2005 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles

Doubles
2005 Tennis Masters Cup
Final
ChampionsFrance Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
Runners-upIndia Leander Paes
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
Score6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Details
Draw8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro defeated Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić in the final, 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 7–6(7–4) to win the doubles tennis title at the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup.[1]

Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the two-time defending champions, but were defeated in the semifinals by Llodra and Santoro.

Seeds

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  1. United States Bob Bryan / United States Mike Bryan (semifinals)
  2. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Belarus Max Mirnyi (round robin)
  3. Zimbabwe Wayne Black / Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett (semifinals)
  4. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (round robin)
  5. India Leander Paes / Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić (final)
  6. France Michaël Llodra / France Fabrice Santoro (champions)
  7. Australia Wayne Arthurs / Australia Paul Hanley (round robin)
  8. Australia Stephen Huss / South Africa Wesley Moodie (round robin, retired)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
3 67  
6 France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
6 79  
6 France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
66 6 77
5 India Leander Paes
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
78 3 64
3 Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
3 4  
5 India Leander Paes
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
6 6  

Red group

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  United States Bryan
United States Bryan
The Bahamas Knowles
Canada Nestor
India Paes
Serbia and Montenegro Zimonjić
Australia Arthurs
Australia Hanley
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
1 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–4 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(9–7) 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7) 2–1 5–3
(62.50%)
50–46 1
4 The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
4–6, 4–6 5–7, 7–5, 3–6 3–6, 4–6 0–3 1–6 30–42 4
5 India Leander Paes
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9) 7–5, 5–7, 6–3 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6) 2–1 5–3
(62.50%)
50–47 2
7 Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
7–5, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4) 6–3, 6–4 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8) 2–1 4–3
(57.14%)
44–39 3

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

Gold group

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  Sweden Björkman
Belarus Mirnyi
Zimbabwe Black
Zimbabwe Ullyett
France Llodra
France Santoro
Australia Huss
South Africa Moodie
RR
W–L
Set
W–L
Game
W–L
Standings
2 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
5–7, 6–4, 4–6 6–7(3–7), 4–6 2–6, 4–6 0–3 1–6 31–42 4
3 Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
7–5, 4–6, 6–4 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–2 3–0 6–3 48–42 1
6 France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
7–6(7–3), 6–4 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 6–4, 4–1r 2–1 5–2 36–30 2
8 Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Wesley Moodie
6–2, 6–4 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 2–6 4–6, 1–4r 1–2 3–4 31–32 3

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

References

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  1. ^ "2005 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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