2005 Stuttgart Open – Singles

2005 Mercedes Cup ESP Rafael Nadal ARG Gastón Gaudio 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 48 16 singles doubles Stuttgart Open 2005 Stuttgart Open First-seeded Rafael Nadal defeated Gastón Gaudio in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2005 Stuttgart Open. Guillermo Cañas was the reigning champion, but did not participate this year. Seeds 30em ESP Rafael Nadal (champion) RUS Nikolay Davydenko (semifinals, retired due to sickness) ARG Gastón Gaudio (final) ESP Tommy Robredo (third round) ESP David Ferrer (second round) CZE Jiří Novák (third round) RUS Mikhail Youzhny (second round) ITA Filippo Volandri (second round) BEL Olivier Rochus (second round) AUT Jürgen Melzer (second round) CZE Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals) ROM Andrei Pavel (second round) ARG José Acasuso (second round) RUS Igor Andreev (second round) ESP Alberto Martín (second round) FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu (third round) Draws Key Q - Qualifier WC - Wild Card r - Retired LL - Lucky loser w/o - Walkover Finals 3/3/5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 ESP Rafael Nadal 1 6 6 CZE Tomáš Zíb 2 1 ITA Andreas Seppi 2 3 FIN Jarkko Nieminen 6 6 ARG Mariano Zabaleta 4 6 2 ARG Gastón Gaudio 3 6 1 6 CZE Tomáš Berdych 11 4 2 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 2 6 6 ESP Rafael Nadal 1 6 7 FIN Jarkko Nieminen 2 5 ARG Gastón Gaudio 3 6 2 RUS Nikolay Davydenko 2 3 1r ESP Rafael Nadal 1 6 6 6 ARG Gastón Gaudio 3 3 3 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   BRA G Kuerten 4 1   Q USA H Armando 6 6     ESP N Almagro 64 0     ESP F Verdasco 77 6   Q GER S Greul 6 67 2   CZE T Zíb 4 79 6 WC GER T Summerer 1 4     ARG J Mónaco 6 6   1 ESP R Nadal 6 6   Q USA H Armando 1 2     ESP F Verdasco 6 5 77 14 RUS I Andreev 4 7 65 12 ROM A Pavel 7 3 1   CZE T Zíb 5 6 6   ARG J Mónaco 6 6   5 ESP D Ferrer 4 2   1 ESP R Nadal 6 6     ESP F Verdasco 3 2     CZE T Zíb 6 77     ARG J Mónaco 4 64   1 ESP R Nadal 6 6     CZE T Zíb 2 1   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA G Monfils 2 3   ITA P Starace 6 6     GER F Mayer 63 3   ITA A Seppi 77 6     FIN J Nieminen 65 6 6   GER L Burgsmüller 77 0 1 Q ARG C Berlocq 2 2     ROM R Sabău 6 6   4 ESP T Robredo 64 6 6 ITA P Starace 77 3 2 ITA A Seppi 6 6   15 ESP A Martín 4 4   10 AUT J Melzer 4 77 4   FIN J Nieminen 6 64 6   ROM R Sabău 6 4 0 6 CZE J Novák 4 6 6 4 ESP T Robredo 5 6 1 ITA A Seppi 7 2 6   FIN J Nieminen 2 6 710 6 CZE J Novák 6 2 68 ITA A Seppi 2 3   FIN J Nieminen 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA G Simon 63 6 6   ESP A Montañés 77 1 1   ARG M Zabaleta 6 6   WC GER A Thron 2 3     ESP A Costa 6 6 Q ESP G Blanco 4 4   ITA A di Mauro 4 3   WC GER A Beck 6 6   8 ITA F Volandri 3 6 4   FRA G Simon 6 2 6   ARG M Zabaleta 4 6 6 9 BEL O Rochus 6 2 3 16 FRA P-H Mathieu 6 6     ESP A Costa 3 4   WC GER A Beck 3 3 3 ARG G Gaudio 6 6 FRA G Simon 63 1   ARG M Zabaleta 77 6 16 FRA P-H Mathieu 2 77 0 3 ARG G Gaudio 6 63 6   ARG M Zabaleta 4 6 2 3 ARG G Gaudio 6 1 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   GER R Schüttler 77 6 Q ESP F Vicente 63 4 Q ARG JP Brzezicki 6 3 3   GER P Kohlschreiber 3 6 6 WC GER A Waske 7 6 FRA J Haehnel 5 2 ESP R Ramírez Hidalgo 6 6     AUT S Koubek 4 3   7 RUS M Youzhny 5 3     GER R Schüttler 7 6     GER P Kohlschreiber 64 6 3 11 CZE T Berdych 77 1 6 13 ARG J Acasuso 5 4   WC GER A Waske 7 6   ESP R Ramírez Hidalgo 4 1   2 RUS N Davydenko 6 6   GER R Schüttler 64 1   11 CZE T Berdych 77 6   WC GER A Waske 63 3   2 RUS N Davydenko 77 6   11 CZE T Berdych 4 2 2 RUS N Davydenko 6 6 External links Main draw Singles 2005 Stuttgart Singles