2005 İstanbul Cup

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 İstanbul from 16 through 21 May 2005.

2005 İstanbul Cup
Date16 – 21 May
Edition1st
CategoryWTA Tier III
Prize moneyUSD 200,000
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
Locationİstanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Venus Williams
Doubles
Marta Marrero /
Antonella Serra Zanetti

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A

* 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:

  • Katerina Bondarenko

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:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2005 İstanbul Cup – Singles

Venus Williams def. Nicole Vaidišová, 6–3, 6–2[1]

Doubles
Main article: 2005 İstanbul Cup – Doubles

Marta Marrero / Antonella Serra Zanetti def. Daniela Klemenschits / 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.
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