2005 Wimbledon Championships

2005 Wimbledon Championships
Date20 June – 3 July 2005
Edition119th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S / 64D / 48XD
Prize money£10,085,510
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Switzerland Roger Federer
Women's singles
United States Venus Williams
Men's doubles
Australia Stephen Huss / South Africa Wesley Moodie
Women's doubles
Zimbabwe Cara Black / South Africa Liezel Huber
Mixed doubles
India Mahesh Bhupathi / France Mary Pierce
Wheelchair men's doubles
France Michaël Jeremiasz / United Kingdom Jayant Mistry
Boys' singles
France Jérémy Chardy
Girls' singles
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Boys' doubles
United States Jesse Levine / United States Michael Shabaz
Girls' doubles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Hungary Ágnes Szávay
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The 2005 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It was the 119th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 3 July 2005. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Roger Federer successfully defended the men's singles crown defeating Andy Roddick in the final for the second consecutive year. Maria Sharapova was unsuccessful in her 2004 title defence, being defeated in the semifinals by eventual champion Venus Williams. Williams and Lindsay Davenport played the longest women's final in history.

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.