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2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open

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2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open
DateSeptember 26 – October 2
Edition2nd
Champions
Singles
China Yan Zi
Doubles
Italy Maria Elena Camerin / Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
← 2004 · Guangzhou International Women's Open · 2006 →

The 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2005 WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, China, from September 26 through October 2, 2005. Total prize money for the tournament was $170,000.[1][2]

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 RUS Vera Zvonareva 20 1
 CHN Peng Shuai 33 2
 CHN Li Na 35 3
 RUS Maria Kirilenko 45 4
 CHN Zheng Jie 46 5
 ESP Nuria Llagostera Vives 54 6
 POL Marta Domachowska 64 7
 SVK Martina Suchá 65 8
  • 1 Seeds are based on the rankings of September 15, 2005.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a Lucky loser from the singles qualifying draw:

Finals results

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Singles

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France Yan Zi def. Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives, 6–4, 4–0, ret.

  • Yan won the first WTA title of her career.

Doubles

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Italy Maria Elena Camerin / Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. United States Neha Uberoi / India Shikha Uberoi, 7–6(7–5), 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "2005 Results on the ITF". Archived from the original on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  2. ^ 2005 Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Singles Results Kim Clijsters, Zi Yan, & N Vaidisova, Champions
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