DANIELA HANTUCHOVA YEAR 2005 REVIEW.
| JANUARY | Began year at Hopman Cup in Perth, teaming with countryman Dominik Hrbaty to lead Slovak Republic to victory - went 3-1 in singles action during week; made 2005 Tour debut at Sydney, defeating qualifier Talaja in 1r before falling to No.5 seed Petrova in next round; recorded 200th career victory by reaching 3r at Australian Open (d. Morigami, Schett) before losing to No.6 seed Dementieva. |
| FEBRUARY | As No.8 seed, advanced to QF at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] with victories against Jidkova and Kirilenko before falling to No.3 seed Kuznetsova in a pair of tie-breaks; was first Tier I QF since last year’s Pan Pacific Open; reached second Tour SF in last two years at Doha, defeating Maleeva, No.6 seed Bovina and Martinez before loss to No.2 seed Sharapova. |
| MARCH | Reached third straight Tour QF at Dubai, upsetting No.6 seed Molik in 1r and also defeating Likhovtseva in straight sets before loss to No.2 seed Serena Williams in next match; reached SF in doubles at Dubai (w/Schiavone); as No.13 seed at Indian Wells, saved six match points in 2r match against Kremer to advance before falling to No.19 seed Zuluaga in 3r; as No.20 seed at Miami, was upset by lucky loser Cohen-Aloro in 2r. |
| APRIL |
Defeated wild card Kosinska in 1r at Warsaw before 2r loss to No.5 seed Bovina. |
| MAY | As No.15 seed at Berlin, falls to Dulko in 1r; reached SF in doubles at Berlin with Sugiyama; also suffered 1r loss at Rome as No.16 seed, falling to No.110-ranked qualifier Mamic; reached 3r at Roland Garros for second time in career as No.20 seed, defeating qualifier Krajicek and Castano before straight sets loss to No.14 seed Clijsters; won third career Grand Slam mixed doubles title at Roland Garros, teaming with Fabrice Santoro to defeat No.6 seeds Navratilova/Paes in the championship match. |
| JUNE | As No.7 seed at Birmingham, was upset in 2r by Parra Santonja, dropping a third-set tie-break in loss; captured fifth career doubles title in Birmingham as No.2 seeds with Sugiyama, defeating Daniilidou/Russell in final; was eighth time playing with Sugiyama; was unable to repeat ‘04 finals performance at Eastbourne, falling to Vento-Kabchi in 1r; reached 3r at Wimbledon for second straight year as No.20 seed, defeating Linetskaya and Peer before straight sets loss to No.14 seed V.Williams. |
August 28th, 2005 at 7:37 am
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