AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2005 Mixed Doubles
Draw 32, 8 seeds, 6 wild cards
Final sets are 10-points Champions Tiebreak*
1st Round
Stubbs/Nestor [1] d. Pala/Vinci 4-6 6-4 *10/7
Hood/Vento-Kabchi d.
Ferguson/Bourgeois [WC] 7-6(1) 6-1
C. Martinez/Ram d. Dulko/Prieto [A] 5-7 7-6(8)**
*10/6
Husarova/Friedl [8] d. Etlis/Loit 7-5 6-3
Musgrave/Arthurs
[WC] d. Tu/Haggard [A] 6-4 2-6 *10/4
Callens/Damm d. Morariu/Hanley 6-3 7-6(5)
Stosur/Draper [WC] d. Hantuchova/Knowles 6-3 7-6(2)
Likhovtseva/Zimonjic [6] d. McShea/Suk 6-3 6-1
Zvonareva/B.
Bryan [5] d. Gagliardi/Rodriguez 6-2 6-7(6) *10/8
Srebotnik/Cermak [A] d. Yan/Aspelin 6-3 6-4
Liu/Lu [WC] d. Schett/Knowle 4-6 6-1 *10/6
Huber/Ullyett d. Sequera/Perry 3-6 6-2 *10/5
Navratilova/Mirnyi
[7] d. Daniilidou/Woodbridge 6-4 6-4
Pratt/Vizner d. Dominikovic/Healey [WC] 6-1 6-4
Ruano-Pascual/Leach d. Sun/Erlich 6-3 7-6(4)
C. Black/W. Black [2] d. Hewitt/Luczak [WC] 6-2 6-3
2nd Round
Stubbs/Nestor [1] d. Hood/Vento-Kabchi 6-2 6-3
C. Martinez/Ram d.
Husarova/Friedl [8] 6-7(4) 6-1 *10/6
Musgrave/Arthurs [WC] d. Callens/Damm
walkover
Stosur/Draper [WC] d. Likhovtseva/Zimonjic [6] 6-3 6-4
Zvonareva/B. Bryan [5] d.
Srebotnik/Cermak [A] 6-3 6-2
Huber/Ullyett d. Liu/Lu [WC] walkover
Navratilova/Mirnyi [7] d. Pratt/Vizner
walkover
C. Black/W. Black [2] d. Ruano-Pascual/Leach 5-7 7-6(4) *10/8
Quarterfinal
C. Martinez/Ram d.
Stubbs/Nestor [1] 7-5 6-7(3) *14/12
Stosur/Draper [WC] d.
Musgrave/Arthurs [WC] 6-2
7-6(7)
Huber/Ullyett d. Zvonareva/B. Bryan [5] 6-7(5) 6-3 *10/8
Navratilova/Mirnyi [7] d. C. Black/W. Black [2] 7-5 6-4
Semifinal
Stosur/Draper [WC] d.
C. Martinez/Ram
7-5 6-3
Huber/Ullyett d. Navratilova/Mirnyi [7] 6-2 3-6 *10/8
Final
Stosur/Draper [WC] d. Huber/Ullyett 6-2 2-6 *10/6
NOTES: ♠Entry info: 3rd Seeded team Lisa Raymond and Mahesh Bhupathi withdrew because Raymond injured during her Women’s Doubles 2nd Round match – their spot would have been filled with alternates: Meilen tu / CHRIS Haggard; Flavia Pennetta and Carlos moya [WC] Pulled out they were replaced Gisela Dulko / Sebastian Prieto [A]; Also withdrew Janet Lee / Jared Palmer at their place played alternate team: Katarina Srebotnik / Frantisek cermak.
♠EVENT
infos:
Barbara Schett played her last ever professional tennis match at the mixed first
round, after she had already lost in sinlges (Round 2) and women's Doubles (Round
1).
Conchita Martinez and andy Ram were the houdinis of the mixed event – Reached
the semifinals with 3 chapions-tiebreak wins, saved two matchpoints in the first
round match, and probably many in the quarterfinals against the top seeds {14-12
final set score, not confirmed although}
Samantha Stosur and Scott draper are the first all-australian team to win the
event since Nicole PRovis & Mark Woodforde's triumph in 1992.