In order to commemorate the first joint edition since 1996, a mixed doubles tournament was held by combining female players of the WTA China Open and the male players of the ATP Beijing Challenger. The tournament had a prize money of USD $6,000, but as this was an exhibition tournament, no points were given for the ATP and WTA rankings.
Mixed doubles | |
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2004 China Open | |
Champions | Tripp Phillips Emmanuelle Gagliardi |
Runners-up | Justin Gimelstob Jill Craybas |
Score | 6–1, 6–2 |
Draw | 16 |
Seeds | 4 |
Matches were played at best of three sets with a Match tie-break replacing the final set, in which a pair must win a 10-point tiebreaker (or by a two-point margin) to win the match. Match tie-breaks were not fully implemented until the 2006 season in official tournaments.[1]
Tripp Phillips and Emmanuelle Gagliardi won the title by defeating Justin Gimelstob and Jill Craybas 6–1, 6–2 in the final.
Seeds
edit- Graydon Oliver / Sun Tiantian (first round)
- Tripp Phillips / Emmanuelle Gagliardi (champions)
- Justin Gimelstob / Jill Craybas (final)
- Ashley Fisher / Samantha Stosur (second round)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
editFirst round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | G Oliver T Sun | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Bogomolov Jr. D Safina | 7 | 6 | A Bogomolov Jr. D Safina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
B Coupe K Grant | 2 | 6 | [6] | S Humphries A Sánchez Vicario | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Humphries A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 4 | [10] | S Humphries A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 2 | [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | J Gimelstob J Craybas | 6 | 6 | 3 | J Gimelstob J Craybas | 4 | 6 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||
T Dent J Hopkins | 3 | 4 | 3 | J Gimelstob J Craybas | 5 | 6 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Huss M Sequera | 7 | 6 | S Huss M Sequera | 7 | 3 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Norikazu Sugiyama M Díaz Oliva | 5 | 4 | 3 | J Gimelstob J Craybas | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
G Weiner N Grandin | 6 | 6 | 2 | T Phillips E Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Y Zhang J Zheng | 1 | 2 | G Weiner N Grandin | 6 | 5 | [10] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Niko Karagiannis G Voskoboeva | 4 | 2 | 4 | A Fisher S Stosur | 3 | 7 | [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | A Fisher S Stosur | 6 | 6 | G Weiner N Grandin | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
J Marshall C Castaño | 6 | 6 | 2 | T Phillips E Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Sanguinetti An Serra Zanetti | 3 | 1 | J Marshall C Castaño | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J Landsberg A Jidkova | 2 | 6 | [2] | 2 | T Phillips E Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | T Phillips E Gagliardi | 6 | 2 | [10] |
References
edit- ^ "Match tie break, nueva fórmula para los dobles" [Match tie break, new formula for doubles matches] (in Spanish). Shanghai: El Mundo. DPA. 20 November 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2018.