomas Johansson 27
Win
 6–2, 6–4
26 / 100 SF David Ferrer 44
Win
 6–4, 6–3
27 / 101 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
4 – 10 April 2005		 28 / 102 1R Juan Carlos Ferrero 68
Win
 6–2, 6–1
29 / 103 2R Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 80
Win
 6–1, 6–4
30 / 104 QF Igor Andreev 47
Loss
 5–7, 2–6
Monte Carlo Masters
Monte Carlo, Monaco
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Clay, outdoor
11 – 17 April 2005		 31 / 105 1R Gael Monfils 106
Win
 6–3, 6–2
32 / 106 2R Xavier Malisse 38
Win
 6–0, 6–3
33 / 107 3R Olivier Rochus 42
Win
 6–1, 6–2
34 / 108 QF Gaston Gaudio 6
Win
 6–3, 6–0
35 / 109 SF Richard Gasquet 101
Win
 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–3
36 / 110 W Guillermo Coria 9
Win (3)
 6–3, 6–1, 0–6, 7–5
Torneo Godo
Barcelona, Spain
ATP World Tour 500
Clay, outdoor
18 – 24 April 2005		 – 1R Bye
37 / 111 2R Gilles Muller 64
Win
 6–0, 6–2
38 / 112 3R Dominik Hrbaty 25
Win
 6–1, 6–2
39 / 113 QF Agustín Calleri 99
Win
 6–2, 3–0 RET
40 / 114 SF Radek Stepanek 22
Win
 7–5, 6–2
41 / 115 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		 42 / 116 1R Mikhail Youzhny 26
Win
 6–0, 6–2
43 / 117 2R Victor Hanescu 85
Win
 6–1, 6–1
44 / 118 3R Guillermo Canas 13
Win
 6–3, 6–1
45 / 119 QF Radek Stepanek 17
Win
 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
46 / 120 SF David Ferrer 25
Win
 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
47 / 121 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		 48 / 122 1R Lars Burgsmuller 96
Win
 6–1, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
49 / 123 2R Xavier Malisse 46
Win
 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
50 / 124 3R Richard Gasquet 31
Win
 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
51 / 125 4R Sebastien Grosjean 24
Win
 6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3
52 / 126 QF David Ferrer 21
Win
 7–5, 6–2, 6–0
53 / 127 SF Roger Federer 1
Win
 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
54 / 128 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		 55 / 129 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		 56 / 130 1R Vincent Spadea 39
Win
 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
57 / 131 2R Gilles Muller 69
Loss
 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Swedish Open
Bastad, Sweden
ATP World Tour 250
Clay, outdoor
4 – 7 July 2005		 58 / 132 1R Juan Monaco 66
Win
 6–1, 6–1
59 / 133 2R Alberto Martin 50
Win
 6–2, 6–4
60 / 134 QF Juan Carlos Ferrero 31
Win
 6–3, 6–3
61 / 135 SF Tommy Robredo 20
Win
 6–3, 6–3
62 / 136 W Tomas Berdych 20
Win (7)
 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Stuttgart Open
Stuttgart, Germany
ATP World Tour 500
Clay, outdoor
18 – 24 July 2005		 – 1R Bye
63 / 137 2R Hugo Armando 167
Win
 6–1, 6–2
64 / 138 3R Fernando Verdasco 58
Win
 6–3, 6–2
65 / 139 QF Tomas Zib 57
Win
 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
66 / 140 SF Jarkko Nieminen 66
Win
 6–2, 7–5
67 / 141 W Gaston Gaudio 13
Win (8)
 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Rogers Cup
Montreal, Canada
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
8 – 14 August 2005		 68 / 142 1R Carlos Moya 32
Win
 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
69 / 143 2R Ricardo Mello 56
Win
 6–1, 6–2
70 / 144 3R Sebastien Grosjean 34
Win
 6–4, 6–4
71 / 145 QF Mariano Puerta 11
Win
 6–3, 6–1
72 / 146 SF Paul-Henri Mathieu 63
Win
 6–4, 7–5
73 / 147 W Andre Agassi 7
Win (9)
 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Cincinnati Masters
Ohio, United States
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
15 – 21 August 2005		 74 / 148 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		 75 / 149 1R Bobby Reynolds 132
Win
 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
76 / 150 2R Scoville Jenkins 352
Win
 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
77 / 151 3R James Blake 49
Loss
 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 1–6
China Open
Beijing, China
ATP World Tour 250
Hard, outdoor
12 – 18 September 2005		 78 / 152 1R Jimmy Wang 100
Win
 6–2, 6–4
79 / 153 2R Justin Gimelstob 95
Win
 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
80 / 154 QF Peter Wessels 115
Win
 7–6(7–3), 6–2
81 / 155 SF Juan Carlos Ferrero 23
Win
 6–4, 6–4
82 / 156 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		 83 / 157 RR Daniele Bracciali 69
Win
 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
84 / 158 RR Andreas Seppi 78
Win
 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Hard, indoor
17 – 23 October 2005		 – 1R Bye
85 / 159 2R Victor Hanescu 42
Win
 7–6(7–5), 6–3
86 / 160 3R Tommy Robredo 17
Win
 6–2, 6–4
87 / 161 QF Radek Stepanek 14
Win
 7–6(11–9), 6–4
88 / 162 SF Robby Ginepri 21
Win
 7–5, 7–6(7–1)
89 / 163 W Ivan Ljubicic 7
Win (11)
 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

See also

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. "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.
  9. "Rafael Nadal No. 1 Tribute". ATP World Tour. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  10. "ATP World Tour Awards Honour Roll". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  11. "Rafael Nadal | Titles and Finals". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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