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2005 U.S. Open
	Champions
	Men's Singles
	Roger Federer
	Women's Singles
	Kim Clijsters
	Men's Doubles
	Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
	Women's Doubles
	Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur
	Mixed Doubles
	Daniela Hantuchová / Mahesh Bhupathi
	Boys' Singles
	Ryan Sweeting
	Girls' Singles
	Victoria Azarenka
	Boys' Doubles
	Alex Clayton / Donald Young
	Girls' Doubles
	Nikola Franková / Alisa Kleybanova
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For the golf event, see 2005 U.S. Open Golf Championship.

List of the 2005 U.S. Open Champions, the top seeds and important highlights of the tournament:

[edit] Seniors

[edit] Men's singles

Main article: 2005 U.S. Open - Men's Singles

Roger Federer def. Andre Agassi^[1], 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(1), 6–1

It was Federer's 10th title of the year, and his 32nd overall. It was his 6th career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd (consecutive) US Open title.

[edit] Women's singles

Main article: 2005 U.S. Open - Women's Singles

Kim Clijsters def. Mary Pierce, 6–3, 6–1

It was Clijsters's 7th title of the year, and her 28th overall. It was her 1st career Grand Slam title.

[edit] Juniors

[edit] Boys' Singles

Ryan Sweeting def. Jérémy Chardy, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Girls' Singles

Victoria Azarenka def. Alexa Glatch, 6–3, 6–4

[edit] Boys' Doubles

Alex Clayton / Donald Young def. Carsten Ball / Thiemo de Bakker, 7–6(3), 4–6, 7–5

[edit] Girls' Doubles

Nikola Franková / Alisa Kleybanova def. Alexa Glatch / Vania King, 7–5, 7–6(3)

[edit] Seeds

[edit] Top 10 seeds (singles)

Men's Singles
1.	Roger Federer	defeated	Andre Agassi (7th Seed)	Final
2.	Rafael Nadal	lost to	James Blake	3rd round
3.	Lleyton Hewitt	lost to	Roger Federer (1st Seed)	Semifinal
4.	Andy Roddick	lost to	Gilles Müller	1st round
6.	Nikolay Davydenko	lost to	Paradorn Srichaphan	2nd round
7.	Andre Agassi	lost to	Roger Federer (1st Seed)	Final
8.	Guillermo Coria	lost to	Robby Ginepri	Quarterfinal
9.	Gastón Gaudio	lost to	Brian Baker	1st round
10.	Mariano Puerta	lost to	Stanislas Wawrinka	2nd round
11.	David Nalbandian	lost to	Roger Federer (1st Seed)	Quarterfinal
* Fifth seed Marat Safin (Russia) withdrew before the start of the tournament.
Women's Singles
1.	Maria Sharapova	lost	Kim Clijsters (4th Seed)	Semifinal
2.	Lindsay Davenport	lost to	Elena Dementieva (6th seed)	Quarterfinal
3.	Amélie Mauresmo	lost to	Mary Pierce (12th Seed)	Quarterfinal
4.	Kim Clijsters	defeated	Mary Pierce (12th Seed)	Final
5.	Svetlana Kuznetsova	lost to	Ekaterina Bychkova	1st round
6.	Elena Dementieva	lost to	Mary Pierce (12th Seed)	Semifinal
7.	Justine Henin-Hardenne	lost to	Mary Pierce (12th Seed)	4th round
8.	Serena Williams	lost to	Venus Williams (10th Seed)	4th round
9.	Nadia Petrova	lost to	Maria Sharapova (1st Seed)	Quarterfinal
10.	Venus Williams	lost to	Kim Clijsters (4th Seed)	Quarterfinal

More info on the Top 32 seeds here.

[edit] Top 5 seeds (men's doubles)

Men's Doubles
1.	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	lost to	Mike Bryan Bob Bryan	Final
2.	Mike Bryan Bob Bryan	defeated	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	Final
3.	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	lost to	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	1st round
4.	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	lost to	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	Semifinals
5.	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	lost to	Amer Delic Jeff Morrison	1st round

[edit] Top 5 seeds (women's doubles)

Women's Doubles
1.	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	lost to	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Quarterfinals
2.	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	lost to	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Martina Navratilova	Quarterfinals
3.	Conchita Martinez Virginia Ruano Pascual	lost to	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	Semifinals
4.	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy	lost to	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	3rd Round
5.	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	lost to	Zi Yan Jie Zheng	3rd Round

[edit] Top 5 seeds (mixed doubles)

Mixed Doubles
1.	Cara Black Wayne Black	lost to	Dinara Safina Andy Ram	2nd round
2.	Rennae Stubbs Bob Bryan	lost to	Corina Morariu Mike Bryan	Quarterfinals
3.	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor	lost to	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	2nd round
4.	Lisa Raymond Jonas Björkman	lost to	Daniela Hantuchová Mahesh Bhupathi	2nd round
5.	Ai Sugiyama Kevin Ullyett	lost to	Daniela Hantuchová Mahesh Bhupathi	Quarterfinals

[edit] Highlights

Day 1
- Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia became the first defending women's champion to lose in the first round during the Open Era. She lost to Ekaterina Bychkova 6-3, 6-4. It marked the fourth time a women's defending champ was ousted in her first match.
- Ninth-seeded Gastón Gaudio (2004 French Open champion) also lost in the first round. He was beaten by wildcard Brian Baker in straight sets: 7-6(9), 6-2, 6-4.
Day 2
- 2003 Champion Andy Roddick lost to Gilles Müller 7-6, 7-6, 7-6.
Day 3
Day 4
- Indian teen sensation Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to reach 4th Round of any Grand Slam.
Day 5
Day 6
- American James Blake takes out No. 2 seed - and one of the candidates to win the title - Rafael Nadal of Spain. James Blake declared the player of the day for the 2nd time in the tourney.
Day 7
- Tenth seed Venus Williams beats her little sister and 2005 Australian Open champion Serena Williams to reach the quarter-final (7-6[5], 6-2).
Day 8
- Andre Agassi is stretched to five sets against Belgian Xavier Malisse.
Day 9
- Roger Federer loses his first set of the tournament against Nicolas Kiefer of Germany. He progresses in four sets.
- Kim Clijsters of Belgium continues to dominate the hardcourt summer. Her victim in the quarter-final was Venus Williams. Clijsters wins 4-6, 7-5 and 6-1.
Day 10
- Both Andre Agassi and Robby Ginepri needed five difficult sets to beat James Blake and Guillermo Coria in their quarter-final matches.
- Second seed Lindsay Davenport loses in three sets to Russian Elena Dementieva and for the first time since 1994 there's no American representative in the women's semifinals.
Day 11
- Daniela Hantuchová and Mahesh Bhupathi are champions in Mixed Doubles against Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjić.
Day 12
- Twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan, after being runner-ups at the other three Grand Slams, are champions for the first time in the U.S. Open in the Men's Doubles championship, winning the 1st Seed Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi.
Day 13
- Kim Clijsters wins her first Grand Slam title after defeating Mary Pierce in 6-3, 6-1.
Day 14
- Roger Federer wins the title defeating Andre Agassi in 4 sets.

[edit] Player of the day

Day 1 - Brian Baker for upset defeat of Gastón Gaudio
Day 2 - James Blake for a comeback after injury-marred 2004
Day 3 - Sania Mirza for winning the match despite bleeding toes
Day 4 - Andre Agassi for second most wins in the US Open history
Day 5 - Nicole Vaidišová for a personal best performance in a Grand Slam Tourney
Day 6 - James Blake for defeating No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal
Day 7 - Venus Williams for defeating sister Serena Williams
Day 8 - Guillermo Coria on winning the longest match (4 & 1/2 hours) of 2005 US open
Day 9 - Jarkko Nieminen for becoming the first Finnish man to reach the quarter finals of a grand slam
Day 10 - Mary Pierce for a great comeback and making it to the US Open Semifinal for the 1st time
Day 11 - Daniela Hantuchová and Mahesh Bhupathi for winning the mixed doubles title
Day 12 - Mike and Bob Bryan for winning their first men's doubles title
Day 13 - Kim Clijsters for capturing her first Grand Slam singles title
Day 14 - Roger Federer for capturing the men's singles title

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[edit] Notes

^ This was Agassi's last Grand Slam final.
^ By winning this year's U.S. Open Mixed Doubles title, Hantuchová completed a Career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. She became just the 5th player in history to have achieved this.

Preceded by 2005 Wimbledon	Grand Slams	Succeeded by 2006 Australian Open

[0] This was Agassi's last Grand Slam final.

[1] By winning this year's U.S. Open Mixed Doubles title, Hantuchová completed a Career Grand Slam in mixed doubles. She became just the 5th player in history to have achieved this.

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