The 2005 Hyderabad Open was a Tier IV WTA Women's Tennis Tournament held in

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

, India from 7–12 February 2005. Hometown favourite

Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles ...

, a resident of Hyderabad, impressed the crowds at the tournament by becoming the first Indian woman to win a WTA Singles Title.

WTA entrants

Seeds

^* Rankings as of 31 January 2005

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Ankita Bhambri Ankita Bhambri (Hindi: अंकिता भाम्बरी; born 28 October 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player and coach. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 332, which she achieved in May 2006. Her highest do ...

Shahar Pe'er Shahar Pe'er (, ; born ) is an Israeli retired tennis player. Pe'er won five singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation, ITF circuit in her career ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Akgul Amanmuradova Akgul Charievna Amanmuradova (; born June 23, 1984) is an inactive professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. At 1.90 metres in height, she is one of the tallest female tennis players in history. Amanmuradova has won two doubles titles ...

Jarmila Gajdošová Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on ...

* Li Ting *

Mandy Minella Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985) is a Luxembourgish politician and former professional tennis player. Having made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2001, she peaked at No. 66 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2012, and No. 47 in doubles ...

The following players received entry through the Lucky loser spot: *

Shiho Hisamatsu Shiho Hisamatsu (, born 4 July 1979) is a Japanese former tennis player. Hisamatsu won seven singles titles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She reached career-high rankings by the WTA of 143 in singles and 185 in doubles. In 2019 ...

Tatiana Poutchek Tatiana Poutchek (; ; born 9 January 1979) is a retired tennis player and current captain of the Belarus Billie Jean King Cup team. Her career-high ranking is No. 55 in the world, achieved on 22 July 2002. Many of Poutchek's greatest career res ...

Champions

Singles

defeated

Alona Bondarenko Alona Volodymyrivna Bondarenko Dyachok (; born 13 August 1984) is a Ukrainian former tennis player. Her sisters Valeria and Kateryna Bondarenko are also tennis players. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 19, achieved on 14 April 2008. Alo ...

, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 Doubles Yan Zi /

Zheng Jie Zheng Jie (born 5 July 1983) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In May 2009, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15. Zheng is one of China's most successful tennis players. She won four singles titles on the ...

defeated Li Ting /

Sun Tiantian Sun Tiantian ( zh, s=孙甜甜, p=Sūn Tiántián; ; born 12 October 1981) is a Chinese tennis player. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles along with her partner Li Ting. Sun reached a career-high singles ...

, 6–4, 6–1

References

{{2005 WTA Tour 2005 WTA Tour 2005 in Indian tennis Bangalore Open February 2005 sports events in India