2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
2004 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Maria Sharapova
Runner-up	Serena Williams
Final score	6–1, 6–4

Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but she was defeated by 17-year-old Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–1, 6–4. This victory was hailed by the media as "the most stunning upset in memory".^[1] With this win, Sharapova, who was to become a future World No. 1, entered the Top Ten for the first time in her career. She also became the third-youngest woman to win Wimbledon (behind Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis) and the second Russian woman (after Anastasia Myskina won earlier in French Open that year) to win a Grand Slam title.

Venus Williams, who had appeared in the previous four Wimbledon finals, winning in 2000 and 2001, suffered what was at the time her earliest exit from Wimbledon, being upset in the second round by Karolina Šprem.^[2]

This tournament was also the last singles Grand Slam that former World No. 1 Martina Navratilova competed in.

Seeds

Serena Williams (Final)
Anastasia Myskina (Third Round)
Venus Williams (Second Round)
Amélie Mauresmo (Semifinals)
Lindsay Davenport (Semifinals)
Elena Dementieva (First Round)
Jennifer Capriati (Quarterfinals)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (First Round)
Paola Suárez (Quarterfinals)
Nadia Petrova (Fourth Round)
Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals)
Vera Zvonareva (Fourth Round)
Maria Sharapova (Champion)
Silvia Farina Elia (Fourth Round)
Patty Schnyder (Second Round)
Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (First Round)
Chanda Rubin (First Round)
Francesca Schiavone (Second Round)
Fabiola Zuluaga (First Round)
Elena Bovina (Second Round)
Magdalena Maleeva (Fourth Round)
Conchita Martínez (First Round)
Jelena Dokić (First Round)
Mary Pierce (First Round)
Nathalie Dechy (Third Round)
Lisa Raymond (Second Round)
Alicia Molik (Third Round)
Émilie Loit (First Round)
Dinara Safina (First Round)
Eleni Daniilidou (First Round)
Amy Frazier (Fourth Round)
Meghann Shaughnessy (Third Round)

Qualifying

Main article: 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Serena Williams	6	6
7	Jennifer Capriati	1	1
					1	Serena Williams	6⁴	7	6

					4	Amélie Mauresmo	7⁷	5	4
4	Amélie Mauresmo	6	5	6

9	Paola Suárez	0	7	1
										1	Serena Williams	1	4
										13	Maria Sharapova	6	6
5	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
	Karolina Šprem	2	2
					5	Lindsay Davenport	6	6⁵	1

					13	Maria Sharapova	2	7⁷	6
11	Ai Sugiyama	7	5	1

13	Maria Sharapova	5	7	6

Top Half

Section 1

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

1	S Williams	6	6
	J Zheng	3	1		1	S Williams	6	6
Q	S Foretz	6	6		Q	S Foretz	0	4
	S Cohen-Aloro	1	3							1	S Williams	6	6
	L Lee-Waters	6	3	3							M Serna	4	0
WC	J O'Donoghue	2	6	6	WC	J O'Donoghue	3	3
	M Serna	6	6			M Serna	6	6
30	E Daniilidou	4	2												1	S Williams	6	6
18	F Schiavone	3	7⁷	6												T Golovin	2	1
	M Casanova	6	6⁴	3	18	F Schiavone	1	0
	T Golovin	6	7⁷			T Golovin	6	6
	A Jidkova	4	6⁴								T Golovin	6	2	6
	E Gagliardi	3									E Gagliardi	3	6	3
	T Snyder	3	r			E Gagliardi	2	7⁷	6
	A Morigami	4	1		15	P Schnyder	6	6⁴	2
15	P Schnyder	6	6

Section 2

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

10	N Petrova	6	2	6
	F Pennetta	3	6	4	10	N Petrova	6	3	6
	M Suchá	1	0			M Vento-Kabchi	3	6	2
	M Vento-Kabchi	6	6							10	N Petrova	7⁷	6
	T Perebiynis	6	6								T Perebiynis	6⁵	2
Q	C Wheeler	3	2			T Perebiynis	6	7
	M Sequera	6	7⁸			M Sequera	2	5
22	C Martínez	4	6⁶											10	N Petrova	4	4
25	N Dechy	6	6											7	J Capriati	6	6
	A Medina Garrigues	3	4		25	N Dechy	6	6
	M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6			M Sánchez Lorenzo	1	1
	K O'Brien	4	4							25	N Dechy	5	1
	M Marrero	1	3							7	J Capriati	7	6
WC	E Baltacha	6	6		WC	E Baltacha	4	4
	C Schaul	2	2		7	J Capriati	6	6
7	J Capriati	6	6

Section 3

First Round					Second Round				Third Round					Fourth Round

4	A Mauresmo	6	6
	J Kostanić	2	3		4	A Mauresmo	6	6
	J Vakulenko	6⁵	2		Q	J Hopkins	3	3
Q	J Hopkins	7⁷	6						4	A Mauresmo	6	6
	B Schett	6	4	4						Ľ Cervanová	1	4
	Ľ Cervanová	3	6	6		Ľ Cervanová	6	6
	S Asagoe	3	6⁴		26	L Raymond	4	3
26	L Raymond	6	7⁷											4	A Mauresmo	7	6
24	M Pierce	2	5											14	S Farina Elia	5	3
	V Ruano Pascual	6	7			V Ruano Pascual	6	6
	L Krasnoroutskaya	6	4	3		H Nagyová	4	4
	H Nagyová	3	6	6						V Ruano Pascual	6	4	5
	B Strýcová	3	4						14	S Farina Elia	2	6	7
	S Talaja	6	6			S Talaja	3	3
	S Peng	0	4		14	S Farina Elia	6	6
14	S Farina Elia	6	6

Section 4

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

9	P Suárez	6	6
	S Perry	2	4		9	P Suárez	6	6
	A Harkleroad	3	7	4		E Callens	2	2
	E Callens	6	5	6						9	P Suárez	6	4	6
Q	T Sun	2	6	6							A Kremer	1	6	0
	T Garbin	6	0	2	Q	T Sun	3	5
	A Kremer	6	6			A Kremer	6	7
19	F Zuluaga	4	3												9	P Suárez	4	6	6
29	D Safina	0	0	r												R Grande	6	0	2
	A Parra Santonja	6	2			A Parra Santonja	7	2	3
	R Grande	7	7			R Grande	5	6	6
	M Santangelo	5	5								R Grande	6	4	6
	G León García	2	2							Q	V Razzano	4	6	3
	E Likhovtseva	6	6			E Likhovtseva	1	2
Q	V Razzano	7⁷	3	6	Q	V Razzano	6	6
8	S Kuznetsova	6⁴	6	4

Bottom Half

Section 5

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

5	L Davenport	6	6
	D Randriantefy	2	1		5	L Davenport	6	1
	K Brandi	6	6			K Brandi	0	0	r
	I Benešová	2	0							5	L Davenport	6	6
Q	A Widjaja	2	1							Q	T Panova	2	1
Q	M Washington	6	6		Q	M Washington	3	4
Q	T Panova	6	6		Q	T Panova	6	6
28	É Loit	1	2											5	L Davenport	6	6
23	J Dokić	3	3											12	V Zvonareva	4	4
	G Dulko	6	6			G Dulko	3	6	6
	C Castaño	0	1		WC	M Navratilova	6	3	3
WC	M Navratilova	6	6								G Dulko	4	2
	S Obata	4	6	7						12	V Zvonareva	6	6
Q	E Birnerová	6	4	5		S Obata	1	4
	S Stosur	4	4		12	V Zvonareva	6	6
12	V Zvonareva	6	6

Section 6

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Fourth Round

16	A Smashnova-Pistolesi	4	3
	K Srebotnik	6	6			K Srebotnik	6⁵	0
	M Weingärtner	3	1			D Chládková	7⁷	6
	D Chládková	6	6								D Chládková	5	3
	J Craybas	6	6							21	M Maleeva	7	6
	C Black	4	3			J Craybas	2	3
	V Douchevina	1	5		21	M Maleeva	6	6
21	M Maleeva	6	7											21	M Maleeva	4	4
32	M Shaughnessy	7⁷	7⁷												K Šprem	6	6
	M Irvin	6³	6⁰		32	M Shaughnessy	6	4	10
	P Mandula	3	3		Q	N Llagostera Vives	4	6	8
Q	N Llagostera Vives	6	6							32	M Shaughnessy	6⁵	6²
	K Šprem	2	6	6							K Šprem	7⁷	7⁷
	L Granville	6	1	4		K Šprem	7⁷	7⁸
	M-G Mikaelian	3	0		3	V Williams	6⁵	6⁶
3	V Williams	6	6

Section 7

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Fourth Round

6	E Dementieva	4	6	4
	S Kleinová	6	1	6		S Kleinová	3	3
	A-L Grönefeld	2	0			T Tanasugarn	6	6
	T Tanasugarn	6	6							T Tanasugarn	6	6
	T Pisnik	6	1	5					27	A Molik	2	4
	T Ashley	2	6	7		T Ashley	5	4
	M Czink	1	4		27	A Molik	7	6
27	A Molik	6	6											T Tanasugarn	3	5
17	C Rubin	6⁵	3										11	A Sugiyama	6	7
	M Bartoli	7⁷	6			M Bartoli	6	6
	ME Camerin	7	6			ME Camerin	3	3
	A Barna	5	2							M Bartoli	1	2
	J Janković	6	1	4					11	A Sugiyama	6	6
	K Koukalová	3	6	6		K Koukalová	4	4
WC	A Janes	6	2	3	11	A Sugiyama	6	6
11	A Sugiyama	3	6	6

Section 8

First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round

13	M Sharapova	6	6
Q	Y Beygelzimer	2	1		13	M Sharapova	6	6
WC	A Keothavong	6	6		WC	A Keothavong	4	0
	N Pratt	3	1							13	M Sharapova	6	6
	D Hantuchová	6	6								D Hantuchová	3	1
	S Reeves	1	4			D Hantuchová	w/o
Q	E Gallovits	1	2		20	E Bovina
20	E Bovina	6	6												13	M Sharapova	6	7
31	A Frazier	6	6												31	A Frazier	4	5
	M Kirilenko	1	4		31	A Frazier	6	3	8
WC	E Webley-Smith	7⁷	6		WC	E Webley-Smith	2	6	6
	S Beltrame	6²	4							31	A Frazier	4	6	6
	M Jugić-Salkić	4	6	3						2	A Myskina	6	4	4
	A Kapros	6	2	6		A Kapros	7	2	4
	Ľ Kurhajcová	5	1		2	A Myskina	5	6	6
2	A Myskina	7	6

References

↑ Liz Clarke (April 7, 2004). "Sharapova Wins Wimbledon After Improbable Journey". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
↑ BBC Sport | Tennis | Venus makes shock exit

External links

2004 Wimbledon Championships on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw

Preceded by 2004 French Open – Women's Singles	Grand Slams Women's Singles	Succeeded by 2004 US Open – Women's Singles

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