2005 French Open

The 2005 French Open was the 109th edition of the tournament.

On the men's side, Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth at his first French Open, was a strong favorite to win the singles title after winning the Monte Carlo and Rome Masters. Guillermo Coria, the defending finalist and 2005 runner-up to Nadal in both Monaco and Rome, called Nadal the best clay-court player in the world prior to the tournament. After defeating top seed Roger Federer in the semifinals, Nadal defeated Mariano Puerta to claim his first French Open title, and the first of four won consecutively from 2005 until 2008. Nadal would go on to win the tournament a record 14 times.

In the women's draw, Justine Henin-Hardenne won her second French Open title, defeating 2000 champion Mary Pierce in the final in just 62 minutes. 2005 marked the first of three consecutive years in which Henin would win the women's singles title.

Gastón Gaudio and Anastasia Myskina were unsuccessful in defending their 2004 titles, Gaudio losing in the fourth round and Myskina being upset in the first round. This tournament was also notable for the rise of future French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, who upset the third seed Amélie Mauresmo in the third round, before going on to defeat another future champion in Francesca Schiavone on her way to her first major quarterfinal appearance in just her second major tournament.

Points distribution
Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Men's singles
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal defeated 🇦🇷 Mariano Puerta, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
 * It was Nadal's 6th title of the year, and his 7th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles
🇧🇪 Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated 🇫🇷 Mary Pierce, 6–1, 6–1
 * It was Henin-Hardenne's 4th title of the year, and her 23rd overall. It was her 4th career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd French Open title.

Men's doubles
🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman / 🇧🇾 Max Mirnyi defeated 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan / 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4

Women's doubles
🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual / 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez defeated Cara Black /  Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Mixed doubles
🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová / 🇫🇷 Fabrice Santoro defeated 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Boys' singles
🇭🇷 Marin Čilić defeated Antal van der Duim, 6–3, 6–1

Girls' singles
🇭🇺 Ágnes Szávay defeated 🇷🇴 Raluca-Ioana Olaru, 6–2, 6–1

Boys' doubles
🇦🇷 Emiliano Massa / 🇦🇷 Leonardo Mayer defeated 🇺🇦 Sergei Bubka / 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Girls' doubles
🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka / 🇭🇺 Ágnes Szávay defeated 🇷🇴 Raluca-Ioana Olaru / 🇰🇿 Amina Rakhim, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0

Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 16 May 2005. Rankings and points are as of before 23 May 2005.

Men's singles
† The player did not qualify the tournament in 2004. Accordingly, this was the points from the 18th best result are deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Wildcard entries
Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Thierry Ascione
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Arnaud Clément
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Peter Luczak
 * 4) 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Olivier Patience
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Florent Serra
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Women's singles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Mailyne Andrieux
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet
 * 3) 🇫🇷 Youlia Fedossova
 * 4) 🇦🇺 Sophie Ferguson
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Mathilde Johansson
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Camille Pin
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Aravane Rezaï

Men's doubles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Thierry Ascione / 🇫🇷 Jean-René Lisnard
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Grégory Carraz / 🇫🇷 Antony Dupuis
 * 3) 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy / 🇫🇷 Nicolas Renavand
 * 4) 🇫🇷 Nicolas Devilder / 🇫🇷 Marc Gicquel
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Jérôme Haehnel / 🇫🇷 Florent Serra
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Olivier Mutis / 🇫🇷 Olivier Patience
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin / 🇫🇷 Gilles Simon

Women's doubles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Mailyne Andrieux / 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Séverine Beltrame / 🇫🇷 Camille Pin
 * 3) 🇫🇷 Kildine Chevalier / 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Foretz
 * 4) 🇫🇷 Youlia Fedossova / 🇫🇷 Violette Huck
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Florence Haring / 🇫🇷 Virginie Pichet
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Mathilde Johansson / 🇫🇷 Aurélie Védy
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova / 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Mixed doubles wildcard entries

 * 1) 🇫🇷 Séverine Beltrame / 🇫🇷 Michaël Llodra
 * 2) 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet / 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils
 * 3) 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Foretz / 🇫🇷 Nicolas Devilder
 * 4) 🇫🇷 Émilie Loit / 🇫🇷 Jean-François Bachelot
 * 5) 🇫🇷 Camille Pin / 🇫🇷 Arnaud Clément
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud / 🇫🇷 Marc Gicquel

Men's qualifiers entries

 * 1)  Saša Tuksar
 * 2)  Stan Wawrinka
 * 3) 🇩🇪 Tomas Behrend
 * 4) 🇫🇮 Jarkko Nieminen
 * 5) 🇨🇿 Lukáš Dlouhý
 * 6) 🇪🇸 Daniel Gimeno Traver
 * 7) 🇪🇸 Fernando Vicente
 * 8) 🇫🇷 Antony Dupuis
 * 9) 🇨🇿 Robin Vik
 * 10) 🇧🇷 Marcos Daniel
 * 11) 🇮🇱 Dudi Sela
 * 12) 🇮🇹 Tomas Tenconi
 * 13) 🇺🇸 James Blake
 * 14) 🇦🇺 Chris Guccione
 * 15)  Novak Djokovic
 * 16) 🇧🇪 Kristof Vliegen

The following players received entry into a lucky loser spot:
 * 1) 🇮🇹 Daniele Bracciali
 * 2) 🇧🇪 Dick Norman
 * 3) 🇧🇷 Flávio Saretta
 * 4) 🇦🇷 Juan Pablo Brzezicki
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Hugo Armando

Women's qualifiers entries

 * 1) 🇺🇸 Meilen Tu
 * 2) 🇸🇪 Sofia Arvidsson
 * 3) 🇦🇷 Clarisa Fernández
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Sandra Klösel
 * 5) 🇭🇺 Petra Mandula
 * 6)  Michaëlla Krajicek
 * 7) 🇨🇿 Eva Birnerová
 * 8) 🇦🇹 Yvonne Meusburger
 * 9) 🇧🇦 Mervana Jugić-Salkić
 * 10) 🇨🇿 Libuše Průšová
 * 11) 🇧🇾 Anastasiya Yakimova
 * 12) 🇮🇹 Mara Santangelo

The following player received entry into a lucky loser spot:
 * 1) 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová

Withdrawals

 * Men's singles
 * 🇦🇷 Agustín Calleri → replaced by 🇪🇸 David Sánchez
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Dent → replaced by 🇮🇹 Daniele Bracciali
 * 🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt → replaced by 🇧🇪 Dick Norman
 * 🇸🇪 Joachim Johansson → replaced by 🇧🇷 Flávio Saretta
 * 🇦🇷 Edgardo Massa → replaced by 🇦🇺 Scott Draper
 * Sjeng Schalken → replaced by 🇺🇸 Hugo Armando
 * 🇮🇹 Potito Starace → replaced by 🇦🇷 Juan Pablo Brzezicki
 * Martin Verkerk → replaced by 🇸🇪 Thomas Enqvist
 * 🇦🇷 Mariano Zabaleta → replaced by 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau


 * Women's singles
 * 🇨🇳 Li Na → replaced by 🇦🇺 Evie Dominikovic
 * 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik → replaced by Silvija Talaja
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams → replaced by 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová

Official videogame
An official videogame for the tournament, Roland Garros 2005: Powered by Smash Court Tennis, was launched exclusively for the PlayStation 2 platform. The game, which is an updated version of Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2, featured 15 licensed players and 4 official courts of the tournament: Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen, Court 1 and Court 2.