2005 Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic

The 2005 Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Canberra International, and part of the WTA Tier V tournaments of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the National Sports Club in Canberra, Australia, from 10 to 16 January 2005.

2005 Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic
Date	10–16 January
Edition	5th
Category	WTA Tier V
Draw	32S/16D/32QS/4QD
Prize money	USD $110,000
Surface	Hard (Rebound Ace)
Location	Canberra, Australia
Champions
Singles
Ana Ivanovic
Doubles
Tathiana Garbin / Tina Križan

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ITA	Silvia Farina Elia	20	1
ISR	Anna Smashnova	32	2
USA	Meghann Shaughnessy	40	3
FRA	Marion Bartoli	41	4
FRA	Émilie Loit	45	5
AUS	Nicole Pratt	50	6
ESP	María Sánchez Lorenzo	51	7
ITA	Tathiana Garbin	58	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 27 December 2004

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Monique Adamczak
• Lauren Breadmore

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ekaterina Bychkova
• Evie Dominikovic
• Ana Ivanovic
• Lenka Němečková

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Melinda Czink

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Katarina Srebotnik → replaced by Melinda Czink

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Marion Bartoli	37	GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	47	1
FRA	Émilie Loit	31	LUX	Claudine Schaul	72	2
ITA	Tathiana Garbin	81	SLO	Tina Križan	59	3
CZE	Gabriela Navrátilová	62	CZE	Michaela Paštiková	88	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 27 December 2004

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Monique Adamczak / Nicole Kriz

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Yuliya Beygelzimer / Sandra Klösel

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

• Adriana Barna / Anca Barna

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Émilie Loit / Claudine Schaul → replaced by Adriana Barna / Anca Barna

During the tournament

• Marion Bartoli / Anna-Lena Grönefeld

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2005 Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic – Singles

Ana Ivanovic defeated Melinda Czink, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2005 Richard Luton Properties Canberra Women's Classic – Doubles

Tathiana Garbin / Tina Križan defeated Gabriela Navrátilová / Michaela Paštiková, 7–5, 1–6, 6–4

External links

• Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 23 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Results Archive (WTA)