The 2005 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was an

Association of Tennis Professionals The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits – the ATP Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. It was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to p ...

men's

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tournament held in

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in the United States. The event was played on outdoor

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s and was part of the International Series of the

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. It was the 37th edition of the

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and was held from April 18 to April 25, 2005. First-seeded

Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...

won the singles tournament.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Sébastien Grosjean Sébastien René Grosjean (; born 29 May 1978) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003 and 2004. He finished eight consecutive ...

6–2, 6–2 * It was Roddick's 2nd title of the year and the 19th of his career.

Doubles

Mark Knowles Mark Knowles (born 4 September 1971) is a Bahamians, Bahamian former professional tennis player and coach. He is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles tennis, doubles. He won three of the four Gran ...

Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; ; born Danijel Nestorović, September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 108 weeks ( fifth-most ...

defeated Martín García / Luis Horna 6–3, 6–4 * It was Knowles's 2nd title of the year and the 37th of his career. It was Nestor's 2nd title of the year and the 39th of his career.

References

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – tournament profile
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