2004 China Open – Mixed doubles

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
2004 China Open
Final
ChampionsUnited States Tripp Phillips
Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Runners-upUnited States Justin Gimelstob
United States Jill Craybas
Score6–1, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
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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

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Draw

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Draw

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First 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

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  1. ^ "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.
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