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Tennis tournament
2005 İstanbul Cup
Date16 – 21 May
Edition1st
CategoryWTA Tier III
Prize moneyUSD 200,000
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
United States Venus Williams
Doubles
Spain Marta Marrero /
Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti
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The 2005 İstanbul Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the İstanbul Cup, and was part of the WTA Tier III tournaments of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was held in Istanbul from 16 through 21 May 2005.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 120 185 55 30 26 1 3.75 2.25 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $30,500 $16,450 $8,840 $4,745 $2,550 $1,370 $735 $395 $215
Doubles * $9,150 $4,900 $2,625 $1,410 $760

* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank Seed
 USA Venus Williams 14 1
 CZE Nicole Vaidišová 39 2
 ISR Anna Smashnova 41 3
 USA Lisa Raymond 44 4
 GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 51 5
 USA Meghann Shaughnessy 54 6
 RUS Anna Chakvetadze 61 7
 USA Mashona Washington 67 8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank Seed
 USA Lisa Raymond  AUS Rennae Stubbs 14 1
 USA Jill Craybas  USA Jennifer Russell 115 2
  SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi  TUR İpek Şenoğlu 125 3
 ESP Marta Marrero  ITA Antonella Serra Zanetti 154 4

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2005 İstanbul Cup – Singles

United States Venus Williams defeated Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2005 İstanbul Cup – Doubles

Spain Marta Marrero / Italy Antonella Serra Zanetti defeated Austria Daniela Klemenschits / Austria Sandra Klemenschits, 6–4, 6–0

References

  1. "Venus Williams beats Vaidisova to win Istanbul Open". Times of Malta. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

External links

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