Proximus Diamond Games 2005

WTA tour
Proximus Diamond Games 2005
date	February 12, 2005 - February 20, 2005
Edition	7th
navigation	2004 ◄ 2005 ► 2006
venue	Antwerp Belgium Belgium
Tournament number	1016
category	WTA Tier II
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
Prize money	US $ 585,000

Last year's winner (individual)	Belgium Kim Clijsters
Last year's winner (double)	Zimbabwe Cara Black Els Callens Belgium

Winner (singles)	France Amélie Mauresmo
Winner (doubles)	Zimbabwe Cara Black Els Callens Belgium

Tournament supervisor	Fabrice Chouquet
Last direct assumption	Italy Tathiana Garbin (58)
Player representatives	Belgium Kim Clijsters

As of June 5, 2013

The 2005 Proximus Diamond Games were a women's tennis tournament in Antwerp . The tier II hard court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 2005 and took place from February 12th to 20th, 2005.

Amélie Mauresmo won the individual final against Venus Williams 4: 6, 7: 5 and 6: 4. In doubles, Cara Black and Els Callens prevailed 3: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 4 against the pairing Anabel Medina Garrigues / Dinara Safina .

qualification

The qualification for the Proximus Diamond Games 2005 took place from February 12th to 14th, 2005. Four places were played out in singles and one place in doubles for the respective main field of the tournament.

singles

Seeding list

No.	Player	Round reached
01.	France Amélie Mauresmo	victory
02.	Russia Anastassija Myskina	Semifinals
03.	United States Venus Williams	final
04th	Australia Alicia Molik	Semifinals

No.	Player	Round reached
05.	Russia Nadia Petrova	Round of 16
06th	France Nathalie Dechy	1 round
07th	Switzerland Patty Schnyder	Quarter finals
08th.	Croatia Karolina Šprem	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

France A. Mauresmo

6th

I. Benešová

2

1

M. Pierce

4th

1

France M. Pierce

6th

1

France A. Mauresmo

4th

6th

Q

France C. Pin

6th

7th

P. Schnyder

6th

4th

3

M. Marrero

1

2

Q

C. Pin

3

6th

1

D. Chládková

3

5

7th

Switzerland P. Schnyder

6th

4th

6th

7th

Switzerland P. Schnyder

6th

7th

1

France A. Mauresmo

6th

7th

4th

A. Molik

3

6 ²

4th

Australia A. Molik

4th

6th

7th

Bulgaria M. Maleewa

6th

M. Maleewa

6th

2

6 ⁷

T. Garbin

4th

Australia A. Molik

6th

LL

Luxembourg C. Schaul

6th

K. Koukalová

3

4th

WC

E. Callens

3

4th

LL

C. Schaul

4th

3

Czech Republic K. Koukalová

7th

6th

Czech Republic K. Koukalová

6th

6th

N. Dechy

6 ⁷

4th

1

France A. Mauresmo

4th

7th

6th

5

Russia N. Petrova

6th

3

V. Williams

6th

5

4th

A. Medina Garrigues

4th

1

5

N. Petrova

5

7th

1

Belgium K. Clijsters

6th

Belgium K. Clijsters

7th

6 ³

6th

J. Kostanić

2

3

K. Clijsters

2

3

Q

A. Ivanović

3

6th

3

United States V. Williams

6th

WC

France V. Razzano

6th

2

6th

WC

V. Razzano

3

0

3

United States V. Williams

6th

3

United States V. Williams

6th

3

6th

8th

K. Šprem

5

3

2

A. Myskina

3

6th

3

Q

Russia A. Chakvetadze

7th

6th

Q

A. Chakvetadze

6th

1

6 ¹²

M.-E. Camerin

6th

2

4th

Q

Slovenia K. Srebotnik

4th

6th

7th

Q

Slovenia K. Srebotnik

3

6th

Q

K. Srebotnik

6 ⁶

2

France T. Golovin

6th

6 ¹⁰

6th

2

Russia A. Myskina

7th

6th

D. Safina

4th

7th

3

T. Golovin

3

7th

4th

2

Russia A. Myskina

6th

6 ⁶

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Zimbabwe Cara Black Els Callens Belgium	victory
02.	Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina Russia	final
03.	France Caroline Dhenin Gabriela Navrátilová Czech Republic	Semifinals
04th	Croatia Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul Luxembourg	1 round