2005 Women's World Open Squash Championship

The 2005 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2005 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Hong Kong from 29 November to 4 December 2005. Nicol David won her first World Open trophy, beating Rachael Grinham in the final.

Ranking points
In 2005, the points breakdown were as follows:

Seeds
• # 🇦🇺 Rachael Grinham (final)

• # Vanessa Atkinson (semi-finals)

• # Nicol David (champion)

• # 🇦🇺 Natalie Grinham (semi-finals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Linda Elriani (quarter-finals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vicky Botwright (quarter-finals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jenny Duncalf (second round)

• # 🇪🇬 Omneya Abdel Kawy (quarter-finals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tania Bailey (second round)

• # 🇮🇪 Madeline Perry (quarter-finals)

• # 🇳🇿 Shelley Kitchen (first round)

• # Annelize Naudé (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Isabelle Stoehr (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alison Waters (second round)

• # 🇭🇰 Rebecca Chiu (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Laura Lengthorn (second round)

Draw and results
Note: * Q = Qualifier, * w/o = Walkover, * r = Retired