The tournament was moved from Shanghai to Beijing in 2004. Last champions in Shanghai were Émilie Loit and Nicole Pratt. Pratt teamed up with Tamarine Tanasugarn but they were eliminated in semifinals.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2004 China Open | |
| Champions |  Emmanuelle Gagliardi Dinara Safina |
| Runners-up |  Gisela Dulko María Vento-Kabchi |
| Score | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 (2WC/1Q) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Dinara Safina won the title by defeating Gisela Dulko and María Vento-Kabchi 6–4, 6–4 in the final.
Seeds edit
Nicole Pratt / 
Tamarine Tanasugarn (semifinals)
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (semifinals)
Maria Sharapova / Vera Zvonareva (first round)- Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (quarterfinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  N Pratt T Tanasugarn
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Sequera S Stosur
| 2 | 63 | 1 | N Pratt T Tanasugarn
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta
| 6 | 67 | 6 | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  N Grandin A Matic
| 4 | 79 | 1 | 1 | N Pratt T Tanasugarn
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Z Yan J Zheng
| 6 | 78 | G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Jidkova A Spears
| 3 | 66 | 4 | Z Yan J Zheng
| 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi
| 6 | 6 | G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Craybas M Weingärtner
| 2 | 4 | G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Gagliardi D Safina
| 6 | 6 | E Gagliardi D Safina
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Marrero S Talaja
| 2 | 3 | E Gagliardi D Safina
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Asagoe R Fujiwara
| 1 | 6 | 6 | S Asagoe R Fujiwara
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Sharapova V Zvonareva
| 6 | 3 | 4 | E Gagliardi D Safina
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  J Dokic J Janković
| 6 | 4 | 63 | 2 | T Li T Sun
| 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Peng Y Xie
| 4 | 6 | 77 | WC | S Peng Y Xie
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
J Hopkins J Lee
| 2 | 2 | 2 | T Li T Sun
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | T Li T Sun
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying edit
Seeds edit
Adriana Serra Zanetti / Antonella Serra Zanetti (qualifying competition)
Natalie Grandin / 
Antonia Matic (qualified)
Qualifiers edit
Qualifying draw edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||
| 1 | Adriana Serra Zanetti Antonella Serra Zanetti
| 8 | |||||||||
| Tatiana Panova Galina Voskoboeva
| 3 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Adriana Serra Zanetti Antonella Serra Zanetti
| 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Natalie Grandin Antonia Matic
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||
| WC | Yang Shujing Yu Ying
| 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | Natalie Grandin Antonia Matic
| 8 | |||||||||