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 girl 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 notable as being the last singles Grand Slam that former World No. 1 Martina Navratilova would ever compete in.

Seeds

1. Serena Williams (Final)
2. Anastasia Myskina (Third Round)
3. Venus Williams (Second Round)
4. Amélie Mauresmo (Semifinals)
5. Lindsay Davenport (Semifinals)
6. Elena Dementieva (First Round)
7. Jennifer Capriati (Quarterfinals)
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (First Round)
9. Paola Suárez (Quarterfinals)
10. Nadia Petrova (Fourth Round)
11. Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals)
12. Vera Zvonareva (Fourth Round)
13. Maria Sharapova (Champion)
14. Silvia Farina Elia (Fourth Round)
15. Patty Schnyder (Second Round)
16. Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (First Round)
17. Chanda Rubin (First Round)
18. Francesca Schiavone (Second Round)
19. Fabiola Zuluaga (First Round)
20. Elena Bovina (Second Round)
21. Magdalena Maleeva (Fourth Round)
22. Conchita Martínez (First Round)
23. Jelena Dokić (First Round)
24. Mary Pierce (First Round)
25. Nathalie Dechy (Third Round)
26. Lisa Raymond (Second Round)
27. Alicia Molik (Third Round)
28. Émilie Loit (First Round)
29. Dinara Safina (First Round)
30. Eleni Daniilidou (First Round)
31. Amy Frazier (Fourth Round)
32. Meghann Shaughnessy (Third Round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Serena Williams	6	6
	7	Jennifer Capriati	1	1
								1	Serena Williams	6^4	7	6
								4	Amélie Mauresmo	7^7	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	6^5	1
								13	Maria Sharapova	2	7^7	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	7^7	6																		T Golovin	2	1
		M Casanova	6	6^4	3			18	F Schiavone	1	0
		T Golovin	6	7^7					T Golovin	6	6
		A Jidkova	4	6^4												T Golovin	6	2	6
		E Gagliardi	3													E Gagliardi	3	6	3
		T Snyder	3	r					E Gagliardi	2	7^7	6
		A Morigami	4	1				15	P Schnyder	6	6^4	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	7^7	6
		T Perebiynis	6	6												T Perebiynis	6^5	2
	Q	C Wheeler	3	2					T Perebiynis	6	7
		M Sequera	6	7^8					M Sequera	2	5
	22	C Martínez	4	6^6																		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	6^5	2				Q	J Hopkins	3	3
	Q	J Hopkins	7^7	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	6^4				26	L Raymond	4	3
	26	L Raymond	6	7^7																		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	7^7	3	6			Q	V Razzano	6	6
	8	S Kuznetsova	6^4	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	6^5	0
		M Weingärtner	3	1					D Chládková	7^7	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	7^7	7^7																			K Šprem	6	6
		M Irvin	6^3	6^0				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	6^5	6^2
		K Šprem	2	6	6											K Šprem	7^7	7^7
		L Granville	6	1	4				K Šprem	7^7	7^8
		M-G Mikaelian	3	0				3	V Williams	6^5	6^6
	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	6^5	3																		11	A Sugiyama	6	7
		M Bartoli	7^7	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	7^7	6				WC	E Webley-Smith	2	6	6
		S Beltrame	6^2	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

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

External links

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