2005 İstanbul Cup

2005 İstanbul Cup 16–21 May 1st WTA Tier III 30S / 16D $ 200,000 Clay / outdoor Istanbul, Turkey USA Venus Williams ESP Marta Marrero / ITA Antonella Serra Zanetti The 2005 İstanbul Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the inaugural edition of the İstanbul Cup, and was part of the Tier III category of the 2005 WTA Tour. It was held in Istanbul from 16 May through 21 May 2005. First-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title.Venus Williams beats Vaidisova to win Istanbul Open https://timesofmalta.com/article/venus-williams-beats-vaidisova-to-win-istanbul-open.89535 Times of Malta 22 May 2005Venus Williams wins 1st tourney in a year https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/23/content_444860.htm China Daily 23 May 2005 Finals Singles 2005 İstanbul Cup – Singles USA Venus Williams defeated CZE Nicole Vaidišová, 6–3, 6–2 It was Williams' 1st singles title of the year and the 32nd of her career. Doubles 2005 İstanbul Cup – Doubles ESP Marta Marrero / ITA Antonella Serra Zanetti defeated AUT Daniela Klemenschits / AUT Sandra Klemenschits, 6–4, 6–0 Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1 Singles12018555302613.752.251 Doubles 1 Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Singles$30,500$16,450$8,840$4,745$2,550$1,370$735$395$215Doubles *$9,150$4,900$2,625$1,410$760 * per team Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank Seed USA Venus Williams 14 1 CZE Nicole Vaidišová 39 2 ISR Anna Smashnova 41 3 USA Lisa Raymond 44 4 GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 51 5 USA Meghann Shaughnessy 54 6 RUS Anna Chakvetadze 61 7 USA Mashona Washington 67 8 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: TUR Çağla Büyükakçay TUR Pemra Özgen The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: CRO Ivana Abramović BUL Tsvetana Pironkova LTU Lina Stančiūtė RUS Elena Vesnina The following players received entry as lucky losers: UKR Katerina Bondarenko Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank SeedUSALisa RaymondAUSRennae Stubbs141USAJill CraybasUSAJennifer Russell1152SUIEmmanuelle GagliardiTURİpek Şenoğlu1253ESPMarta MarreroITAAntonella Serra Zanetti1544 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: RUS Anna Chakvetadze / TUR Pemra Özgen References External links ITF tournament edition details WTA tournament draws İstanbul Cup Category:İstanbul Cup Category:2005 in Turkish tennis Category:May 2005 sports events in Turkey