2004 China Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
2004 China Open
Final
ChampionRussia Marat Safin
Runner-upRussia Mikhail Youzhny
Score7–6(7–4), 7–5
Details
Draw32 (3WC/4Q/1LL)
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
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Main article: 2004 China Open (tennis)

The event was being held for the first time since 1997. Jim Courier was the last champion.

Marat Safin won the title, beating Mikhail Youzhny 7–6(7–4), 7–5 in the final.[1][2][3]

Seeds

  1. Spain Carlos Moyá (first round)
  2. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round)
  3. Argentina David Nalbandian (quarterfinals)
  4. Germany Rainer Schüttler (second round)
  5. Russia Marat Safin (champion)
  6. Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan (semifinals)
  7. United States Taylor Dent (second round)
  8. Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
6 Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 4 4  
  Russia Mikhail Youzhny 6 6  
  Russia Mikhail Youzhny 64 5  
5 Russia Marat Safin 77 7  
  Finland Jarkko Nieminen 2 4  
5 Russia Marat Safin 6 6  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Spain C Moyá 3 3  
Q France J-W Tsonga 6 6   Q France J-W Tsonga 67 3  
  United States G Weiner 2 4     South Korea H-t Lee 79 6  
  South Korea H-t Lee 6 6     South Korea H-t Lee 4 3  
Q United Kingdom A Parmar 3 2   6 Thailand P Srichaphan 6 6  
  Israel N Okun 6 6     Israel N Okun 3 6 66
  France J-R Lisnard 4 5   6 Thailand P Srichaphan 6 3 78
6 Thailand P Srichaphan 6 7   6 Thailand P Srichaphan 4 4  
4 Germany R Schüttler 6 6     Russia M Youzhny 6 6  
  Australia P Baccanello 4 3   4 Germany R Schüttler 64 1  
  Russia M Youzhny 7 77     Russia M Youzhny 77 6  
  Switzerland I Heuberger 5 64     Russia M Youzhny 6 6  
Q Australia N Healey 7 5 2 8 Slovakia D Hrbatý 4 2  
  Italy D Sanguinetti 5 7 6   Italy D Sanguinetti 2 2  
WC China Y Wang 2 2   8 Slovakia D Hrbatý 6 6  
8 Slovakia D Hrbatý 6 6  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 United States T Dent 6 6  
Q Australia P Luczak 3 2   7 United States T Dent 3 5  
  Finland J Nieminen 7 6     Finland J Nieminen 6 7  
  Spain G García-López 5 4     Finland J Nieminen 6 2 6
  Chinese Taipei Y-h Lu 7 6   3 Argentina D Nalbandian 2 6 2
WC China B Zhu 5 2     Chinese Taipei Y-h Lu 78 4 4
  Denmark K Pless 65 6 3 3 Argentina D Nalbandian 66 6 6
3 Argentina D Nalbandian 77 3 6   Finland J Nieminen 2 4  
5 Russia M Safin 6 7   5 Russia M Safin 6 6  
  United States A Bogomolov Jr. 4 5   5 Russia M Safin 6 6  
LL India P Amritraj 6 4 2 WC China H Lu 2 2  
WC China H Lu 4 6 6 5 Russia M Safin 6 6  
  Germany L Burgsmüller 2 2     United States K Kim 2 4  
  United States K Kim 6 6     United States K Kim 6 6  
  United States J Gimelstob 4 1   2 Spain JC Ferrero 4 4  
2 Spain JC Ferrero 6 6  

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Australia Peter Luczak (qualified)
  2. United Kingdom Arvind Parmar (qualified)
  3. France Gilles Simon (first round)
  4. United Kingdom Jamie Delgado (second round)
  5. France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (qualified)
  6. Japan Tasuku Iwami (second round)
  7. India Prakash Amritraj (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  8. Netherlands Paul Logtens (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

  1. Australia Peter Luczak
  2. United Kingdom Arvind Parmar
  3. Australia Nathan Healey
  4. France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Lucky loser

  1. India Prakash Amritraj

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
1 Australia Peter Luczak 6 6
France Laurent Recouderc 4 1 1 Australia Peter Luczak 6 6
China Li Zhe 78 77 China Li Zhe 2 2
China Wang Yu 66 65 1 Australia Peter Luczak 62 6 6
China Zhang Hui 6 2 7 7 India Prakash Amritraj 77 2 2
WC China Cui Bin 2 6 5 China Zhang Hui 3 1
China Gao Wan 0 2 7 India Prakash Amritraj 6 6
7 India Prakash Amritraj 6 6

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
2 United Kingdom Arvind Parmar 6 6
WC China Li Jingyi 4 4 2 United Kingdom Arvind Parmar 6 6
Japan Yaoki Ishii 6 6 Japan Yaoki Ishii 3 0
China Yang Zengbao 2 4 2 United Kingdom Arvind Parmar 6 6
China Wang Yue 0 66 Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 4 1
Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 6 78 Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 6 1 77
China Wu Zhiqiang 0 0 6 Japan Tasuku Iwami 3 6 65
6 Japan Tasuku Iwami 6 6

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
3 France Gilles Simon 4 64
Australia Nathan Healey 6 77 Australia Nathan Healey 6 6
Japan Toshihide Matsui 6 6 Japan Toshihide Matsui 4 3
China Cui Miao 3 2 Australia Nathan Healey 7 6
China Bai Yang 2 2 8 Netherlands Paul Logtens 5 4
WC China Li Xiang 6 6 WC China Li Xiang 3 2
China Xu Ran 1 2 8 Netherlands Paul Logtens 6 6
8 Netherlands Paul Logtens 6 6

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
4 United Kingdom Jamie Delgado 6 6
China Yang Wei-Guang 3 0 4 United Kingdom Jamie Delgado 6 2 4
Slovenia Luka Gregorc 6 6 Slovenia Luka Gregorc 1 6 6
China Xu Tian-Yu 1 0 Slovenia Luka Gregorc 3 2
Puerto Rico Gabriel Montilla 3 6 6 5 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
Russia Andrei Merinov 6 2 2 Puerto Rico Gabriel Montilla 2 4
Russia Vadim Davletshin 6 4 3 5 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
5 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 6 6

References

  1. ^ "Safin triumphs over Youzhny at China Open". China Daily. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Safin ends two-year wait in Beijing, Kuznetsova takes Bali title". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Reuters. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Safin returns to winning ways". Beijing: Dawn. Reuters. 20 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.