2005 Gaz de France Stars explained

The 2005 Gaz de France Stars was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Gaz de France Stars, and was part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place in Hasselt, Belgium, in late October, 2005.^{[1] [2]}

Singles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Belgium	Kim Clijsters	2	1
France	Nathalie Dechy	14	2
Italy	Francesca Schiavone	18	3
Russian Federation	Dinara Safina	20	4
Spain	Anabel Medina Garrigues	30	5
Italy	Silvia Farina Elia	31	6
Russian Federation	Anna Chakvetadze	35	7
	Katarina Srebotnik	43	8

• Rankings as of October 17, 2005

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Els Callens
• Kirsten Flipkens

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kaia Kanepi
• Mandy Minella
• Olga Savchuk
• Meilen Tu

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Catalina Castaño
• Mariana Díaz Oliva
• Maria Kirilenko
• Alicia Molik (vestibular neuronitis)
• María Vento-Kabchi

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2005 Gaz de France Stars – Singles. Kim Clijsters def. Francesca Schiavone, 6 - 2, 6 - 3

Doubles

See main article: 2005 Gaz de France Stars – Doubles. Émilie Loit / Katarina Srebotnik def. Michaëlla Krajicek / Ágnes Szávay, 6 - 3, 6 - 4

Notes and References

1. https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/hasselt/bel/2005/w-t3-bel-01a-2005/draws-and-results/ ITF results
2. http://tennis.quickfound.net/wta_results_2005/linz_hasselt_results_2005.html 2005 Linz & Hasselt WTA Singles Results