2004 WTA Tour

Lindsay Davenport finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the third time in her career, though Maria Sharapova was named the Player of the Year. Davenport won seven tournaments during the season, including two Tier I events. Sharapova won five tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships, as well as the WTA Tour Championships.
Details
Duration	January 3 – November 13, 2004
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 was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2004 season. The 2004 WTA Tour calendar comprised 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.

The clay court season began with Davenport claiming the title in Amelia Island. Venus Williams then won both Charleston and Warsaw in succession. Amélie 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]

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 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

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Jan	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 Hard – $170,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Tier IV event Hard – $140,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
12 Jan	Medibank International Sydney, Australia Tier II event Hard – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Moorilla Hobart International Hobart, Australia Tier V event Hard – $110,000 – 32S/14D Singles – Doubles	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
	Canberra Women's Classic Canberra, Australia Tier V event Hard – $110,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
19 Jan 26 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $5,590,310 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	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	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Feb	Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Tier I event Carpet (i) – $1,300,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 6–1	Magdalena Maleeva	Chanda Rubin Jelena Dokić	Venus Williams Ai Sugiyama Tatiana Panova Daniela Hantuchová
		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–0, 6–1	Elena Likhovtseva Magdalena Maleeva
9 Feb	Open Gaz de France Paris, France Tier II event Hard (i) – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kim Clijsters 6–2, 6–1	Mary Pierce	Dinara Safina Tatiana Golovin	Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone Elena Bovina Elena Dementieva
		Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder 6–3, 6–2	Silvia Farina Elia Francesca Schiavone
16 Feb	Proximus Diamond Games Antwerp, Belgium Tier II event Hard (i) – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Cellular South Cup Memphis, United States Tier III event Hard (i) – $190,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	AP Tourism Hyderabad Open Hyderabad, India Tier IV event Hard – $140,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
23 Feb	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tier II event Hard – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolívar Bogotá, Colombia Tier III event Clay (red) – $170,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Mar	Qatar Total Open Doha, Qatar Tier II event Hard – $600,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Abierto Mexicano Telcel Acapulco, Mexico Tier III event Clay (red) – $170,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
8 Mar 15 Mar	Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, United States Tier I event Hard – $2,100,000 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles	Justine Henin-Hardenne 6–1, 6–4	Lindsay Davenport	Anastasia Myskina Nathalie Dechy	Svetlana Kuznetsova Conchita Martínez Gisela Dulko Fabiola Zuluaga
		Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez 6–1, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva
22 Mar 29 Mar	NASDAQ-100 Open Key Biscayne, United States Tier I event Hard – $3,060,000 – 96S/32D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 6–1, 6–1	Elena Dementieva	Eleni Daniilidou Nadia Petrova	Jill Craybas Karolina Šprem Nathalie Dechy Venus Williams
		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 6–3	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Apr	Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island, United States Tier II event Clay – $585,000 (green) – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Casablanca, Morocco Tier V event Clay (red) – $110,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
12 Apr	Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States Tier I event Clay – $1,300,000 (green) – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	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
	Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal Tier V event Clay (red) – $110,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
19 April	Fed Cup: First Round Amiens, France, clay (red) (i) Lecce, Italy, clay (red) Cartagena, 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 Apr	J&S Cup Warsaw, Poland Tier II event Clay (red) – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Tippmix Budapest Grand Prix Budapest, Hungary Tier V event Clay (red) – $110,000 – 32S/23Q/14D Singles – Doubles	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

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 May	Qatar Total German Open Berlin, Germany Tier I event Clay (red) – $1,300,000 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Amélie Mauresmo Walkover	Venus Williams	Karolina Šprem Jennifer Capriati	Fabiola Zuluaga Paola Suárez Svetlana Kuznetsova Anastasia Myskina
		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 2–6, 6–1	Janette Husárová Conchita Martínez
10 May	Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy Tier I event Clay (red) – $1,300,000 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	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
		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 2–6, 6–3, 6–3	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
17 May	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Tier III event Clay (red) – $170,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Wien Energie Grand Prix Vienna, Austria Tier III event Clay (red) – $170,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
24 May May 31	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – $5,982,126 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	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	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Jun	DFS Classic Birmingham, Great Britain Tier III event Grass – $170,000 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–2, 6–1	Tatiana Golovin	Émilie Loit Patty Schnyder	Anne Kremer Tamarine Tanasugarn Alicia Molik Saori Obata
		Maria Kirilenko Maria Sharapova 6–2, 6–1	Lisa McShea Milagros Sequera
14 Jun	Hastings Direct International Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Tier II event Grass – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Tier III event Grass – $170,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
21 Jun 28 Jun	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $6,063,070 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	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	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Jul	Fed Cup: Quarterfinals Rimini, Italy, clay (red) Jerez de la Frontera, 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 Jul	Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States Tier II event Hard – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
		Eleni Daniilidou Nicole Pratt 6–2, 6–4	Iveta Benešová Claudine Schaul
19 Jul	JPMorgan Chase Open Carson, United States Tier II event Hard – $585,000 – 56S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Palermo, Italy Tier V event Clay (red) – $110,000 – 32S/29Q/16D Singles – Doubles	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
26 Jul	Acura Classic San Diego, United States Tier I event Hard – $1,300,000 – 56S/24D Singles – Doubles	Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 6–1	Anastasia Myskina	Vera Zvonareva Elena Dementieva	Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Ai Sugiyama Amy Frazier
		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 4–6, 6–1, 6–4	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists		Quarterfinalists
2 Aug	Rogers AT&T Cup Montreal, Canada Tier I event Hard – $1,300,000 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	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
	Nordea Nordic Light Open Stockholm, Sweden Tier IV event Hard – $140,000 – 32S/26Q/16D Singles – Doubles	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
9 Aug	Idea Prokom Open Sopot, Poland Tier III event Clay (red) – $300,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Vancouver Open Vancouver, Canada Tier V event Hard – $110,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
16 Aug	Summer Olympic Games Athens, Greece Hard – $0 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles	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 Mason, United States Tier III event Hard – $170,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
23 Aug	Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven, United States Tier II event Hard – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Forest Hills Tennis Classic Forest Hills, United States Tier V event Hard – $65,882 – 16S Singles	Elena Likhovtseva 6–2, 6–2	Iveta Benešová	Anabel Medina Garrigues Kirsten Flipkens		Marion Bartoli Kristina Brandi Katarina Srebotnik Émilie Loit
30 Aug 6 Sep	U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $7,017,780 – 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	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	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
13 Sep	Wismilak International Bali, Indonesia Tier III event Hard – $225,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–4	Marlene Weingärtner	Maria Elena Camerin Nadia Petrova	Gisela Dulko Cho Yoon-jeong Tathiana Garbin Angelique Widjaja
		Anastasia Myskina Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 7–5	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
20 Sep	China Open Beijing, China Tier II event Hard – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 4–6, 7–5, 6–4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Vera Zvonareva Maria Sharapova	Nadia Petrova Anabel Medina Garrigues Jelena Janković Gisela Dulko
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi Dinara Safina 6–4, 6–4	Gisela Dulko María Vento-Kabchi
27 Sep	Gaz de France Stars Hasselt, Belgium Tier III event Hard (i) – $170,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Guangzhou Women's Open Guangzhou, China Tier III event Hard – $170,000 – 30S/29Q/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships Seoul, South Korea Tier IV event Hard – $140,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Oct	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt, Germany Tier II event Hard (i) – $650,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Tier III event Hard – $170,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
11 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia Tier I event Carpet (i) – $1,300,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tier IV event Hard – $140,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
18 Oct	Swisscom Challenge Zürich, Switzerland Tier I event Hard (i) – $1,300,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	Alicia Molik 4–6, 6–2, 6–3	Maria Sharapova	Patty Schnyder Elena Dementieva	Paola Suárez Nadia Petrova Venus Williams Ai Sugiyama
		Cara Black Rennae Stubbs 6–4, 6–4	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
25 Oct	Generali Ladies Linz Linz, Austria Tier II event Hard (i) – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	SEAT Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg Tier III event Hard (i) – $225,000 – 30S/16D Singles – Doubles	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

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Nov	Advanta Championships Philadelphia, United States Tier II event Hard (i) – $585,000 – 28S/16D Singles – Doubles	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
	Bell Challenge Quebec City, Canada Tier III event Carpet (i) – $170,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Martina Suchá 7–5, 3–6, 6–2	Abigail Spears	Alina Jidkova María Emilia Salerni	Mary Pierce Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Sesil Karatantcheva Mélanie Gloria
		Carly Gullickson María Emilia Salerni 7–5, 7–5	Els Callens Samantha Stosur
8 Nov	WTA Tour Championships Los Angeles, United States Year-end Championship Hard – $3,000,000 – 8S (round robin)/4D Singles – Doubles	Maria Sharapova 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Serena Williams	Anastasia Myskina Amélie Mauresmo	Lindsay Davenport Elena Dementieva Svetlana Kuznetsova Vera Zvonareva
		Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy 7–5, 6–2	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs
22 Nov	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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