2005 ATP Tour
Roger Federer won eleven titles, including two Grand Slam tournaments and held the world no. 1 ranking for all 52 weeks of the year
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| Details | |
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| 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 |
 Roger Federer (11) Rafael Nadal (11) |
| Most tournament finals |
Roger Federer (12) Rafael Nadal (12) |
| Prize money leader |
Roger Federer ($6,137,018) |
| Points leader |
Roger Federer (6,725) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |
Roger Federer
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| Doubles Team of the year |
 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
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| Most improved player of the year |
Rafael Nadal
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| Newcomer of the year |
 Gaël Monfils
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| Comeback player of the year |
James Blake
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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.
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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