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2005 WTA Tour Championships

The 2005 WTA Tour Championships, also known as the Sony Ericsson Championships, was a women's round robin tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, United States. It was the 35th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 30th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2005 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between November 8 and November 13, 2005. Fourth-seeded Amélie Mauresmo won the singles event, the first French player to win the title, and she earned $1,000,000 first-prize money as well as 485 ranking points.

Justine Henin-Hardenne had qualified for the tournament but withdrew due to a hamstring injury.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2005 WTA Tour Championships – Singles

FRA Amélie Mauresmo defeated FRA Mary Pierce, 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–4.

Doubles

Main article: 2005 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles

USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Samantha Stosur defeated ZIM Cara Black / AUS Rennae Stubbs, 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4.

Singles Championship Race

Singles

Players in gold have qualified for Los Angeles. Players in brown withdrawn. The low-ranked players in blue after them would be played as alternates in Los Angeles.

	Rank
1	BEL Kim Clijsters	**W
650+372**	**W
325+286**	**W
325+202**	**W
300+110**	**W
195+108**	**W
195+99**	**W
195+96**	**W
195+91**	**W
120+78**	R16
90+58	SF
88+47	R16
90+26	QF
75+31	QF
49+50	QF
55+8	R16
42+14
2	USA Lindsay Davenport	F
456+334	F
456+206	**W
300+124**	**W
220+136**	F
228+114	**W
195+114**	**W
195+109**	QF
162+122	F
210+60	**W
195+73**	QF
162+102	**W
145+37**	QF
75+3	QF
49+23	R16
1
3	RUS Maria Sharapova	SF
292+184	SF
292+178	**W
300+148**	SF
292+150	F
228+80	**W
195+88**	QF
162+60	SF
135+68	SF
146+44	**W
120+64**	SF
88+20	QF
75+23	QF
75+18	QF
49+23
4	FRA Amélie Mauresmo	SF
292+148	**W
300+119**	**W
195+136**	**W
195+85**	QF
162+112	F
154+109	QF
162+56	SF
146+56	F
137+65	SF
135+61	F
137+53	SF
88+12	QF
75+20	R32
56+8	R32
28+8	R16
1	R16
1
4	FRA Amélie Mauresmo	R16
1
5	FRA Mary Pierce	F
456+438	F
456+378	**W
300+105**	**W
300+96**	QF
162+96	QF
81+47	R16
42+31	R16
42+14	R16
25+15	R16
25+10	R32
25+8	R16
25+5	R128
2
6	BEL Justine Henin-Hardenne	**W
650+434**	**W
300+214**	**W
300+171**	F
210+97	**W
195+104**	QF
81+55	R16
90+32	R128
2	R16
1
7	SUI Patty Schnyder	F
210+103	F
210+69	QF
162+106	SF
135+76	F
137+54	R16
90+82	SF
88+75	SF
135+24	**W
120+35**	**W
120+22**	R16
90+32	SF
88+23	QF
75+25	QF
49+38	SF
66+12	QF
49+10	R16
42+15
7	SUI Patty Schnyder	QF
49+1	R16
29+23	R16
25+10	R16
25+8	R16
25+8	R32
28+4	R128
2	R16
1
8	RUS Nadia Petrova	SF
292+128	F
210+114	**W
195+61**	QF
162+62	QF
162+36	SF
88+53	R16
90+48	QF
55+58	F
85+22	SF
88+14	SF
88+7	QF
75+20	QF
75+18	QF
49+23	QF
49+19	QF
49+10	R16
45+14
8	RUS Nadia Petrova	R16
42+10	R16
42+2	QF
30+8	R16
25+10	QF
30+4	R64
1	R32
1
9	RUS Elena Dementieva	SF
292+348	F
210+59	SF
146+74	SF
99+105	SF
135+45	F
137+17	R16
90+46	SF
88+45	QF
81+48	R16
90+36	R16
90+32	SF
88+26	QF
75+35	QF
75+4	QF
49+15	R32
1	R32
1
9	RUS Elena Dementieva	R16
1	R16
1
10	USA Venus Williams	**W
650+470**	QF
162+160	SF
146+84	F
137+66	F
137+55	R16
90+70	**W
120+24**	R32
56+28	QF
49+16	QF
49+8	R16
42+8	R32
1
11	FRA Nathalie Dechy	SF
292+272	R16
90+38	SF
88+31	R16
90+28	QF
81+20	R32
56+24	R16
42+35	QF
49+23	SF
55+12	QF
49+17	R16
42+23	QF
49+16	R16
29+35	SF
55+8	QF
30+14	R16
25+15	R16
25+15
11	FRA Nathalie Dechy	R32
28+10	R16
25+10	R32
25+10	R32
1	R32
1	R64
1	R64
1	R32
1	R32
1
12	USA Serena Williams	**W
650+558**	SF
88+58	R16
90+48	QF
81+35	QF
49+25	R32
56+12	QF
49+4	R16
42+4	R32
1	R16
1

References

(November 14, 2005). "Mauresmo magnifique". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
(November 14, 2005). "Mauresmo survives gruelling marathon". The Globe and Mail.
(November 14, 2005). "Mauresmo wins French battle in LA". BBC.
(November 9, 2005). "Clijsters set to take on lone American at WTA". Taipei Times.

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