2005 Tennis Masters Cup
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The 2005 Tennis Masters Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 36th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 31st edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2005 ATP Tour. It took place at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China, from November 13 through November 20, 2005. David Nalbandian won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Argentina David Nalbandian defeated Switzerland Roger Federer 6–7(4–7), 6–7(11–13), 6–2, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
- It was Nalbandian's 2nd title of the year, and his 4th overall. It was his 1st career year-end championships title.
Doubles
France Michaël Llodra / France Fabrice Santoro defeated India Leander Paes / Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Points and prize money
| Stage | Singles | Doubles1 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | RR + $980,000 | RR +$125,000 | RR + 450 |
| Runner-up | RR + $370,000 | RR +$25,000 | RR + 200 |
| Round robin win per match | $120,000 | $15,000 | 100 |
| Participation fee | $90,0002 | $50,000 | – |
- RR is points or prize money won in the round robin stage.
- 1 Prize money for doubles is per team.
- 2 Participation fee for 1 RR match is $45,000 and for 2 RR matches is $70,000.
- An undefeated singles champion would earn the maximum 750 points and $1,520,000 in prize money ($120,000 participation, $360,000 undefeated round robin, $370,000 semifinal win, $700,000 final win)
- An undefeated doubles champion would earn the maximum 750 points and $220,000 in prize money ($50,000 participation, $45,000 undefeated round robin, $25,000 semifinal win, $100,000 final win). While each of them would get 1,500 points, the $220,000 would be split, so $110,000 for each member of the team.
Points breakdown
Singles
| Seed | Rank | Player | Grand Slam | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | Best Other | Total points | Tourn | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | FRA | WIM | USO | IW | MIA | MC | ROM | HAM | CAN | CIN | MAD | PAR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Switzerland Roger Federer | SF 90 | SF 90 | W 200 | W 200 | W 100 | W 100 | QF 25 | A 0 | W 100 | A 0 | W 100 | A 0 | A 0 | W 60 | W 50 | W 50 | W 45 | W 35 | 1,245 | 18 |
| 2 | 2 | Spain Rafael Nadal | R16 30 | W 200 | R64 7 | R32 15 | A 0 | F 70 | W 100 | W 100 | A 0 | W 100 | R64 1 | W 100 | A 0 | W 60 | W 50 | W 50 | W 35 | W 35 | 953 | 24 |
| — | 3 | United States Andy Roddick | SF 90 | R64 7 | F 140 | R128 1 | SF 45 | R64 1 | A 0 | R16 15 | R64 1 | R64 1 | F 70 | R32 1 | SF 45 | W 45 | W 45 | W 40 | W 35 | W 35 | 617 | 20 |
| — | 4 | Australia Lleyton Hewitt | F 140 | A 0 | SF 90 | SF 90 | F 70 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | R64 1 | SF 45 | A 0 | A 0 | W 35 | QF 11 | QF 8 | QF 8 | 498 | 17 | |
| 3 | 5 | United States Andre Agassi | QF 50 | R128 1 | A 0 | F 140 | QF 25 | SF 45 | A 0 | SF 45 | R64 1 | F 70 | A 0 | A 0 | A 0 | W 35 | QF 27 | QF 8 | QF 8 | 455 | 17 | |
| 4 | 6 | Argentina Guillermo Coria | R16 30 | R16 30 | R16 30 | QF 50 | R16 15 | R32 7 | F 70 | F 70 | Q 25 | R64 1 | R32 7 | R16 15 | R32 1 | W 35 | F 24 | SF 15 | QF 8 | QF 5 | 438 | 22 |
| 5 | 7 | Russia Nikolay Davydenko | QF 50 | SF 90 | R64 7 | R64 7 | R64 1 | R64 1 | R16 15 | R64 1 | SF 45 | R16 15 | QF 25 | R16 15 | QF 25 | W 35 | SF 27 | SF 22 | SF 22 | QF 15 | 418 | 29 |
| 6 | 8 | Croatia Ivan Ljubičić | R64 7 | R128 1 | R18 1 | R32 15 | R16 15 | R16 15 | R64 1 | R16 15 | R32 7 | R64 1 | R64 1 | F 70 | F 70 | W 50 | F 42 | W 35 | F 35 | F 35 | 416 | 23 |
| 7 | 9 | Argentina Gastón Gaudio | R32 15 | R16 30 | A 0 | R128 1 | R32 7 | R16 15 | QF 25 | R16 15 | R16 15 | QF 25 | R64 1 | R32 1 | QF 25 | W 50 | W 40 | W 35 | W 35 | W 35 | 370 | 24 |
| — | 10 | Russia Marat Safin | W 200 | R16 30 | R32 15 | A 0 | R32 7 | R32 7 | R16 15 | R32 7 | R32 7 | A 0 | QF 25 | A 0 | A 0 | F 31 | R32 1 | R32 1 | 346 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Argentina David Nalbandian | QF 50 | QF 50 | R16 30 | QF 50 | R16 15 | R32 7 | A 0 | R64 1 | R64 1 | R32 7 | R32 7 | SF 45 | R32 1 | W 35 | SF 22 | QF 12 | QF 8 | R16 3 | 344 | 21 |
| 9 | 12 | Argentina Mariano Puerta | QF 8 | F 140 | R128 1 | R64 7 | R16 5 | R16 5 | R16 15 | A 0 | R32 7 | QF 25 | R64 1 | R16 15 | R32 7 | W 35 | F 24 | SF 22 | SF 15 | QF 8 | 340 | 23 |
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| 10 | 13 | Chile Fernando González | R32 15 | R32 15 | QF 50 | R32 15 | R16 15 | R32 7 | R16 15 | R64 1 | R32 7 | R64 1 | R16 15 | QF 25 | R32 1 | W 50 | W 35 | W 35 | F 24 | QF 12 | 338 | 23 |
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Doubles
| Rk | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | Tour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Bob Bryan United States Mike Bryan | W 200 | F 140 | F 140 | F 140 | W 100 | F 70 | F 70 | F 45 | SF 45 | SF 45 | W 40 | F 35 | W 35 | QF 25 | 1,130 | 21 |
| 2 | Sweden Jonas Björkman Belarus Max Mirnyi | W 200 | F 140 | W 100 | W 100 | W 100 | SF 90 | SF 90 | SF 45 | SF 45 | SF 45 | F 35 | F 31 | SF 22 | R16 0 | 1,043 | 15 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe Wayne Black Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett | W 200 | W 100 | SF 90 | SF 90 | F 70 | F 70 | SF 45 | SF 45 | F 28 | QF 25 | SF 22 | QF 8 | R16 0 | R16 0 | 793 | 17 |
| 4 | The Bahamas Mark Knowles Canada Daniel Nestor | W 100 | W 100 | SF 90 | F 70 | W 50 | SF 45 | SF 45 | W 35 | F 28 | QF 25 | QF 25 | QF 25 | QF 25 | SF 22 | 685 | 19 |
| 5 | India Leander Paes Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić | W 100 | F 70 | W 60 | QF 50 | QF 50 | SF 45 | F 31 | QF 25 | QF 25 | QF 25 | SF 15 | QF 8 | R16 0 | R16 0 | 504 | 19 |
| 6 | France Michaël Llodra France Fabrice Santoro | W 100 | F 70 | QF 50 | SF 45 | SF 45 | SF 45 | W 45 | W 35 | R16 15 | R32 15 | QF 11 | QF 10 | R64 0 | R16 0 | 486 | 18 |
| 7 | Australia Wayne Arthurs Australia Paul Hanley | F 70 | QF 50 | SF 45 | W 45 | W 35 | R16 30 | QF 25 | QF 25 | QF 25 | QF 25 | F 24 | SF 22 | SF 22 | SF 22 | 441 | 23 |
| 121 | Australia Stephen Huss South Africa Wesley Moodie | W 200 | F 35 | QF 25 | R16 0 | R32 0 | R64 0 | R16 0 | R16 0 | R16 0 | 270 | 9 |
1 Huss and Moodie qualified due to winning Wimbledon and a top 20 finish according to the rules