Open de Franche-Comté
Besancon, France
February 14-20, 2005
Hard (Indoor) - $100,000+H

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Arvind Parmar - 181)
1. Fabrice Santoro
2. Julien Benneteau
3. Victor Hanescu
4. Jerome Haehnel
5. Christophe Rochus
6. Thierry Ascione
7. Nicolas Mahut
8. Alexander Waske   WD

First Round
(1)(WC)Fabrice Santoro (FRA) d. (SE)Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 7-6(7) 6-2
Gilles Elseneer (BEL) d. (q)Jamie Delgado (GBR) 6-2 6-4
Arvind Parmar (GBR) d. (q)Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) 4-6 6-4 6-0
(6)Thierry Ascione (FRA) d. Dick Norman (BEL) 0-6 6-3 6-2
(LL)Jean-Michel Pequery (FRA) d. (3)Victor Hanescu (ROM) 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4
Razvan Sabau (ROM) d. Daniel Elsner (GER) 6-3 6-0
(WC)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. Noam Okun (ISR) 7-6(4) 6-3
(7)Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. (WC)Florent Serra (FRA) 6-2 6-4
(LL)Jean-Claude Scherrer (SUI) d. (SE)Jeroen Masson (BEL) 6-3 6-3   [Scherrer replaces Waske]
(LL)Harel Levy (ISR) d. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 3-6 6-2 6-1
Tomas Tenconi (ITA) d. (q)George Bastl (SUI) 6-4 4-6 6-3   [Bastl replaces Jan Vacek]
(4)Jerome Haehnel (FRA) d. (LL)Stefan Wauters (BEL) 6-1 6-4   [Wauters replaces Alexander Peya]
(5)Christophe Rochus (BEL) d. Francesco Aldi (ITA) 6-4 6-2
(WC)Jean-Christophe Faurel (FRA) d. Julien Jeanpierre (FRA) 7-5 1-6 6-3
Gilles Simon (FRA) d. Marc Gicquel (FRA) 7-5 6-3
(q)Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) d. (2)Julien Benneteau (FRA) 7-6(6) 6-2   [Stakhovsky replaces Daniele Bracciali]

Second Round
Gilles Elseneer (BEL) d. (1)(WC)Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 6-2 6-4
(6)Thierry Ascione (FRA) d. Arvind Parmar (GBR) 6-1 6-4
Razvan Sabau (ROM) d. (LL)Jean-Michel Pequery (FRA) 6-0 6-2
(WC)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. (7)Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 7-6(5) 6-4
(LL)Harel Levy (ISR) d. (LL)Jean-Claude Scherrer (SUI) 7-6(5) 7-6(5)
(4)Jerome Haehnel (FRA) d. Tomas Tenconi (ITA) 6-1 6-4
(5)Christophe Rochus (BEL) d. (WC)Jean-Christophe Faurel (FRA) 7-6(1) 6-1
Gilles Simon (FRA) d. (q)Sergey Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-4 6-7(3) 7-6(2)

Quarterfinals
Gilles Elseneer (BEL) d. (6)Thierry Ascione (FRA) 6-4 7-6(4)
(WC)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. Razvan Sabau (ROM) 6-4 6-1
(4)Jerome Haehnel (FRA) d. (LL)Harel Levy (ISR) 7-5 6-3
(5)Christophe Rochus (BEL) d. Gilles Simon (FRA) 4-6 6-4 6-4

Semifinals
(WC)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. Gilles Elseneer (BEL) 6-1 6-3
(5)Christophe Rochus (BEL) d. (4)Jerome Haehnel (FRA) 6-4 6-3

Finals
(WC)Gael Monfils (FRA) d. (5)Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-3 2-6 6-3


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Monfils/Simon - 329)
1. Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut
2. Massimo Bertolini/Petr Luxa
3. Jason Marshall/Huntley Montgomery
4. Michal Mertinak/Jean-Claude Scherrer

First Round
(1)Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. (WC)Christophe Gibiard/Nicolas Guillaume (FRA) 6-2 6-2
Harel Levy/Christophe Rochus (ISR/BEL) d. Gael Monfils/Gilles Simon (FRA) 6-1 4-6 6-2
(3)Jason Marshall/Huntley Montgomery (USA) d. Thierry Ascione/Julien Jeanpierre (FRA) 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-5
(WC)Edouard Roger-Vasselin/Florent Serra (FRA) d. Francesco Aldi/Razvan Sabau (ITA/ROM) 6-4 7-5
Victor Hanescu/Gabriel Trifu (ROM) d. (WC)Leslie Demiliani/Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) 6-4 6-2
(4)Michal Mertinak/Jean-Claude Scherrer (SVK/SUI) d. Tuomas Ketola/Florin Mergea (FIN/ROM) 7-5 6-2
Gilles Elseneer/Robert Lindstedt (BEL/SWE) d. Marc Gicquel/Jerome Haehnel (FRA) 7-6(4) 7-6(3)
(2)Massimo Bertolini/Petr Luxa (ITA/CZE) d. Noam Okun/Tomas Tenconi (ISR/ITA) 4-6 7-5 6-3

Quarterfinals
(1)Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) d. Harel Levy/Christophe Rochus (ISR/BEL) 6-1 7-5
(3)Jason Marshall/Huntley Montgomery (USA) d. (WC)Edouard Roger-Vasselin/Florent Serra (FRA) 6-3 6-4
(4)Michal Mertinak/Jean-Claude Scherrer (SVK/SUI) d. Victor Hanescu/Gabriel Trifu (ROM) 7-6(4) 7-5
(2)Massimo Bertolini/Petr Luxa (ITA/CZE) d. Gilles Elseneer/Robert Lindstedt (BEL/SWE) 7-5 6-4

Semifinals
(3)Jason Marshall/Huntley Montgomery (USA) d. (1)Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-4 6-3
(4)Michal Mertinak/Jean-Claude Scherrer (SVK/SUI) d. (2)Massimo Bertolini/Petr Luxa (ITA/CZE) 7-6(1) 6-4

Finals
(3)Jason Marshall/Huntley Montgomery (USA) d. (4)Michal Mertinak/Jean-Claude Scherrer (SVK/SUI) 6-7(7) 6-2 6-3