The former US Open champion fell to Holger Rune in the Indian Wells semi-final this year, having reached the final the year before, and crashed out in the first round of the 2025 Miami Open; a ...

From there, the Frenchman beat Lukas Lacko, Daniel Brands, before defeating former champion Nikolay Davydenko 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 in the final. The title was the eighth of Gasquet’s career.

At the 2005 Qatar Open, Roger Federer did not drop a set in dispatching David Ferrer, Greg Rusedski, Feliciano Lopez, Nikolay Davydenko and Ivan Ljubicic to win his maiden title at the event.