2005 Acura Classic
Encyclopedia
The 2005 Acura Classic was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts in San Diego in the United States
. It was part of Tier I of the 2005 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from August 26 through August 7, 2005.
Mary Pierce
def.
Ai Sugiyama
, 6–0, 6–3
Conchita Martínez
/ Virginia Ruano Pascual
def.
Daniela Hantuchová
/ Ai Sugiyama
, 6–7, 6–1, 7–5
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor hard courts in San Diego in the United States
United States
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. It was part of Tier I of the 2005 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from August 26 through August 7, 2005.
Singles
Mary PierceMary Pierce
Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...
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Ai SugiyamaAi Sugiyama
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
, 6–0, 6–3
- It was Pierce's 5th title of the year and the 43rd of her career.
Doubles
Conchita MartínezConchita Martínez
Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
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Virginia Ruano PascualVirginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Between 2002...
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Daniela HantuchováDaniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
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Ai SugiyamaAi Sugiyama
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
, 6–7, 6–1, 7–5
- It was Martínez's 2nd title of the year and the 13th of her career. It was Ruano Pascual's 5th title of the year and the 34th of her career.