2005 Chennai Open – Singles

Carlos Moyà was the defending champion and won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) against Paradorn Srichaphan.

Seeds

 * 1) 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyà (champion)
 * 2) 🇹🇭 Paradorn Srichaphan (final)
 * 3) 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler (first round)
 * 4) 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman (second round)
 * 5)  Kenneth Carlsen (second round)
 * 6)  Yen-Hsun Lu (second round)
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Grégory Carraz (first round)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Kevin Kim (second round)