2005 Italian Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2005 Italian Open
Final
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Guillermo Coria
Score	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Details
Draw	64
Seeds	16
Events

Rafael Nadal defeated Guillermo Coria in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(8–6) to win the men's singles title at the 2005 Italian Open. Nadal was making his tournament debut.

Carlos Moyá was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Potito Starace.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

Andy Roddick (third round)
Marat Safin (second round)
Gastón Gaudio (third round)
Tim Henman (third round)
Rafael Nadal (champion)
Andre Agassi (semifinals)
Carlos Moyà (first round)
David Nalbandian (first round)
Guillermo Coria (final)
Joachim Johansson (first round)
Guillermo Cañas (third round)
Ivan Ljubičić (third round)
Tommy Robredo (first round)
Nikolay Davydenko (first round)
Radek Štěpánek (quarterfinals)
Thomas Johansson (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

9	Guillermo Coria	7	7⁷

6	Andre Agassi	5	6⁰
					9	Guillermo Coria	4	6	3	6	6⁶

					5	Rafael Nadal	6	3	6	4	7⁸
	David Ferrer	6	4	5

5	Rafael Nadal	4	6	7

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

1	A Roddick	6	6
	G Rusedski	4	2		1	A Roddick	6	7
	Á Costa	6	6			Á Costa	4	5
Q	A Montañés	4	4						1	A Roddick	7⁷	6³	4
Q	S Wawrinka	6	6							F Verdasco	6¹	7⁷	6
	T Berdych	1	4		Q	S Wawrinka	6⁸	2
	F Verdasco	6	7			F Verdasco	7¹⁰	6
14	N Davydenko	3	5												F Verdasco	6	3	3
9	G Coria	7⁷	5	6										9	G Coria	3	6	6
	F González	6⁵	7	4	9	G Coria	6	6
	N Kiefer	6	6			N Kiefer	1	1
	T Haas	3	1						9	G Coria	6	6
	M Mirnyi	7	4	6⁶					WC	D Sanguinetti	0	4
WC	D Sanguinetti	5	6	7⁸	WC	D Sanguinetti	6	7
	F Santoro	6	1	6		F Santoro	3	5
8	D Nalbandian	4	6	4

Section 2

First round				Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

4	T Henman	6	6
	G Kuerten	3	3	4	T Henman	6	6
	N Massú	6	6		N Massú	3	2
Q	P-H Mathieu	0	4						4	T Henman	3	6	3
	R Mello	4	3							D Hrbatý	6	3	6
	D Hrbatý	6	6		D Hrbatý	7⁷	6
Q	J Benneteau	6	6	Q	J Benneteau	6⁴	0
13	T Robredo	1	0												D Hrbatý	3	3
12	I Ljubičić	6	6											6	A Agassi	6	6
	O Rochus	3	3	12	I Ljubičić	6	3	6
	K Carlsen	3	2		S Grosjean	4	6	3
	S Grosjean	6	6						12	I Ljubičić	6⁴	3
Q	R Gasquet	6	6						6	A Agassi	7⁷	6
	P Srichaphan	0	2	Q	R Gasquet	2	3
WC	A di Mauro	5	2	6	A Agassi	6	6
6	A Agassi	7	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

7	C Moyà	4	6⁷
WC	P Starace	6	7⁹		WC	P Starace	3	6	3
LL	A Martín	6	1		LL	A Martín	6	3	6
	R Schüttler	0	0^r							LL	A Martín	6	6
	F Mayer	6	3	5							L Horna	1	3
	L Horna	4	6	7		L Horna	2	6	6
WC	A Seppi	6	6		WC	A Seppi	6	3	4
10	J Johansson	1	2											LL	A Martín	2	6	5
16	T Johansson	6	6												D Ferrer	6	3	7
	F López	3	2		16	T Johansson	3	4
	C Saulnier	1	3			D Ferrer	6	6
	D Ferrer	6	6								D Ferrer	6	6
	F Volandri	6	6							3	G Gaudio	0	1
	Y El Aynaoui	0	2			F Volandri	4	2
	K Beck	4	3		3	G Gaudio	6	6
3	G Gaudio	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

5	R Nadal	6	6
	M Youzhny	0	2		5	R Nadal	6	6
Q	V Hănescu	6	3	6	Q	V Hănescu	1	1
	J Melzer	4	6	3						5	R Nadal	6	6
Q	J Mónaco	6	6							11	G Cañas	3	1
	R Söderling	3	2		Q	J Mónaco	0	0
	A Pavel	5	2		11	G Cañas	6	6
11	G Cañas	7	6												5	R Nadal	5	6	6
15	R Štěpánek	6	6⁵	6											15	R Štěpánek	7	1	1
	M Ančić	1	7⁷	3	15	R Štěpánek	6	4	6
	M Llodra	4	4			J I Chela	4	6	1
	J I Chela	6	6							15	R Štěpánek	4	6	6
Q	N Almagro	3	6	6						Q	N Almagro	6	4	2
	I Andreev	6	4	1	Q	N Almagro	6	6
	J Novák	7⁷	1	1	2	M Safin	4	3
2	M Safin	6³	6	6