Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

Women's singles
Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Champion  Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL)
Runner-up  Amélie Mauresmo (FRA)
Final score 6–3, 6–3

The women's singles competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was part of the tennis program for the games, and was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece.

Venus Williams was the defending Gold Medalist from 2000, but she lost in the third round to Mary Pierce.[1]

World No. 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne won the Gold Medal, defeating Amélie Mauresmo in the championship match; she won Belgium's only Gold Medal at these Olympics. The second set she lost against French Open champion Anastasia Myskina in the semi-finals was the only one she lost in the entire championships.[2] Unseeded Alicia Molik, who defeated 2000 Silver Medallist Elena Dementieva in the first round, defeated Myskina in the Bronze Medal match.

Former World No. 1 Serena Williams had committed to playing this event, but withdrew one week before the tournament began due to a left knee injury.[3]

Medalists

Gold Justine Henin-Hardenne
Belgium (BEL)
Silver Amélie Mauresmo
France (FRA)
Bronze Alicia Molik
Australia (AUS)

Seeds

  1.  Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) (Champion, Gold Medalist)
  2.  Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) (Final, Silver Medalist)
  3.  Anastasia Myskina (RUS) (Semifinals, Fourth Place)
  4.  Elena Dementieva (RUS) (First Round)
  5.  Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (Quarterfinals)
  6.  Venus Williams (USA) (Third Round)
  7.  Paola Suárez (ARG) (Second Round)
  8.  Ai Sugiyama (JPN) (Quarterfinals)
  9.  Nadia Petrova (RUS) (Second Round)
  10.  Patty Schnyder (SUI) (Third Round)
  11.  Francesca Schiavone (ITA) (Quarterfinals)
  12.  Karolina Šprem (CRO) (Third Round)
  13.  Anna Smashnova (ISR) (First Round)
  14.  Silvia Farina Elia (ITA) (Second Round)
  15.  Magdalena Maleeva (BUL) (Second Round)
  16.  Chanda Rubin (USA) (Third Round)

Draw

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                     
1   Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6 6    
    Mary Pierce (FRA) 4 4    
  1   Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 7 5 8  
  3   Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 5 7 6  
3   Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 6 6  
11   Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 1 2    
    1   Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6 6  
  2   Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 3 3  
8   Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 3 4    
    Alicia Molik (AUS) 6 6    
    Alicia Molik (AUS) 68 3  
  2   Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 7 6       Bronze Medal Match
5   Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 65 6 2
2   Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 7 4 6     3   Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 3 4  
      Alicia Molik (AUS) 6 6  

Top Half

Section 1

1st round2nd round3rd RoundQuarterfinals
1  J Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6 6
 B Strýcová (CZE) 3 4 1  J Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6 6
 M Vento-Kabchi (VEN) 6 6  M Vento-Kabchi (VEN) 2 1
 A Kremer (LUX) 3 4 1  J Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6 6
 N Pratt (AUS) 6 7  N Pratt (AUS) 1 0
 M Casanova (SUI) 3 5  N Pratt (AUS) 1 7 6
 T Garbin (ITA) 6 6  T Garbin (ITA) 6 65 2
13  A Smashnova (ISR) 2 1 1  J Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6 6
9  N Petrova (RUS) 6 6  M Pierce (FRA) 4 4
 M Suchá (SVK) 3 3 9  N Petrova (RUS) 2 1
 A Medina Garrigues (ESP) 3 5  M Pierce (FRA) 6 6
 M Pierce (FRA) 6 7  M Pierce (FRA) 6 6
 M Matevžič (SLO) 7 7 6  V Williams (USA) 4 4
 S Obata (JPN) 63 5  M Matevžič (SLO) 0 0
 M Czink (HUN) 1 2 6  V Williams (USA) 6 6
6  V Williams (USA) 6 6

Section 2

1st round2nd round3rd RoundQuarterfinals
3  A Myskina (RUS) 6 6
 M Serna (ESP) 0 1 3  A Myskina (RUS) 6 3 6
 K Brandi (PUR) 7 6  K Brandi (PUR) 2 6 4
 J Kostanić (CRO) 5 1 3  A Myskina (RUS) 7 6
 C Castaño (COL) 2 1  E Daniilidou (GRE) 5 4
 E Daniilidou (GRE) 6 6  E Daniilidou (GRE) 2 6 6
 K Zakopalová (CZE) 1 4 15  M Maleeva (BUL) 6 4 4
15  M Maleeva (BUL) 6 6 3  A Myskina (RUS) 6 6
11  F Schiavone (ITA) 6 7 11  F Schiavone (ITA) 1 2
 S Asagoe (JPN) 3 64 11  F Schiavone (ITA) 2 7 6
 K Kanepi (EST) 61 1  Y-j Cho (KOR) 6 60 4
 Y-j Cho (KOR) 7 6 11  F Schiavone (ITA) 65 6 6
 J Janković (SCG) 4 1  F Zuluaga (COL) 7 1 3
 F Zuluaga (COL) 6 6  F Zuluaga (COL) 4 7 6
 N Dechy (FRA) 7 65 7 7  P Suárez (ARG) 6 61 1
7  P Suárez (ARG) 61 7 9

Bottom Half

Section 3

1st round2nd round3rd RoundQuarterfinals
8  A Sugiyama (JPN) 4 6 8
 J Zheng (CHN) 6 3 6 8  A Sugiyama (JPN) 7 6
 T Perebiynis (UKR) 6 6  T Perebiynis (UKR) 5 4
 D Randriantefy (MAD) 3 4 8  A Sugiyama (JPN) 7 6
 T Tanasugarn (THA) 6 2 1 12  K Šprem (CRO) 66 1
 A Widjaja (INA) 1 6 6  A Widjaja (INA) 3 1
 G Dulko (ARG) 66 5 12  K Šprem (CRO) 6 6
12  K Šprem (CRO) 7 7 8  A Sugiyama (JPN) 3 4
14  S Farina Elia (ITA) 6 6  A Molik (AUS) 6 6
 S Testud (FRA) 2 0 14  S Farina Elia (ITA) 1 2
 Ľ Kurhajcová (SVK) 4 6 3  L Raymond (USA) 6 6
 L Raymond (USA) 6 4 6  L Raymond (USA) 4 4
 M Sánchez Lorenzo (ESP) 3 6 4  A Molik (AUS) 6 6
 K Srebotnik (SLO) 6 0 6  K Srebotnik (SLO) 5 4
 A Molik (AUS) 4 6 6  A Molik (AUS) 7 6
4  E Dementieva (RUS) 6 0 3

Section 4

1st round2nd round3rd RoundQuarterfinals
5  S Kuznetsova (RUS) 6 6
 M Díaz-Oliva (ARG) 3 3 5  S Kuznetsova (RUS) 7 6
 A Morigami (JPN) 6 6  A Morigami (JPN) 65 2
 I Benešová (CZE) 1 4 5  S Kuznetsova (RUS) 6 6
 D Hantuchová (SVK) 6 6 10  P Schnyder (SUI) 3 3
 C Schaul (LUX) 1 1  D Hantuchová (SVK) 6 1 4
 P Mandula (HUN) 3 4 10  P Schnyder (SUI) 3 6 6
10  P Schnyder (SUI) 6 6 5  S Kuznetsova (RUS) 65 6 2
16  C Rubin (USA) 6 68 6 2  A Mauresmo (FRA) 7 4 6
 S Stosur (AUS) 2 7 0 16  C Rubin (USA) 6 3 6
 C Black (ZIM) 6 5 6  C Black (ZIM) 4 6 3
 T Pisnik (SLO) 3 7 4 16  C Rubin (USA) 3 1
 M Jugić-Salkić (BIH) 3 4 2  A Mauresmo (FRA) 6 6
 ME Camerin (ITA) 6 6  ME Camerin (ITA) 0 1
 C Martínez (ESP) 1 4 2  A Mauresmo (FRA) 6 6
2  A Mauresmo (FRA) 6 6

References

  1. ↑ Williams title defence over, BBC SPORT
  2. ↑ Henin-Hardenne tops Mauresmo in final - Olympics, ESPN
  3. ↑ Knee pain negates her promise to play - Olympics, ESPN
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