2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open

2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Date	September 26 – October 2
Edition	2nd
Champions
Singles
Yan Zi
Doubles
Maria Elena Camerin / Emmanuelle Gagliardi
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The 2005 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and was a Tier III event on the 2005 WTA Tour. It was held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 26 through October 2, 2005. Total prize money for the tournament was $170,000.^[1][2]

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	20	1
CHN	Peng Shuai	33	2
CHN	Li Na	35	3
RUS	Maria Kirilenko	45	4
CHN	Zheng Jie	46	5
ESP	Nuria Llagostera Vives	54	6
POL	Marta Domachowska	64	7
SVK	Martina Suchá	65	8

• ¹ Seeds are based on the rankings of September 15, 2005.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Chen Yan-chong
• Xie Yan-ze

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Victoria Azarenka
• Janet Lee
• Sun Shengnan
• Yuan Meng

The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser from the singles qualifying draw:

• Ivana Lisjak

Finals results[]

Singles[]

Yan Zi def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, 6–4, 4–0, ret.

• Yan won the first WTA title of her career.

Doubles[]

Maria Elena Camerin / Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. Neha Uberoi / Shikha Uberoi, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• 2005 Results on the ITF
• 2005 Luxembourg, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Singles Results Kim Clijsters, Zi Yan, & N Vaidisova, Champions