2004 in tennis

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2004. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

The Slams edit

Notable stories edit

Olympics and Chile edit

Held from August 15 to August 22 in Athens, Greece, it consisted of four events; men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles. The standard 5th event, mixed doubles, was not part of these games. There were 170 participants (87 men and 83 women) from 52 countries. The events were held at the Athens Olympic Tennis Centre at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. The surface was hardcourt, specifically DecoTurf, the same surface as used at the US Open in Flushing Meadow, New York. The Centre had 16 courts built specifically for the 2004 Olympics, with construction finished just before the opening of the Athens Olympics. There was a main court seating 6,000 fans for the Olympics, two show courts with seating for 3,200 seats during the Olympics, and 16 side courts with limited seating.^[1]

Chile won the most medals (three), two of which were gold, led by Nicolás Massú, who won the men's singles, and partnered by Fernando González, also helped Chile take gold in the doubles.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Russian breakthrough edit

The year 2004 was well known for the breakthrough of Russian players into the WTA Tour.^[5]

At the French Open, Anastasia Myskina became the first woman from Russia to win a Grand Slam singles title, by defeating compatriot Elena Dementieva in the final, 6–1, 6–2.^[6] A mere four weeks later, at Wimbledon, 17–year-old Maria Sharapova became the nation's second female Grand Slam winner, defeating two-time champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–1, 6–4, and becoming the third-youngest woman (after Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis) to win Wimbledon.^[7] Finally, at the US Open, Svetlana Kuznetsova became the nation's third consecutive winner of a Grand Slam singles title, defeating Dementieva in the final, 6–3, 7–5.^[8]

Other Russian players also made an impact on the WTA Tour that year. Nadia Petrova cracked the WTA's Top 10 for the first time, and also achieved her biggest result that year, defeating defending US Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne in the fourth round, before losing to Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals.^[9] Vera Zvonareva also continued to improve on the Tour before injuries briefly derailed her career the following year.

The conclusion of the season culminated in Sharapova winning the 2004 WTA Tour Championships by repeating her Wimbledon victory over Serena Williams in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, after coming from 0–4 down in the final set.^[10]

ITF edit

Grand Slam events edit

Discipline	2004 Australian Open	2004 French Open	2004 Wimbledon	2004 US Open
Men's singles	Roger Federer defeated Marat Safin	Gastón Gaudio defeated Guillermo Coria	Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick	Roger Federer defeated Lleyton Hewitt
Women's singles	Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Kim Clijsters	Anastasia Myskina defeated Elena Dementieva	Maria Sharapova defeated Serena Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Elena Dementieva
Men's doubles	Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan	Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus defeated Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro	Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge defeated Julian Knowle / Nenad Zimonjić	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Leander Paes / David Rikl
Women's doubles	Virginia Ruano / Paola Suárez defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva	Virginia Ruano / Paola Suárez defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva	Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs defeated Liezel Huber / Ai Sugiyama	Virginia Ruano / Paola Suárez defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva
Mixed doubles	Elena Bovina / Nenad Zimonjić defeated Martina Navratilova / Leander Paes	Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet defeated Cara Black / Wayne Black	Cara Black / Wayne Black defeated Alicia Molik / Todd Woodbridge	Vera Zvonareva / Bob Bryan defeated Alicia Molik / Todd Woodbridge

Davis Cup edit

2004 Davis Cup Champions
Spain 2nd title

Spain
3

Estadio de la Cartuja, Seville, Spain
3–5 December 2004
Clay (indoors)

United States
2

		1	2	3	4
1	Carlos Moyà Mardy Fish	6 4	6 2	6 3
2	Rafael Nadal Andy Roddick	6⁶ 7⁸	6 2	7⁸ 6⁶	6 2
3	Juan Carlos Ferrero / Tommy Robredo Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan	0 6	3 6	2 6
4	Carlos Moyà Andy Roddick	6 2	7⁷ 6²	7⁷ 6⁵
5	Tommy Robredo Mardy Fish	6⁹ 7¹¹	2 6

Fed Cup edit

2004 Fed Cup Champions
Russia 1st title

Russia
3

Ice Stadium Krylatskoe, Moscow, Russia
27–28 November 2004
Carpet (indoors)

France
2

		1	2	3
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova Nathalie Dechy	6 3	6⁵ 7⁷	6 8
2	Anastasia Myskina Tatiana Golovin	6 4	7⁷ 6⁵
3	Anastasia Myskina Nathalie Dechy	6 3	6 4
4	Svetlana Kuznetsova Tatiana Golovin	4 6	1 6
5	Anastasia Myskina / Vera Zvonareva Marion Bartoli / Émilie Loit	7⁷ 6⁵	7 5

Hopman Cup edit

2004 Hopman Cup Champions
United States 3rd title

United States
2

Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
January 3, 2007 - January 10, 2007
Hard (indoors)

Slovakia
1

		1	2	3
1	Lindsay Davenport Daniela Hantuchová	6 3	6 1
2	James Blake Karol Kučera	6 4	4 6	6 7
3	Lindsay Davenport / James Blake Daniela Hantuchová / Karol Kučera	6 2	6 3

ATP edit

Tennis Masters Cup edit

Houston, United States

Singles: Roger Federer defeat Lleyton Hewitt, 6–3 6–2
Doubles: Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan defeat Wayne Black & Kevin Ullyett, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)

ATP Masters Series edit

Tournament	Singles winner	Runner-up	Score	Doubles winner	Runner-up	Score
Indian Wells	Roger Federer	Tim Henman	6–3, 6–3	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Miami	Andy Roddick	Guillermo Coria	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–1, ret.	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–6
Monte Carlo	Guillermo Coria	Rainer Schüttler	6–2, 6–1, 6–3	Tim Henman Nenad Zimonjić	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	7–5, 6–4
Rome	Carlos Moyà	David Nalbandian	6–3, 6–3, 6–1	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	1–6, 6–4, 7–6
Hamburg	Roger Federer	Guillermo Coria	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–2
Toronto	Roger Federer	Andy Roddick	7–5, 6–3	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–2
Cincinnati	Andre Agassi	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 3–6, 6–2	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–6, 6–3
Madrid	Marat Safin	David Nalbandian	6–2, 6–4, 6–3	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
Paris	Marat Safin	Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4