2005 Australian Open - Men's Singles

Men's Singles
	2005 Australian Open
Champion	Marat Safin
Runner-up	Lleyton Hewitt
Final score	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Draw	128
Seeds	32

Fourth-seeded Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2005 Australian Open. It was Safin's second and last Grand Slam title, having also won the 2000 U.S. Open. Hewitt became the first Australian player to reach the final since Pat Cash in 1988.^[1]^[2]

Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Marat Safin despite holding a match point in the 4th set. This ended Federer's 26-match winning streak in ATP tournaments starting from 2004 US Open.^[3]

The final attracted many viewers in Australia, averaging 4.05 million viewers.^[4] The viewing audience remains one of the highest in Australian viewing history. The match was broadcast in the host nation by host broadcaster the Seven Network with commentators Bruce McAvaney and two-time champion Jim Courier (in his first time).

This tournament was the first major in which future world No. 1 and Australian Open record champion Novak Djokovic competed in the main draw (lost to Safin in the first round), and the last Australian Open where Andre Agassi competed in the main draw. Future 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal made beyond the third round of the major for the first time, having lost to Hewitt in the fourth round. It was also the last major in which neither Federer, Djokovic nor Nadal made the final until the 2014 US Open, a span of 38 events.

Seeds

Roger Federer (Semifinals)
Andy Roddick (Semifinals)
Lleyton Hewitt (Final)
Marat Safin (Champion)
Carlos Moyá (First round)
Guillermo Coria (Fourth round)
Tim Henman (Third round)
Andre Agassi (Quarterfinals)
David Nalbandian (Quarterfinals)
Gastón Gaudio (Third round)
Joachim Johansson (Fourth round)
Guillermo Cañas (Fourth round)
Tommy Robredo (Third round)
Sébastien Grosjean (Second round)
Mikhail Youzhny (Second round)
Tommy Haas (Second round)
Andrei Pavel (Second round)
Nicolás Massú (Second round)
Vincent Spadea (First round)
Dominik Hrbatý (Quarterfinals)
Nicolas Kiefer (First round)
Ivan Ljubičić (Second round)
Fernando González (Third round)
Feliciano López (Third round)
Juan Ignacio Chela (Third round)
Nikolay Davydenko (Quarterfinals)
Paradorn Srichaphan (Second round)
Mario Ančić (Third round)
Taylor Dent (Third round)
Thomas Johansson (Fourth round)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (Third round)
Jürgen Melzer (Third round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special Exempt
PR = Protected Ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior Exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final


1	Roger Federer	6	6	6

8	Andre Agassi	3	4	4
							1	Roger Federer	7	4	7	6⁶	7

							4	Marat Safin	5	6	5	7⁸	9
4	Marat Safin	6	6	6

20	Dominik Hrbatý	2	4	2
														4	Marat Safin	1	6	6	6

														3	Lleyton Hewitt	6	3	4	4
9	David Nalbandian	3	2	6	6	8

3	Lleyton Hewitt	6	6	1	3	10
							3	Lleyton Hewitt	3	7⁷	7⁷	6

							2	Andy Roddick	6	6³	6⁴	1
26	Nikolay Davydenko	3	5	1^r

2	Andy Roddick	6	7	4

Top Half

Section 1

First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

1	R Federer	6	6	6
	F Santoro	1	1	2			1	R Federer	6	6	6
Q	T Suzuki	6	6	6			Q	T Suzuki	3	4	4
	J-M Gambill	4	3	3									1	R Federer	6	5
	D Sanguinetti	6	4	3	2									J Nieminen	3	2	r
	J Nieminen	3	6	6	6			J Nieminen	6	6	6
	P Starace	6	2	5	4		27	P Srichaphan	3	4	2
27	P Srichaphan	1	6	7	6													1	R Federer	6	6	7⁷
22	I Ljubičić	6	6	6														Q	M Baghdatis	2	2	6⁴
	L Horna	4	3	3			22	I Ljubičić	6¹	4	7⁷	2
Q	F Luzzi	1	6	1	6	3	Q	M Baghdatis	7⁷	6	6²	6
Q	M Baghdatis	6	3	6	3	6							Q	M Baghdatis	7⁷	6	6
WC	Y-t Wang	6⁵	2	4									13	T Robredo	6²	4	1
Q	T Zíb	7⁷	6	6			Q	T Zíb	4	6	2	4
PR	S Draper	7	2	4	2		13	T Robredo	6	2	6	6
13	T Robredo	5	6	6	6

Section 2

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

11	J Johansson	7⁸	6	6
	S Schalken	6⁶	2	3			11	J Johansson	6	7	6
	Y-h Lu	3	4	4				P Wessels	3	5	4
	P Wessels	6	6	6									11	J Johansson	6	3	5	7⁷	13
	S Sargsian	7⁷	4	1	6	6							24	F López	3	6	7	6²	11
	D Sánchez	6⁵	6	6	4	2		S Sargsian	6	3	4	6³
WC	P Baccanello	5	5	2			24	F López	4	6	6	7⁷
24	F López	7	7	6																11	J Johansson	7⁷	6⁵	6³	4
29	T Dent	7	6	6																8	A Agassi	6⁴	7⁷	7⁷	6
Q	F Serra	5	2	4			29	T Dent	6	6	6
	M Tabara	3	6	6	6			M Tabara	4	1	4
	T Enqvist	6	2	3	3								29	T Dent	5	6³	1
Q	O Patience	6³	3	2									8	A Agassi	7	7⁷	6
	R Schüttler	7⁷	6	6				R Schüttler	3	1	0
Q	D Kindlmann	4	3	0			8	A Agassi	6	6	6
8	A Agassi	6	6	6

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

4	M Safin	6	6	6
Q	N Djokovic	0	2	1			4	M Safin	6	6	6
	I Karlović	3	7⁷	5	2			B Ulihrach	4	1	3
	B Ulihrach	6	6⁵	7	6									4	M Safin	6	3	6	6
LL	B Phau	6	7⁷	6										28	M Ančić	4	6	3	4
	A Costa	3	6⁴	3			LL	B Phau	5	2	1
	Ó Hernández	3	2	1			28	M Ančić	7	6	6
28	M Ančić	6	6	6																4	M Safin	4	7⁷	7⁷	7⁷
21	N Kiefer	5	6	6	2	3															O Rochus	6	6¹	6⁵	6²
	O Rochus	7	2	3	6	6		O Rochus	6	6	6
	R Ginepri	6	3	4	6⁶		WC	G Monfils	1	3	3
WC	G Monfils	1	6	6	7⁸										O Rochus	6⁶	6	6	6
WC	T Reid	2	2	1											K Beck	7⁸	1	4	2
	K Beck	6	6	6				K Beck	5	2	6	7⁷	6
	X Malisse	3	2	3			16	T Haas	7	6	2	6⁵	3
16	T Haas	6	6	6

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

10	G Gaudio	7⁷	6	6
PR	J Gimelstob	6³	4	3			10	G Gaudio	2	6	7	7⁷
	J Mónaco	6	0	4	6	7		M Fish	6	4	5	6⁴
	M Fish	2	6	6	4	9								10	G Gaudio	6⁵	7¹⁰	7⁷	1	3
Q	J Tipsarević	7⁷	7⁸	3	6									20	D Hrbatý	7⁷	6⁸	6³	6	6
Q	D Bracciali	6⁴	6⁶	6	1		Q	J Tipsarević	2	6¹	6	5
	R Söderling	4	2	0^r			20	D Hrbatý	6	7⁷	3	7
20	D Hrbatý	6	6	1																	20	D Hrbatý	7	6	6
30	T Johansson	7⁷	4	6	4	6															30	T Johansson	5	3	1
WC	P Luczak	6⁵	6	3	6	0	30	T Johansson	6	5	6	2	7
	A Calleri	6	5	6	4	6		A Calleri	4	7	3	6	5
	M Mirnyi	4	7	4	6	4								30	T Johansson	3	6	6⁴	6	6
	K Kim	3	6	6	3	6									K Kim	6	2	7⁷	2	2
	H-t Lee	6	4	3	6	1		K Kim	6	6	6
Q	G García-López	7	6	3	6		Q	G García-López	2	4	2
5	C Moyà	5	3	6	3

Bottom Half

Section 5

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

6	G Coria	6	6	6
	T Berdych	2	4	0			6	G Coria	6	6³	6	7⁷
	R Mello	6	6	7⁷				R Mello	4	7⁷	3	6³
	A Martín	3	3	6⁵									6	G Coria	6	6	6
WC	M Kimmich	4	2	7⁷	3								31	JC Ferrero	3	2	1
	M Zabaleta	6	6	6⁵	6			M Zabaleta	1	2	0
Q	M Van Gemerden	6	3	4	4		31	JC Ferrero	6	6	6
31	JC Ferrero	2	6	6	6														6	G Coria	7	5	3	0
23	F González	3	3	6	6	7													9	D Nalbandian	5	7	6	6
	J Acasuso	6	6	3	3	5	23	F González	7	6	6
	L Burgsmüller	6²	1	2				I Andreev	5	2	3
	I Andreev	7⁷	6	6									23	F González	7⁷	5	2	3
	Á Calatrava	6	3	4	6	4							9	D Nalbandian	6³	7	6	6
	S Ventura	3	6	6	4	6		S Ventura	0	3	6	2
	D Ferrer	6¹	6	6	3	4	9	D Nalbandian	6	6	2	6
9	D Nalbandian	7⁷	4	4	6	6

Section 6

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

15	M Youzhny	6	6	7
	J Haehnel	2	2	5		15	M Youzhny	1	6	6	5	3
	J Benneteau	0	4	2			R Nadal	6	4	4	7	6
	R Nadal	6	6	6										R Nadal	6	6	6
Q	B Reynolds	5	6	7⁹	7⁷								Q	B Reynolds	1	1	3
	N Almagro	7	4	6⁷	6⁵	Q	B Reynolds	7⁸	6	6
	O Mutis	4	4	0		17	A Pavel	6⁶	2	2
17	A Pavel	6	6	6																R Nadal	5	6	6	6³	2
25	JI Chela	6	7⁷	7⁷															3	L Hewitt	7	3	1	7⁷	6
	W Arthurs	4	6⁴	6¹		25	JI Chela	7⁹	6	7⁷
PR	P-H Mathieu	4	7	5	6⁵		G Carraz	6⁷	2	6³
	G Carraz	6	5	7	7⁷								25	JI Chela	2	6	1	4
	F Mayer	1	2	0									3	L Hewitt	6	4	6	6
	J Blake	6	6	6			J Blake	6	6⁸	0	3
	A Clément	3	4	1		3	L Hewitt	4	7¹⁰	6	6
3	L Hewitt	6	6	6

Section 7

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

7	T Henman	6	6	4	6
	C Saulnier	1	2	6	3		7	T Henman	7	6	6
	F Volandri	3	4	6¹				V Hănescu	5	1	4
	V Hănescu	6	6	7⁷										7	T Henman	4	2	2
LL	C Rochus	6	6	6										26	N Davydenko	6	6	6
	A Montañés	2	3	3			LL	C Rochus	4	4	2
Q	R Karanušić	2	5	2			26	N Davydenko	6	6	6
26	N Davydenko	6	7	6															26	N Davydenko	6	6	6
19	V Spadea	3	7	6	5	3													12	G Cañas	3	4	3
	R Štěpánek	6	5	4	7	6		R Štěpánek	7⁷	6	1	6²	6
	F Mantilla	4	7⁷	1	0			J Hernych	6⁵	1	6	7⁷	0
	J Hernych	6	6⁵	6	6										R Štěpánek	1	2	2
	F Verdasco	6	6	6										12	G Cañas	6	6	6
	G Müller	3	0	4				F Verdasco	6	5	3	0
WC	C Guccione	4	2	6⁴			12	G Cañas	3	7	6	6
12	G Cañas	6	6	7⁷

Section 8

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

14	S Grosjean	6	6	6
	M Llodra	3	4	3			14	S Grosjean	6	6	3	4	3
Q	O Marach	7	7	1	4	5	Q	J-R Lisnard	1	4	6	6	6
Q	J-R Lisnard	5	5	6	6	7								Q	J-R Lisnard	5	3	2
	K Carlsen	6²	2	1											P Kohlschreiber	7	6	6
	P Kohlschreiber	7⁷	6	6				P Kohlschreiber	6	2
	A Dupuis	7⁹	6²	3	2		18	N Massú	0	0^r
18	N Massú	6⁷	7⁷	6	6															P Kohlschreiber	3	6⁶	1
32	J Melzer	3																	2	A Roddick	6	7⁸	6
	R Sluiter	3^r					32	J Melzer	6	6	7⁷
	F Saretta	6	6	1	0^r		WC	N Healey	3	2	6³
WC	N Healey	4	4	6	5									32	J Melzer	2	2	5
	J Björkman	6	4	0	6⁷									2	A Roddick	6	6	7
	G Rusedski	2	6	6	7⁹			G Rusedski	0	6	2	3
	I Labadze	5	2	1			2	A Roddick	6	3	6	6
2	A Roddick	7	6	6

References

^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 365. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ "Australian Open Results Archive – 2005 Men's Singles". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
^ "Open just that as Safin halts Federer". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "3.74m viewers power MasterChef finale". TV Tonight.

External links

Preceded by 2004 US Open – Men's Singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2005 French Open – Men's Singles

[1] Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 365. ISBN 978-0942257700.

[2] "Australian Open Results Archive – 2005 Men's Singles". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

[3] "Open just that as Safin halts Federer". Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[4] "3.74m viewers power MasterChef finale". TV Tonight.

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