2004 WTA Tour

2004 WTA Tour
	Lindsay Davenport won a tour-leading 7 titles to finish the season as the No. 1 ranked player in the world. Lindsay Davenport won a tour-leading 7 titles to finish the season as the No. 1 ranked player in the world.
Details
Duration	January 5 - November 13
Edition	34th
Tournaments	60
Categories	Grand Slam (4); WTA Championships; Summer Olympics; WTA Tier I (10); WTA Tier II (15); WTA Tier III (16); WTA Tier IV (5); WTA Tier V (8)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Lindsay Davenport (7)
Most tournament finals	Lindsay Davenport (9); Amélie Mauresmo (9)
Prize money leader	Maria Sharapova($2,506,263)
Points leader	Lindsay Davenport (4,760)
Awards
Player of the year	Maria Sharapova
Doubles Team of the year	Virginia Ruano Pascual; Paola Suárez
Most improved player of the year	Maria Sharapova
Newcomer of the year	Tatiana Golovin
Comeback player of the year	Serena Williams
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The 2004 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2004 season. The 2004 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Tier I-V Events, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the Summer Olympic Games and the year-end championships.

In an open year, Lindsay Davenport finished the season at No. 1 for the third time after 1998 and 2001, despite not reaching a Grand Slam final. Amélie Mauresmo put together a consistent season, reaching No. 1 in September and finishing the year ranked No. 2. The Russian contingent enjoyed an impressive rise into the elite of women's tennis, with Anastasia Myskina, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova all winning their first Grand Slam titles, and Elena Dementieva twice being a runner-up. The Belgian pair of Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne, who had risen to the top of women's tennis during 2003, both struggled with injuries throughout the season. Likewise, the dominance of the Williams sisters diminished, with both finishing the season outside the top 5.

Season summary

Singles

World No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne started the season on a high note, taking the title in Sydney and then winning her third Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, defeating Kim Clijsters in the final. Fabiola Zuluaga and Patty Schnyder enjoyed runs to their first ever Grand Slam semifinals in singles. Schnyder took advantage of an open draw which saw Venus Williams dumped out in the third round by Lisa Raymond. Zuluaga advanced after Elena Dementieva and Nadia Petrova were early upset victims in her section of the draw, and then benefitted from a walkover from Amélie Mauresmo in the quarterfinals. Defending champion Serena Williams withdrew from the tournament due to her continuing recovery from knee surgery.

Henin-Hardenne won in Dubai amidst a 16-match win streak, which was snapped by Svetlana Kuznetsova in Doha. Kuznetsova lost to the defending champion Anastasia Myskina in the final. Elsewhere, Lindsay Davenport won her fourth title in Tokyo, tying Martina Hingis for the most wins at the event. Clijsters won the indoor tournaments in Paris and Antwerp, but struggled with injury for the rest of the season. Henin-Hardenne moved straight back to winning ways by taking the title in Indian Wells. Serena Williams would return in March, winning her first tournament back in Miami.

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Anastasia Myskina won her first and only Grand Slam title at the French Open.

The clay court season began with Davenport claiming the title in Amelia Island. Venus Williams then won both Charleston and Warsaw in succession. Amelie Mauresmo won the two biggest warm-up tournaments on red clay at Berlin and Rome, with Williams also reaching the final in Germany. Mauresmo's feat of winning both events was previously matched by Steffi Graf and Monica Seles, both of whom also lifted the French Open that same year.

However, it proved not to be a good omen for Mauresmo as she lost to Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals. Clijsters withdrew from the tournament with a wrist injury,^[1] whilst her compatriot and defending champion Henin-Hardenne bowed out in the second round with injury against Tathiana Garbin. It was the earliest loss for the No. 1 seed there since 1925. That upset allowed Paola Suárez to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal in singles, where she lost to Dementieva. In the bottom half of the draw, Anastasia Myskina came through after wins over Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati. The first all-Russian Grand Slam final ended quickly, with Myskina routing a nervous Dementieva to become the first Grand Slam singles champion from Russia.

Russian dominance continued in the grass court warmups, with Maria Sharapova winning in Birmingham and Svetlana Kuznetsova prevailing in Eastbourne. Mary Pierce also claimed her first tour title since the French Open four years previously, winning in 's-Hertogenbosch. Clijsters and Henin-Hardenne sat out the year's third Grand Slam with the same injuries that put them out of the French Open. The first week of Wimbledon saw Venus Williams sent home in the second round by Karolina Šprem, whilst the two French Open finalists failed to make the successful transition between clay and grass: Dementieva lost to Sandra Kleinová, and Myskina to Amy Frazier. The final was to be contested between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, who both made impressive comebacks in their semifinals from a set and a break down.^[2]^[3] In the final, Sharapova upset the two-time defending champion to win her first Grand Slam title, the third youngest winner ever at Wimbledon.^[4]

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Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon and the Year-End Championships, plus three other titles throughout the season.

Davenport started the summer hardcourt season on a hot streak, winning events in Stanford, Los Angeles, San Diego and Cincinnati to build an impressive winning run going into the year's final Grand Slam. Nicole Vaidišová became one of the youngest tour titlists in history by winning a smaller event in Vancouver. Mauresmo won the Tier I event in Toronto, beating Elena Likhovtseva in the final. Henin-Hardenne returned from her illness to play the Athens Olympics, where she won the gold medal match over Mauresmo. In the bronze medal match, Alicia Molik beat Myskina.

Davenport was the favourite to take her second U.S. Open title, but she was stopped in the semifinals by Svetlana Kuznetsova. It was a half of upsets with Henin-Hardenne falling to Nadia Petrova, and Myskina and Sharapova also departing early. Henin-Hardenne's loss meant that Mauresmo would reach the No. 1 ranking position for the first time. In the bottom half of the draw, Elena Dementieva beat Mauresmo and Capriati—who was coming off a controversial win against Serena Williams in the quarterfinals with several contentious line calls going against Williams—to reach her second Grand Slam final. In another all-Russian final, Kuznetsova became the third player from the country to win her maiden Grand Slam in succession.

Mauresmo's reign at No. 1 turned out to be short-lived, with Davenport, who won the title in Stuttgart during the fall season, displacing her one-month later. Nevertheless, it turned out to be a successful stretch for Mauresmo, who claimed titles in Linz and Philadelphia. Alicia Molik won her biggest career title in Zurich and a smaller event in Luxembourg, while Myskina defended her title in Moscow. Svetlana Kuznetsova won the title in Bali and reached the final in Beijing, losing to Serena Williams. It was Maria Sharapova who ended up winning the season-ending WTA Tour Championships, beating Williams in the final, after picking up smaller titles in Seoul and Tokyo, and reaching the final in Zurich. Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy won the doubles event.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2004 WTA Tour schedule.

Key

Grand Slam events
Summer Olympic Games
Year-end championships
Tier I events
Tier II events
Tier III events
Tier IV and V events
Team events

January

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 January	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)	United States 2–1	Slovakia	Round Robin losers (Group A) France Russia Czech Republic	Round Robin losers (Group B) Australia Belgium Hungary
	Uncle Tobys Hardcourts Gold Coast, Australia Tier III event $170,000 - Hard - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Ai Sugiyama 1–6, 6–1, 6–4	Nadia Petrova	Samantha Stosur Nathalie Dechy	Magdalena Maleeva Magüi Serna Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 6–4	Liezel Huber Magdalena Maleeva	Samantha Stosur Nathalie Dechy
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Tier IV event $140,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Eleni Daniilidou 6–3, 6–2	Ashley Harkleroad	Paola Suárez Marion Bartoli	Kristina Brandi Meilen Tu Shenay Perry Anca Barna
		Mervana Jugić-Salkić Jelena Kostanić 7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 6–1	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Paola Suárez Marion Bartoli	Kristina Brandi Meilen Tu Shenay Perry Anca Barna
12 January	Medibank International Sydney, Australia Tier II event $585,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–4, 6–4	Amélie Mauresmo	Lindsay Davenport Francesca Schiavone	Chanda Rubin Elena Dementieva Anastasia Myskina Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi
		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 7–5, 3–6, 6–4	Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy	Lindsay Davenport Francesca Schiavone
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia Tier V event $110,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/14D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Amy Frazier 6–3, 6–3	Shinobu Asagoe	Kristina Brandi María Emilia Salerni	Akiko Morigami Fabiola Zuluaga Maria Elena Camerin Anca Barna
		Shinobu Asagoe Seiko Okamoto 2–6, 6–4, 6–3	Els Callens Barbara Schett	Kristina Brandi María Emilia Salerni
	Canberra Women's Classic Canberra, Australia Tier V event $110,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Paola Suárez 3–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	Silvia Farina Elia	Julia Vakulenko Karolina Šprem	María Sánchez Lorenzo Flavia Pennetta Émilie Loit Arantxa Parra Santonja
		Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)	Caroline Dhenin Lisa McShea	Julia Vakulenko Karolina Šprem
19 January 26 January	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $5,590,310 - Hard - 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Doubles Draw	Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–3, 4–6, 6–3	Kim Clijsters	Fabiola Zuluaga Patty Schnyder	Lindsay Davenport Amélie Mauresmo Lisa Raymond Anastasia Myskina
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva
		Nenad Zimonjić Elena Bovina 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)	Leander Paes Martina Navratilova

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 February	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Tier I event $1,300,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–1	Magdalena Maleeva	Chanda Rubin Jelena Dokić	Venus Williams Ai Sugiyama Tatiana Panova Daniela Hantuchová
2 February		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–0, 6–1	Elena Likhovtseva Magdalena Maleeva	Chanda Rubin Jelena Dokić
9 February	Open Gaz de France Paris, France Tier II event $585,000 - Hard (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–1	Mary Pierce	Dinara Safina Tatiana Golovin	Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone Elena Bovina Elena Dementieva
9 February		Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder 6–3, 6–2	Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone	Dinara Safina Tatiana Golovin
16 February	Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Tier II event $585,000 - Hard (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Kim Clijsters 6–3, 6–0	Silvia Farina Elia	Karolina Šprem Myriam Casanova	Denisa Chládková Patty Schnyder Klára Koukalová Magdalena Maleeva
		Cara Black Els Callens 6–2, 6–1	Myriam Casanova Eleni Daniilidou	Karolina Šprem Myriam Casanova
	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States Tier III event $190,000 - Hard (i) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 6–4, 7–5	Lisa Raymond	Maria Sharapova Laura Granville	Gisela Dulko Amy Frazier Kristina Brandi Lindsay Lee-Waters
		Åsa Svensson Meilen Tu 6–4, 7–6(0)	Maria Sharapova Vera Zvonareva	Maria Sharapova Laura Granville	Gisela Dulko Amy Frazier Kristina Brandi Lindsay Lee-Waters
	AP Tourism Hyderabad Open Hyderabad, India Tier IV event $140,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Nicole Pratt 7–6^(7–3), 6–1	Maria Kirilenko	Tamarine Tanasugarn Marion Bartoli	Angelique Widjaja Zheng Jie Jelena Kostanić Mervana Jugić-Salkić
		Liezel Huber Sania Mirza 7–6^(7–1), 6–4	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	Tamarine Tanasugarn Marion Bartoli
23 February	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tier II event $585,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Justine Henin-Hardenne 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Meghann Shaughnessy Ai Sugiyama	Conchita Martínez Anastasia Myskina Eleni Daniilidou Venus Williams
		Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez 6–0, 1–6, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	Meghann Shaughnessy Ai Sugiyama
	Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar Bogotá, Colombia Tier III event $170,000 - Clay (Red) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Fabiola Zuluaga 3–6, 6–4, 6–2	María Sánchez Lorenzo	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Émilie Loit	Catalina Castaño Ľudmila Cervanová Lana Popadić Conchita Martínez Granados
		Barbara Schwartz Jasmin Wöhr 6–1, 6–3	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Émilie Loit

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 March	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar Tier II event $600,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Anastasia Myskina 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Justine Henin-Hardenne Jennifer Capriati	Nathalie Dechy Meghann Shaughnessy Zheng Jie Silvia Farina Elia
		Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva 7–6^(7–4), 6–2	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	Justine Henin-Hardenne Jennifer Capriati
	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Tier III event $170,000 - Clay (Red) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Iveta Benešová 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Flavia Pennetta	Marta Marrero María Sánchez Lorenzo	Samantha Stosur Émilie Loit Julia Vakulenko Nicole Vaidišová
		Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera 2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	Marta Marrero María Sánchez Lorenzo
8 March 15 March	Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States Tier I event $2,100,000 - Hard - 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–1, 6–4	Lindsay Davenport	Anastasia Myskina Nathalie Dechy	Svetlana Kuznetsova Conchita Martínez Gisela Dulko Fabiola Zuluaga
8 March 15 March		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–1, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	Anastasia Myskina Nathalie Dechy
22 March 29 March	NASDAQ-100 Open Miami, United States Tier I event $3,060,000 - Hard - 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 6–1, 6–1	Elena Dementieva	Eleni Daniilidou Nadia Petrova	Jill Craybas Karolina Šprem Nathalie Dechy Venus Williams
22 March 29 March		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	Eleni Daniilidou Nadia Petrova	Jill Craybas Karolina Šprem Nathalie Dechy Venus Williams

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 April	Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island, United States Tier II event $585,000 - Clay (Green) - 56S/16Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–4	Amélie Mauresmo	Justine Henin-Hardenne Nadia Petrova	Vera Zvonareva Silvia Farina Elia Paola Suárez Serena Williams
		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 3–6, 6–2, 7–5	Myriam Casanova Alicia Molik	Justine Henin-Hardenne Nadia Petrova
	GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Casablanca, Morocco Tier V event $110,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Émilie Loit 6–2, 6–2	Ľudmila Cervanová	Rita Grande Klára Koukalová	Marta Marrero Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Marta Domachowska Maria Elena Camerin
		Marion Bartoli Émilie Loit 6–4, 6–2	Els Callens Katarina Srebotnik	Rita Grande Klára Koukalová
12 April	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States Tier I event $1,300,000 - Clay (Green) - 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Venus Williams 2–6, 6–2, 6–1	Conchita Martínez	Jelena Kostanić Patty Schnyder	Petra Mandula Vera Zvonareva Lindsay Davenport Nadia Petrova
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–1	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	Jelena Kostanić Patty Schnyder
	Estoril Open Estoril, Portugal Tier V event $110,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Émilie Loit 7–5, 7–6^(7–1)	Iveta Benešová	Marta Marrero Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro	Barbara Schett Klára Koukalová Denisa Chládková Martina Suchá
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi Janette Husárová 6–3, 6–2	Olga Blahotová Gabriela Navrátilová	Marta Marrero Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
19 April	Fed Cup: First Round Amiens, France, Clay (Red) (i) Lecce, Italy, Clay (Red) Murcia, Spain, Clay (Red) Bree, Belgium, Clay (Red) Moscow, Russia, Carpet (i) Buenos Aires, Argentina, Clay (Red) Sankt Pölten, Austria, Clay (Red) Portorož, Slovenia, Clay (Red)	First Round winners France 5–0 Italy 3–1 Spain 3–2 Belgium 3–2 Russia 4–1 Argentina 4–1 Austria 3–2 United States 4–1	First Round losers Germany Czech Republic Switzerland Croatia Australia Japan Slovakia Slovenia
26 April	J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland Tier II event $585,000 - Clay (Red) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Venus Williams 6–1, 6–4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Francesca Schiavone Vera Zvonareva	Amélie Mauresmo Silvia Farina Elia Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi Magdalena Maleeva
		Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone 3–6, 6–2, 6–1	Gisela Dulko Patricia Tarabini	Francesca Schiavone Vera Zvonareva
	Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary Tier V event $110,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/23Q/14D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Jelena Janković 7–6^(7–4), 6–3	Martina Suchá	Flavia Pennetta Iveta Benešová	Sanda Mamić Ľudmila Cervanová Anikó Kapros Petra Mandula
		Petra Mandula Barbara Schett 6–3, 6–2	Virág Németh Ágnes Szávay	Flavia Pennetta Iveta Benešová	Sanda Mamić Ľudmila Cervanová Anikó Kapros Petra Mandula

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 May	Qatar Total German Open Berlin, Germany Tier I event $1,300,000 - Clay (Red) - 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo Walkover	Venus Williams	Karolina Šprem Jennifer Capriati	Fabiola Zuluaga Paola Suárez Svetlana Kuznetsova Anastasia Myskina
3 May		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 2–6, 6–1	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez	Karolina Šprem Jennifer Capriati
10 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy Tier I event $1,300,000 - Clay (Red) - 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo 3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(8–6)	Jennifer Capriati	Serena Williams Vera Zvonareva	Svetlana Kuznetsova Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi Francesca Schiavone Silvia Farina Elia
10 May		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 2–6, 6–3, 6–3	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Serena Williams Vera Zvonareva
17 May	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Tier III event $170,000 - Clay (Red) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Claudine Schaul 2–6, 6–0, 6–3	Lindsay Davenport	Silvia Farina Elia Émilie Loit	Katarina Srebotnik Milagros Sequera Barbora Strýcová Ai Sugiyama
		Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera 6–4, 6–1	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	Silvia Farina Elia Émilie Loit
	Wien Energie Grand Prix Vienna, Austria Tier III event $170,000 - Clay (Red) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi 6–2, 3–6, 6–2	Alicia Molik	Jelena Kostanić Amy Frazier	Alina Jidkova Marlene Weingärtner Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Magüi Serna
		Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond 6–2, 7–5	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Jelena Kostanić Amy Frazier
24 May May 31	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $5,982,126 - Clay (Red) - 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Doubles Draw	Anastasia Myskina 6–1, 6–2	Elena Dementieva	Paola Suárez Jennifer Capriati	Maria Sharapova Amélie Mauresmo Venus Williams Serena Williams
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–0, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva
		Richard Gasquet Tatiana Golovin 6–3, 6–4	Wayne Black Cara Black

June

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 June	DFS Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom Tier III event $170,000 - Grass - 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–2, 6–1	Tatiana Golovin	Émilie Loit Patty Schnyder	Anne Kremer Tamarine Tanasugarn Alicia Molik Saori Obata
7 June		Maria Kirilenko Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–1	Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera	Émilie Loit Patty Schnyder	Anne Kremer Tamarine Tanasugarn Alicia Molik Saori Obata
14 June	Hastings Direct International Championships Eastbourne, United Kingdom Tier II event $585,000 - Grass - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Svetlana Kuznetsova 2–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–4	Daniela Hantuchová	Amélie Mauresmo Vera Zvonareva	Magdalena Maleeva Ai Sugiyama María Sánchez Lorenzo Tina Pisnik
		Alicia Molik Magüi Serna 6–4, 6–4	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	Amélie Mauresmo Vera Zvonareva
	Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Tier III event $170,000 - Grass - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Mary Pierce 7–6^(8–6), 6–2	Klára Koukalová	Lina Krasnoroutskaya Anabel Medina Garrigues	Jelena Janković Anne Kremer Barbara Schett Claudine Schaul
		Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	Jelena Kostanić Claudine Schaul	Lina Krasnoroutskaya Anabel Medina Garrigues	Jelena Janković Anne Kremer Barbara Schett Claudine Schaul
21 June 28 June	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam $6,063,070 - Grass - 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4	Serena Williams	Amélie Mauresmo Lindsay Davenport	Jennifer Capriati Paola Suárez Karolina Šprem Ai Sugiyama
		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)	Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama
		Wayne Black Cara Black 3–6, 7–6(8), 6–4	Todd Woodbridge Alicia Molik

July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 July	Fed Cup: Quarterfinals Rimini, Italy, Clay (Red) Jerez, Spain, Clay (Red) Buenos Aires, Argentina, Clay (Red) Innsbruck, Austria, Clay (Red)	Quarterfinal winners France 3–2 Spain 3–2 Russia 4–1 Austria 4–1	Quarterfinal losers Italy Belgium Argentina United States
12 July	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States Tier II event $585,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 7–6^(7–4), 5–7, 7–6^(7–4)	Venus Williams	Amy Frazier María Vento-Kabchi	Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi Patty Schnyder Francesca Schiavone Mashona Washington
12 July		Eleni Daniilidou Nicole Pratt 6–2, 6–4	Iveta Benešová Claudine Schaul	Amy Frazier María Vento-Kabchi
19 July	JPMorgan Chase Open Los Angeles, United States Tier II event $585,000 - Hard - 56S/16Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 6–3	Serena Williams	Elena Dementieva Venus Williams	Vera Zvonareva Svetlana Kuznetsova Nadia Petrova Francesca Schiavone
		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–3	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	Elena Dementieva Venus Williams
	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy Tier V event $110,000 - Clay (Red) - 32S/29Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 6–4	Flavia Pennetta	Katarina Srebotnik Denisa Chládková	Klára Koukalová Ľudmila Cervanová Antonella Serra Zanetti Anna-Lena Grönefeld
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Henrieta Nagyová	Katarina Srebotnik Denisa Chládková
26 July	Acura Classic San Diego, United States Tier I event $1,300,000 - Hard - 56S/16Q/24D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 6–1	Anastasia Myskina	Vera Zvonareva Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Ai Sugiyama Amy Frazier
26 July		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 4–6, 6–1, 6–4	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Vera Zvonareva Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Ai Sugiyama Amy Frazier

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists		Quarterfinalists
2 August	Rogers AT&T Cup Montreal, Canada Tier I event $1,300,000 - Hard - 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo 6–1, 6–0	Elena Likhovtseva	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva		Magdalena Maleeva Jennifer Capriati Tatiana Golovin Karolina Šprem
		Shinobu Asagoe Ai Sugiyama 6–0, 6–3	Liezel Huber Tamarine Tanasugarn	Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva
	Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, Sweden Tier IV event $140,000 - Hard - 32S/26Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Alicia Molik 6–1, 6–1	Tatiana Perebiynis	Sandra Kleinová Silvia Farina Elia		Henrieta Nagyová Maria Elena Camerin Denisa Chládková Séverine Brémond
		Alicia Molik Barbara Schett 6–3, 6–3	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Sandra Kleinová Silvia Farina Elia
9 August	Idea Prokom Open Sopot, Poland Tier III event $300,000 - Clay (Red) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Flavia Pennetta 7–5, 3–6, 6–3	Klára Koukalová	Anastasia Myskina Marta Domachowska		Iveta Benešová Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Nuria Llagostera Vives Marta Marrero
		Nuria Llagostera Vives Marta Marrero 6–4, 6–3	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	Anastasia Myskina Marta Domachowska
	Vancouver Women's Open Vancouver, Canada Tier V event $110,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Nicole Vaidišová 2–6, 6–4, 6–2	Laura Granville	Camille Pin Alina Jidkova		Sesil Karatantcheva Lindsay Lee-Waters Rita Grande Milagros Sequera
		Bethanie Mattek Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–3	Els Callens Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Camille Pin Alina Jidkova
16 August	Summer Olympic Games Athens, Greece $0 - Hard - 64S/32D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place	Mary Pierce Francesca Schiavone Ai Sugiyama Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–3, 6–3	Amélie Mauresmo	Alicia Molik 6–3, 6–4	Anastasia Myskina
		Li Ting Sun Tiantian 6–3, 6–3	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini 6–3, 6–3	Shinobu Asagoe Ai Sugiyama
	W&S Financial Group Women's Open Cincinnati, United States Tier III event $170,000 - Hard - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–2	Vera Zvonareva	Marion Bartoli Amy Frazier		Flavia Pennetta Laura Granville Selima Sfar Peng Shuai
		Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner 7–5, 7–6^(7–2)	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Marion Bartoli Amy Frazier		Flavia Pennetta Laura Granville Selima Sfar Peng Shuai
23 August	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United States Tier II event $585,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Elena Bovina 6–2, 2–6, 7–5	Nathalie Dechy	Lisa Raymond Elena Dementieva		Daniela Hantuchová Jennifer Capriati Mashona Washington Jelena Janković
		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 6–1, 1–6, 7–6^(7–4)	Martina Navratilova Lisa Raymond	Lisa Raymond Elena Dementieva
	Forest Hills Tennis Classic Forest Hills, USA Tier V event $65,882 - Hard - 16S Singles Draw	Elena Likhovtseva 6–2, 6–2	Iveta Benešová	Anabel Medina Garrigues Kirsten Flipkens		Marion Bartoli Kristina Brandi Katarina Srebotnik Émilie Loit
30 August 6 September	U.S. Open Flushing Meadows, New York, United States Grand Slam $7,017,780 - Hard - 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw - Doubles Draw - Mixed Doubles Draw	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 7–5	Elena Dementieva	Lindsay Davenport Jennifer Capriati		Nadia Petrova Shinobu Asagoe Serena Williams Amélie Mauresmo
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–4, 7–5	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva
		Bob Bryan Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–4	Todd Woodbridge Alicia Molik

September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
13 September	Wismilak International Bali, Indonesia Tier III event $225,000 - Hard - 30S/16Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–4	Marlene Weingärtner	Maria Elena Camerin Nadia Petrova	Gisela Dulko Cho Yoon-jeong Tathiana Garbin Angelique Widjaja
13 September		Anastasia Myskina Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 7–5	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Maria Elena Camerin Nadia Petrova
20 September	China Open Beijing, China Tier II event $585,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Serena Williams 4–6, 7–5, 6–4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Vera Zvonareva Maria Sharapova	Nadia Petrova Anabel Medina Garrigues Jelena Janković Gisela Dulko
20 September		Emmanuelle Gagliardi Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–4	Gisela Dulko María Vento-Kabchi	Vera Zvonareva Maria Sharapova
27 September	Gaz de France Stars Hasselt, Belgium Tier III event $170,000 - Hard (i) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Elena Dementieva 0–6, 6–0, 6–4	Elena Bovina	Maria Elena Camerin Kim Clijsters	Denisa Chládková Virginia Ruano Pascual Francesca Schiavone Magdalena Maleeva
		Jennifer Russell Mara Santangelo 6–3, 7–5	Nuria Llagostera Vives Marta Marrero	Maria Elena Camerin Kim Clijsters
	Guangzhou Women's Open Guangzhou, China Tier III event $170,000 - Hard - 30S/29Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Li Na 6–3, 6–4	Martina Suchá	Barbora Strýcová Li Ting	Dinara Safina Tamarine Tanasugarn Peng Shuai Kristina Brandi
		Li Ting Sun Tiantian 6–4, 6–1	Yang Shujing Yu Ying	Barbora Strýcová Li Ting
	Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships Seoul, South Korea Tier IV event $140,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–1	Marta Domachowska	Anne Kremer Abigail Spears	Samantha Stosur Sanda Mamić Silvija Talaja Shahar Pe'er
		Cho Yoon-jeong Jeon Mi-ra 6–3, 1–6, 7–5	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	Anne Kremer Abigail Spears	Samantha Stosur Sanda Mamić Silvija Talaja Shahar Pe'er

October

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 October	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt, Germany Tier II event $650,000 - Hard (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Lindsay Davenport 6–2 ret.	Amélie Mauresmo	Svetlana Kuznetsova Anastasia Myskina	Lisa Raymond Fabiola Zuluaga Elena Likhovtseva Jelena Janković
		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 6–2	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Julia Schruff	Svetlana Kuznetsova Anastasia Myskina
	Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Tier III event $170,000 - Hard - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–1	Mashona Washington	Tamarine Tanasugarn Klára Koukalová	Youlia Fedossova Anikó Kapros Evgenia Linetskaya Nicole Vaidišová
		Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik 6–1, 6–4	Jennifer Hopkins Mashona Washington	Tamarine Tanasugarn Klára Koukalová
11 October	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Tier I event $1,300,000 - Hard (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Anastasia Myskina 7–5, 6–0	Elena Dementieva	Elena Bovina Lindsay Davenport	Venus Williams Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva Francesca Schiavone
		Anastasia Myskina Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 4–6, 6–2	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Elena Bovina Lindsay Davenport
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tier IV event $140,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Nicole Vaidišová 5–7, 6–3, 6–2	Virginie Razzano	Anca Barna Meghann Shaughnessy	Antonella Serra Zanetti Marta Marrero Arantxa Parra Santonja Olga Savchuk
		Adriana Serra Zanetti Antonella Serra Zanetti 1–6, 6–3, 6–4	Marion Bartoli Mara Santangelo	Anca Barna Meghann Shaughnessy
18 October	Zurich Open Zurich, Switzerland Tier I event $1,300,000 - Hard (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Alicia Molik 4–6, 6–2, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Patty Schnyder Elena Dementieva	Paola Suárez Nadia Petrova Venus Williams Ai Sugiyama
18 October		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–4, 6–4	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	Patty Schnyder Elena Dementieva	Paola Suárez Nadia Petrova Venus Williams Ai Sugiyama
25 October	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria Tier II event $585,000 - Hard (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 6–0	Elena Bovina	Jelena Janković Nadia Petrova	Ai Sugiyama Vera Zvonareva Meghann Shaughnessy Alina Jidkova
		Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva 6–2, 7–5	Nathalie Dechy Patty Schnyder	Jelena Janković Nadia Petrova
	Fortis Championships Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg Tier III event $225,000 - Hard (i) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Alicia Molik 6–3, 6–4	Dinara Safina	Silvia Farina Elia Anabel Medina Garrigues	Ana Ivanovic Dally Randriantefy Květa Peschke Tatiana Golovin
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–1, 6–7^(1–7), 6–3	Jill Craybas Marlene Weingärtner	Silvia Farina Elia Anabel Medina Garrigues

November

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 November	Advanta Championships Philadelphia, United States Tier II event $585,000 - Hard (i) - 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Amélie Mauresmo 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Vera Zvonareva	Maria Sharapova Nadia Petrova	Venus Williams Alicia Molik Jennifer Capriati Anastasia Myskina
		Alicia Molik Lisa Raymond 7–5, 6–4	Liezel Huber Corina Morariu	Maria Sharapova Nadia Petrova
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada Tier III event $170,000 - Carpet (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Martina Suchá 7–5, 3–6, 6–2	Abigail Spears	Alina Jidkova María Emilia Salerni	Mary Pierce Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Sesil Karatantcheva Melanie Gloria
		Carly Gullickson María Emilia Salerni 7–5, 7–5	Els Callens Samantha Stosur	Alina Jidkova María Emilia Salerni
8 November	WTA Tour Championships Los Angeles, United States Year-end Championship $3,000,000 - Hard - 8S (Round Robin)/4D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Serena Williams	Anastasia Myskina Amélie Mauresmo	Lindsay Davenport Elena Dementieva Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva
8 November		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 7–5, 6–2	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	Anastasia Myskina Amélie Mauresmo
22 November	Fed Cup: Final Moscow, Russia, Carpet (i)	Russia 3–2	France	Spain 0–5 Belgium 0–5

Statistics

List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:

Lindsay Davenport - Tokyo Pan Pacific, Amelia Island, Stanford, Los Angeles, San Diego, Cincinnati and Filderstadt (7)
Justine Henin-Hardenne - Sydney, Australian Open, Dubai, Indian Wells and Athens Olympics (5)
Amélie Mauresmo - Berlin, Rome, Montreal, Linz and Philadelphia (5)
Maria Sharapova - Birmingham, Wimbledon, Seoul, Tokyo and WTA Tour Championships (5)
Svetlana Kuznetsova - Eastbourne, U.S. Open and Bali (3)
Alicia Molik - Stockholm, Zurich and Luxembourg (3)
Anastasia Myskina - Doha, French Open and Moscow (3)
Kim Clijsters - Paris and Antwerp (2)
Émilie Loit - Casablanca and Estoril (2)
Nicole Vaidišová - Vancouver and Tashkent (2)
Serena Williams - Miami and Beijing (2)
Venus Williams - Charleston and Warsaw (2)
Jelena Janković - Budapest (1)
Iveta Benešová - Acapulco (1)
Elena Bovina - New Haven (1)
Eleni Daniilidou - Auckland (1)
Elena Dementieva - Hasselt (1)
Amy Frazier - Hobart (1)
Li Na - Guangzhou (1)
Elena Likhovtseva - Forest Hills (1)
Anabel Medina Garrigues - Palermo (1)
Flavia Pennetta - Sopot (1)
Mary Pierce - 's-Hertogenbosch (1)
Nicole Pratt - Hyderabad (1)
Claudine Schaul - Strasbourg (1)
Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi - Vienna (1)
Paola Suárez - Canberra (1)
Martina Suchá - Quebec City (1)
Ai Sugiyama - Gold Coast (1)
Fabiola Zuluaga - Bogotá (1)
Vera Zvonareva - Memphis (1)

The following players won their first title:

Nicole Pratt - Hyderabad
Iveta Benešová - Acapulco
Émilie Loit - Casablanca
Jelena Janković - Budapest
Claudine Schaul - Strasbourg
Flavia Pennetta - Sopot
Nicole Vaidišová - Vancouver
Li Na - Guangzhou

Titles won by nation:

Russia - 15 (Memphis, Doha, French Open, Birmingham, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, New Haven, Forest Hills, U.S. Open, Bali, Hasselt, Seoul, Tokyo, Moscow and WTA Tour Championships)
United States - 12 (Hobart, Tokyo Pan Pacific, Miami, Amelia Island, Charleston, Warsaw, Stanford, Los Angeles, San Diego, Cincinnati, Beijing and Filderstadt)
France - 8 (Casablanca, Estoril, Berlin, Rome, 's-Hertogenbosch, Montreal, Linz and Philadelphia)
Belgium - 7 (Sydney, Australian Open, Paris, Antwerp, Dubai, Indian Wells and Athens Olympics)
Australia - 4 (Hyderabad, Stockholm, Zurich and Luxembourg)
Czech Republic - 3 (Acapulco, Vancouver and Tashkent)
Argentina - 1 (Canberra)
China - 1 (Guangzhou)
Colombia - 1 (Bogotá)
Greece - 1 (Auckland)
Israel - 1 (Vienna)
Italy - 1 (Sopot)
Japan - 1 (Gold Coast)
Luxembourg - 1 (Strasbourg)
Yugoslavia - 1 (Budapest)
Slovakia - 1 (Quebec City)
Spain - 1 (Palermo)

Rankings

Below are the 2004 WTA year-end rankings:

No	Player Name	Nation	Points	2003	Change
1	Lindsay Davenport	USA	4,760	5	+4
2	Amélie Mauresmo	FRA	4,546	4	+2
3	Anastasia Myskina	RUS	4,012	7	+4
4	Maria Sharapova	RUS	3,536	32	+28
5	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	3,533	36	+31
6	Elena Dementieva	RUS	3,448	8	+2
7	Serena Williams	USA	3,128	3	–4
8	Justine Henin-Hardenne	BEL	2,884	1	–7
9	Venus Williams	USA	2,400	11	+2
10	Jennifer Capriati	USA	2,359	6	–4
11	Vera Zvonareva	RUS	2,299	13	+2
12	Nadia Petrova	RUS	2,022	12	=
13	Alicia Molik	AUS	1,971	35	+22
14	Patty Schnyder	SUI	1,638	23	+9
15	Elena Bovina	RUS	1,598	21	+6
16	Paola Suárez	ARG	1,535	14	–2
17	Ai Sugiyama	JPN	1,469	10	–7
18	Karolina Šprem	CRO	1,452	59	+41
19	Francesca Schiavone	ITA	1,403	20	+1
20	Silvia Farina Elia	ITA	1,334	24	+4

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date Gained	Date Forfeited
Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL)	Year-End 2003	12 September 2004
Amélie Mauresmo (FRA)	13 September 2004	17 October 2004
Lindsay Davenport (USA)	18 October 2004	Year-End 2004

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v t e 2004 in tennis
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Tours	Men: ATP Tour Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series Women: WTA Tour Tour Championships Tier I Series Olympics
National teams	Davis Cup (World Group) Fed Cup (World Group) Hopman Cup World Team Cup

2004 WTA Tour

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