2005 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles

Tomáš Berdych defeated Ivan Ljubičić in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2005 Paris Masters.

Marat Safin was the reigning champion, but did not compete.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round. • # 🇺🇸 Andy Roddick (semifinals)

• # 🇦🇷 Guillermo Coria (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Nikolay Davydenko (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇷 Mariano Puerta (second round)

• # 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian (second round)

• # Ivan Ljubičić (final)

• # 🇦🇷 Gastón Gaudio (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek (semifinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Thomas Johansson (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 David Ferrer (quarterfinals)

• # Fernando González (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Robby Ginepri (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero (third round)

• # 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals)

• # Mario Ančić (second round)

• # 🇸🇰 Dominik Hrbatý (third round)