2005 Italian Open – Men's singles

2005 Italian Open ESP Rafael Nadal ARG Guillermo Coria 64 (4WC Wild cards/8Q Qualifiers/1LL Lucky loser) 16 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) 2005 Italian Open (tennis) 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 tennis title at the 2005 Italian Open. Nadal was making his tournament debut, and it was the first of an eventual record ten Italian Open titles. The final is considered one of the best matches in tournament history.Tignor Steve No. 3, 2005: Nadal takes the next step, and puts on his big-boy piratas, in Coria epic in Rome https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/king-of-clay-countdown-nadal-takes-the-next-step-and-puts-on-his-big-boy-piratas 27 January 2025 Tennis 18 April 2023Martín Jesús Mariano El día que Nadal ganó a Coria en Roma: "Uno de los partidos más duros de mi vida" The day that Nadal defeated Coria at Rome: "One of the toughest matches in my life" https://as.com/tenis/2020/05/14/mas_tenis/1589436286_266869.html 27 January 2025 Diario AS 14 May 2020 esRafa Nadal v Guillermo Coria: Rome 2005 Final Classic Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7zjCJ7waEI YouTube 27 January 2025 video 13 May 2020 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. USA Andy Roddick (third round) RUS Marat Safin (second round) ARG Gastón Gaudio (third round) GBR Tim Henman (third round) ESP Rafael Nadal (champion) USA Andre Agassi (semifinals) ESP Carlos Moyà (first round) ARG David Nalbandian (first round) ARG Guillermo Coria (final) SWE Joachim Johansson (first round) ARG Guillermo Cañas (third round) CRO Ivan Ljubičić (third round) ESP Tommy Robredo (first round) RUS Nikolay Davydenko (first round) CZE Radek Štěpánek (quarterfinals) SWE Thomas Johansson (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 9 ARG Guillermo Coria 7 77   6 USA Andre Agassi 5 60     ESP David Ferrer 6 4 5 5 ESP Rafael Nadal 4 6 7 9 ARG Guillermo Coria 4 6 3 6 66 5 ESP Rafael Nadal 6 3 6 4 78 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA A Roddick 6 6     GBR G Rusedski 4 2     ESP Á Costa 6 6   Q ESP A Montañés 4 4   Q SUI S Wawrinka 6 6     CZE T Berdych 1 4     ESP F Verdasco 6 7   14 RUS N Davydenko 3 5   9 ARG G Coria 77 5 6   CHI F González 65 7 4   GER N Kiefer 6 6     GER T Haas 3 1     BLR M Mirnyi 7 4 66 WC ITA D Sanguinetti 5 6 78   FRA F Santoro 6 1 6 8 ARG D Nalbandian 4 6 4 1 USA A Roddick 6 7     ESP Á Costa 4 5   Q SUI S Wawrinka 68 2     ESP F Verdasco 710 6   9 ARG G Coria 6 6     GER N Kiefer 1 1   WC ITA D Sanguinetti 6 7     FRA F Santoro 3 5   1 USA A Roddick 77 63 4   ESP F Verdasco 61 77 6 9 ARG G Coria 6 6   WC ITA D Sanguinetti 0 4     ESP F Verdasco 6 3 3 9 ARG G Coria 3 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 GBR T Henman 6 6     BRA G Kuerten 3 3     CHI N Massú 6 6   Q FRA P-H Mathieu 0 4     BRA R Mello 4 3     SVK D Hrbatý 6 6   Q FRA J Benneteau 6 6   13 ESP T Robredo 1 0   12 CRO I Ljubičić 6 6     BEL O Rochus 3 3     DEN K Carlsen 3 2     FRA S Grosjean 6 6   Q FRA R Gasquet 6 6     THA P Srichaphan 0 2   WC ITA A di Mauro 5 2   6 USA A Agassi 7 6   4 GBR T Henman 6 6     CHI N Massú 3 2     SVK D Hrbatý 77 6   Q FRA J Benneteau 64 0   12 CRO I Ljubičić 6 3 6   FRA S Grosjean 4 6 3 Q FRA R Gasquet 2 3   6 USA A Agassi 6 6   4 GBR T Henman 3 6 3   SVK D Hrbatý 6 3 6 12 CRO I Ljubičić 64 3   6 USA A Agassi 77 6     SVK D Hrbatý 3 3   6 USA A Agassi 6 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 ESP C Moyà 4 67   WC ITA P Starace 6 79   LL ESP A Martín 6 1     GER R Schüttler 0 0r   GER F Mayer 6 3 5   PER L Horna 4 6 7 WC ITA A Seppi 6 6   10 SWE J Johansson 1 2   16 SWE T Johansson 6 6     ESP F López 3 2     FRA C Saulnier 1 3     ESP D Ferrer 6 6     ITA F Volandri 6 6     MAR Y El Aynaoui 0 2     SVK K Beck 4 3   3 ARG G Gaudio 6 6   WC ITA P Starace 3 6 3 LL ESP A Martín 6 3 6   PER L Horna 2 6 6 WC ITA A Seppi 6 3 4 16 SWE T Johansson 3 4     ESP D Ferrer 6 6     ITA F Volandri 4 2   3 ARG G Gaudio 6 6   LL ESP A Martín 6 6     PER L Horna 1 3     ESP D Ferrer 6 6   3 ARG G Gaudio 0 1   LL ESP A Martín 2 6 5   ESP D Ferrer 6 3 7 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 5 ESP R Nadal 6 6     RUS M Youzhny 0 2   Q ROM V Hănescu 6 3 6   AUT J Melzer 4 6 3 Q ARG J Mónaco 6 6     SWE R Söderling 3 2     ROM A Pavel 5 2   11 ARG G Cañas 7 6   15 CZE R Štěpánek 6 65 6   CRO M Ančić 1 77 3   FRA M Llodra 4 4     ARG J I Chela 6 6   Q ESP N Almagro 3 6 6   RUS I Andreev 6 4 1   CZE J Novák 77 1 1 2 RUS M Safin 63 6 6 5 ESP R Nadal 6 6   Q ROM V Hănescu 1 1   Q ARG J Mónaco 0 0   11 ARG G Cañas 6 6   15 CZE R Štěpánek 6 4 6   ARG J I Chela 4 6 1 Q ESP N Almagro 6 6   2 RUS M Safin 4 3   5 ESP R Nadal 6 6   11 ARG G Cañas 3 1   15 CZE R Štěpánek 4 6 6 Q ESP N Almagro 6 4 2 5 ESP R Nadal 5 6 6 15 CZE R Štěpánek 7 1 1 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em FRA Richard Gasquet (qualified) ESP Alberto Martín (qualifying competition, lucky loser) CRO Ivo Karlović (first round) USA Kevin Kim (first round) ESP Santiago Ventura (qualifying competition) ARG Juan Mónaco (qualified) FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu (qualified) ESP Albert Montañés (qualified) CZE Jan Hernych (first round) NED Peter Wessels (qualifying competition) ESP Álex Calatrava (first round) ROM Victor Hănescu (qualified) (n/a) FRA Jérôme Haehnel (first round) ESP Óscar Hernández (qualifying competition) AUS Wayne Arthurs (first round, retired) Qualifiers 30em FRA Richard Gasquet SUI Stanislas Wawrinka FRA Julien Benneteau ROM Victor Hănescu ESP Nicolás Almagro ARG Juan Mónaco FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu ESP Albert Montañés Lucky loser ESP Alberto Martín Qualifying draws First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 FRA Richard Gasquet 7 78 ESP David Sánchez 5 66 WC ITA 2003 Francesco Aldi 66 2 15 ESP Óscar Hernández 78 6 1 FRA Richard Gasquet 63 6 6 15 ESP Óscar Hernández 77 1 0 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 ESP Alberto Martín 6 6 FRA Jean-René Lisnard 3 2 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 6 3 6 14 FRA Jérôme Haehnel 1 6 2 2 ESP Alberto Martín 3 6 4 SUI Stanislas Wawrinka 6 4 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 yes 3 CRO Ivo Karlović 4 3 FRA Julien Benneteau 6 6 GER Lars Burgsmüller 77 6 11 ESP Álex Calatrava 64 1 FRA Julien Benneteau 6 6 GER Lars Burgsmüller 4 1 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 USA Kevin Kim 4 1 SWE Jonas Björkman 6 6 FRA Grégory Carraz 2 3 12 ROM Victor Hănescu 6 6 SWE Jonas Björkman 64 6 3 12 ROM Victor Hănescu 77 4 6 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 ESP Santiago Ventura 6 77 SUI Ivo Heuberger 2 65 ESP Nicolás Almagro 6 7 Alt ROM Răzvan Sabău 0 5 5 ESP Santiago Ventura 2 2 ESP Nicolás Almagro 6 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ARG Juan Mónaco 77 6 WC ITA 2003 Federico Luzzi 65 4 WC ITA 2003 Daniele Bracciali 2 2 10 NED Peter Wessels 6 6 6 ARG Juan Mónaco 6 3 6 10 NED Peter Wessels 3 6 3 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu 6 6 SWE Thomas Enqvist 4 3 FRA Gilles Simon 6 16 AUS Wayne Arthurs 2 r 7 FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu 6 6 FRA Gilles Simon 4 2 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 ESP Albert Montañés 77 6 WC ITA 2003 Fabio Fognini 64 0 FRA Olivier Patience 6 6 9 CZE Jan Hernych 3 4 8 ESP Albert Montañés 3 6 3 FRA Olivier Patience 6 1 0r References External links 2005 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Singles draw Men's singles draw Men's qualifying singles draw ITF tournament profile Men's Singles Italian Open - Singles