The 2004 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2004 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–30, 2004 at the TipsArena Linz. Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title.
2004 Generali Ladies Linz | |
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Date | 23–30 October |
Edition | 18th |
Category | Tier II Series |
Prize money | USD $585,000 |
Surface | Hard (indoor) |
Location | Linz, Austria |
Venue | TipsArena Linz |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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Points and prize money
editPoint distribution
editEvent | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 11.75 | 6.75 | 4 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
editEvent | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $95,500 | $51,000 | $27,300 | $14,600 | $7,820 | $4,175 | $2,230 | $1,195 | $640 |
Doubles * | $30,000 | $16,120 | $8,620 | $4,610 | $2,465 | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Singles main draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Rank | Seed |
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FRA | Amélie Mauresmo | 2 | 1 |
USA | Serena Williams | 9 | 3 |
RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 12 | 4 |
RUS | Nadia Petrova | 13 | 5 |
JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 14 | 6 |
SUI | Patty Schnyder | 15 | 7 |
CRO | Karolina Šprem | 17 | 8 |
RUS | Elena Bovina | 24 | 9 |
Rankings are as of 18 October 2004.
Other entrants
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
edit- Anastasia Myskina → replaced by Marta Domachowska
- Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Lindsay Lee-Waters
Retirements
edit- Conchita Martínez (Achilles tendon strain)
Doubles main draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | Player | Country | Player | Player 1 Rank | Player 2 Rank | Seed |
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SVK | Janette Husárová | RUS | Elena Likhovtseva | 13 | 3 | 1 |
RSA | Liezel Huber | JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 11 | 6 | 2 |
ESP | Magüi Serna | VEN | María Vento-Kabchi | 45 | 22 | 3 |
FRA | Marion Bartoli | SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 29 | 78 | 4 |
Rankings are as of 18 October 2004
Other entrants
editThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry into the main draw via a protected ranking:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
Champions
editSingles
edit- Amélie Mauresmo defeated Elena Bovina, 6–2, 6–0.[1]
It was Mauresmo's 14th WTA singles title, and fourth title of the year.
Doubles
edit- Janette Husárová / Elena Likhovtseva defeated Nathalie Dechy / Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 7–5.
It was Husárová's 18th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. It was Likhovtseva's 20th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. This was the first of two doubles titles they won together as a pair.
References
edit- ^ "Mauresmo cruises to Linz title". Eurosport. Linz. 31 October 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2020.