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2005 ATP Tour

2005 ATP Tour
Roger Federer at Wimbledon 2005.jpg
Roger Federer won eleven titles, including two Grand Slam tournaments and held the world no. 1 ranking for all 52 weeks of the year
Details
Duration 3 January – 2 December
Edition 36th
Categories Grand Slam (4)
ATP Masters Series (9)
ATP International Series Gold (9)
ATP International Series (44)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Switzerland Roger Federer (11)
Spain Rafael Nadal (11)
Most tournament finals Switzerland Roger Federer (12)
Spain Rafael Nadal (12)
Prize money leader Switzerland Roger Federer ($6,137,018)
Points leader Switzerland Roger Federer (6,725)
Awards
Player of the year Switzerland Roger Federer
Doubles Team of the year United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Most improved player of the year Spain Rafael Nadal
Newcomer of the year France Gaël Monfils
Comeback player of the year United States James Blake
2004
2006

This is a list of the tournaments played in the 2005 season of Men's tennis (calendar year), including ATP events and ITF events (This does not include the ITF Men's Circuit, only the ATP circuit).

The 3rd set of doubles matches was no longer played as a traditional set. Instead it was played as a match tie break first to 10 and clear by 2, to decide the winner.

ATP Rankings

The 2005 season saw the debut of future world no. 1 Novak Djokovic into the main ATP Tour. Ranked world no. 186 at the beginning of the year, he qualified for the Australian Open, but he was defeated heavily in the first round by the eventual champion Marat Safin. He then recorded his first Grand Slam match victory at the French Open, defeating Robby Ginepri in the first round, before losing to Guillermo Coria in the second. He would then go on to reach the third round at both Wimbledon and the US Open, losing to Sébastien Grosjean and Fernando Verdasco, respectively. Djokovic would finish 2005 ranked world no. 78.

Andy Murray also made his breakthrough into the ATP Tour in 2005. Murray began the season ranked world no. 407 and was still participating in the junior tour, where he reached the semifinals of the French Open, losing to eventual champion Marin Čilić. He was awarded a wildcard into the main draw at Wimbledon, where he defeated George Bastl in the first round, and fourteenth seed Radek Štěpánek in the second, before losing to former finalist David Nalbandian in the third, having gone two sets to love up. He reached his first ATP Tour level final in October, at the 2005 Thailand Open as a wildcard, losing to Roger Federer; the run to the final saw him enter the ATP's Top 100 for the first time. He eventually finished the season ranked world no. 63.


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