| 2005 Pacific Life Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | March 14–20 | |||
| Edition | 32nd | |||
| Category | Masters Series (ATP) Tier I Series (WTA) | |||
| Prize money | $2,724,600 | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Indian Wells, California, US | |||
| Venue | Indian Wells Tennis Garden | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Roger Federer[1] | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Kim Clijsters | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor[2] | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
 Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez | ||||
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The2005 Indian Wells Open (also known as thePacific Life Open for sponsorship reasons) was atennis tournament played on outdoorhard courts. It was the 32nd edition of theIndian Wells Open, and was part of theATP Masters Series of the2005 ATP Tour, and of theTier I Series of the2005 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at theIndian Wells Tennis Garden inIndian Wells, California, United States, from March 14 through March 20, 2005.
The men singles were headlined byWorld No. 1, reigningWimbledon andUS Open champion, andMasters Cup winner anddefending championRoger Federer,ATP No. 2,Sydney champion, two-timesGrand Slam champion andAustralian Open runner-upLleyton Hewitt, andSan Jose champion and two-time grand-slam finalistAndy Roddick. Also competing in the field wereAustralian Open titlistMarat Safin,2004 French Open winnerGastón Gaudio,Tim Henman,Carlos Moyá andGuillermo Coria.
The women's draw featuredWTA No. 1,Australian Open runner-up and2000 Indian Wells winnerLindsay Davenport,Antwerp champion,Olympic silver medalistAmélie Mauresmo andTokyo,Qatar titlist,2004 Wimbledon winnerMaria Sharapova. Other top seeds wereFrench Open,US Open runner-upElena Dementieva,U.S Open winnerSvetlana Kuznetsova,Nadia Petrova,Nathalie Dechy andElena Bovina.
Roger Federer defeated
Lleyton Hewitt, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Kim Clijsters defeated
Lindsay Davenport, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Mark Knowles /Daniel Nestor defeatedWayne Arthurs /Paul Hanley, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–2)
Virginia Ruano Pascual /Paola Suárez defeated
Nadia Petrova /Meghann Shaughnessy, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
