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
Draw	128 (12Q / 8WC)
Seeds	32

Maria Sharapova defeated the two-time defending champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] This victory was hailed by the media as "the most stunning upset in memory".^[2]

Serena Williams was attempting to become the first player to win the women's singles tournament three consecutive times since Steffi Graf was champion in 1991, 1992 and 1993.

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 woman to win Wimbledon (behind Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis)^[3] and the second Russian woman (after Anastasia Myskina won the French Open earlier that year) to win a Grand Slam title.^[4]

Venus Williams, who had appeared in the previous four Wimbledon finals, winning in 2000 and 2001, suffered her earliest exit from Wimbledon since her debut, being upset in the second round by Karolina Šprem.^[5]

This was also the last Grand Slam singles tournament that former world No. 1 Martina Navratilova competed in; having been awarded a wild card, she won her first round match and became, at age 47, the oldest player in the Open Era to win a main draw match at Wimbledon.^[6]

Seeds

01.

Serena Williams (Final)

02.

Anastasia Myskina (Third round)

03.

Venus Williams (Second round)

04.

Amélie Mauresmo (Semifinals)

05.

Lindsay Davenport (Semifinals)

06.

Elena Dementieva (First round)

07.

Jennifer Capriati (Quarterfinals)

08.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (First round)

09.

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)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final


1	Serena Williams	6	6

7	Jennifer Capriati	1	1
					1	Serena Williams	6⁴	7	6

					4	Amélie Mauresmo	7⁷	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	6⁵	1

					13	Maria Sharapova	2	7⁷	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	7⁷	6												T Golovin	2	1
	M Casanova	6	6⁴	3	18	F Schiavone	1	0
	T Golovin	6	7⁷			T Golovin	6	6
	A Jidkova	4	6⁴								T Golovin	6	2	6
	E Gagliardi	3									E Gagliardi	3	6	3
	T Snyder	3^r				E Gagliardi	2	7⁷	6
	A Morigami	4	1		15/WC	P Schnyder	6	6⁴	2
15/WC	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	7⁷	6
	T Perebiynis	6	6								T Perebiynis	6⁵	2
Q	C Wheeler	3	2			T Perebiynis	6	7
	M Sequera	6	7⁸			M Sequera	2	5
22	C Martínez	4	6⁶											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
WC	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	6⁵	2		Q	J Hopkins	3	3
Q	J Hopkins	7⁷	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	6⁴		26	L Raymond	4	3
26	L Raymond	6	7⁷											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						PR	A Kremer	1	6	0
	T Garbin	6	0	2	Q	T Sun	3	5
PR	A Kremer	6	6		PR	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	7⁷	3	6	Q	V Razzano	6	6
8	S Kuznetsova	6⁴	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	6⁵	0
	M Weingärtner	3	1			D Chládková	7⁷	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 Dushevina	1	5		21	M Maleeva	6	6
21	M Maleeva	6	7											21	M Maleeva	4	4
32	M Shaughnessy	7⁷	7⁷												K Šprem	6	6
	M Irvin	6³	6⁰		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	6⁵	6²
	K Šprem	2	6	6							K Šprem	7⁷	7⁷
	L Granville	6	1	4		K Šprem	7⁷	7⁸
	M-G Mikaelian	3	0		3	V Williams	6⁵	6⁶
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	6⁵	3										11	A Sugiyama	6	7
	M Bartoli	7⁷	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
Q	E Gallovits	1	2		20	E Bovina	w/o
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	7⁷	6		WC	E Webley-Smith	2	6	6
	S Beltrame	6²	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

↑ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
↑ Liz Clarke (April 7, 2004). "Sharapova Wins Wimbledon After Improbable Journey". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
↑ "Sharapova storms to Wimbledon glory". BBC Sport. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
↑ "Sensational Sharapova is a Russian revelation". The Guardian. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
↑ Cheese, Caroline (24 June 2004). "Venus makes shock exit". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
↑ "Navratilova rolls back the years in quick time". The Guardian. 22 June 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
2004 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
"Wimbledon 2004". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

[2] Liz Clarke (April 7, 2004). "Sharapova Wins Wimbledon After Improbable Journey". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 20, 2010.

[3] "Sharapova storms to Wimbledon glory". BBC Sport. 3 July 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[4] "Sensational Sharapova is a Russian revelation". The Guardian. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[5] Cheese, Caroline (24 June 2004). "Venus makes shock exit". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[6] "Navratilova rolls back the years in quick time". The Guardian. 22 June 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2017.