2005 Generali Ladies Linz

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 October 22–30, 2005 at the TipsArena Linz. Nadia Petrova won the singles title.

2005 Generali Ladies Linz
Date	22 – 30 October
Edition	19th
Category	Tier II Series
Prize money	USD $585,000
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Linz, Austria
Venue	TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Nadia Petrova
Doubles
Gisela Dulko / Květa Peschke

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	195	137	88	49	25	1	11.75	6.75	4	1
Doubles					1	—		—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$95,500	$51,000	$27,300	$14,600	$7,820	$4,175	$2,230	$1,195	$640
Doubles *	$30,000	$16,120	$8,620	$4,610	$2,465	—	—	—	—

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
FRA	Amélie Mauresmo	4	1
RUS	Elena Dementieva	8	2
RUS	Nadia Petrova	9	3
SUI	Patty Schnyder	10	4
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	16	5
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	19	6
SCG	Jelena Janković	21	7
SCG	Ana Ivanovic	22	8
FRA	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	Seed
ZIM	Cara Black	AUS	Rennae Stubbs	2	5	1
ESP	Conchita Martínez	ESP	Virginia Ruano Pascual	14	2	2
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	RUS	Vera Zvonareva	10	13	3
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	JPN	Ai Sugiyama	17	19	4

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

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2005 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

• Nadia Petrova defeated Patty Schnyder, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1.

It was Petrova's first WTA singles title.

Doubles

Main article: 2005 Generali Ladies Linz – 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.