Tags: Tennis Tournament, Tournament.
The 2005 French Open was the 104th edition of the tournament. Rafael Nadal seeded fourth at his first French Open (but actually ranked World No. 5 after then-World No. 2 Lleyton Hewitt withdrew from the tournament due to injury) was a strong favorite after winning the Rome and Monte Carlo Masters with Guillermo Coria a 2004 finalist and runner-up in Monaco calling Nadal the best clay-court player in the world prior to the tournament.