2004 French Open

Tennis tournament
2004 French Open
Date24 May – 6 June 2004
Edition103
Category74th Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Women's singles
Russia Anastasia Myskina
Men's doubles
Belgium Xavier Malisse / Belgium Olivier Rochus
Women's doubles
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
Mixed doubles
France Tatiana Golovin / France Richard Gasquet
Boys' singles
France Gaël Monfils
Girls' singles
Bulgaria Sesil Karatantcheva
Boys' doubles
Spain Pablo Andújar / Spain Marcel Granollers
Girls' doubles
Czech Republic Kateřina Böhmová / Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
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The 2004 French Open was the 108th edition of the tournament.

On the men's side, Gastón Gaudio became the first men's major champion in the Open Era to save two championship points in the final. Gaudio also became the first Argentine man since Guillermo Vilas in 1979 to win a major. Fellow Argentine Guillermo Coria, widely regarded as the favourite and the world's best clay court player coming into the tournament, was seeded 3rd for the event, whereas Gaudio was unseeded (ranked 44th[1]). After winning the first two sets convincingly, Coria began suffering from leg cramps. Gaudio won the next two sets; however, Coria came back and was up two breaks of serve in the final set. Coria had two match points at 6–5 before Gaudio prevailed 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6. Gaudio also became the first man to win a Grand Slam tournament final after being bagelled, which occurred in the first set. The overall tournament was noted for the performance of Argentine players – in addition to the two finalists, there were a semifinalist (David Nalbandian) and a quarterfinalist (Juan Ignacio Chela). It was also highlighted by a first round match between Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clément, lasting 6 hours and 33 minutes and ending in Clement's defeat 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16–14, setting a new record for the longest singles match in the Open Era,[2] which would stand until Wimbledon 2010. It was also the last major to feature neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal in the semifinals until the 2012 US Open.[3]

In the women's draw, Anastasia Myskina became first Russian woman to win a major title. The next two majors were also won by Russian women (Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon and Svetlana Kuznetsova at the US Open). She also became the first French Open women's champion after saving a match point en route to the title (against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round).

In the mixed doubles, French players Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet (aged 16 and 17 respectively) won the tournament after entering as wildcards. France also saw success in the boys' singles, where Gaël Monfils won.

Juan Carlos Ferrero and Justine Henin-Hardenne were both unsuccessful in defending their 2003 titles; both being eliminated in the second round. In Henin's case, her early exit would be the last time a top seed lost within the first two rounds of any major until Ana Ivanovic lost in the second round of the 2008 US Open. Henin's loss to Tathiana Garbin in the second round was her only defeat at the tournament between 2003 and 2009 (not playing in 2008 and 2009).

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles 1000 700 450 250 150 75 35 5 12 8 4 0
Men's doubles 0 0 0
Women's singles 650 456 292 162 90 56 32 2 30 21 12.5 4
Women's doubles 0 0 0

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Argentina Gastón Gaudio[4][5] defeated Argentina Guillermo Coria, 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6

  • It was Gaudio's 1st title of the year, and his 3rd overall. It was his 1st and only singles Grand Slam title.

Women's singles

Russia Anastasia Myskina[6] defeated Russia Elena Dementieva, 6–1, 6–2

  • It was Myskina's 2nd title of the year, and her 8th overall. It was her 1st and only singles Grand Slam title.

Men's doubles

Belgium Xavier Malisse / Belgium Olivier Rochus defeated France Michaël Llodra / France Fabrice Santoro, 7–5, 7–5

  • It was Malisse and Rochus' 1st career Grand Slam title.

Women's doubles

Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez defeated Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova / Russia Elena Likhovtseva, 6–0, 6–3

Mixed doubles

France Tatiana Golovin / France Richard Gasquet defeated Zimbabwe Cara Black / Zimbabwe Wayne Black, 6–3, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' singles

France Gaël Monfils defeated United States Alex Kuznetsov, 6–2, 6–2

Girls' singles

Bulgaria Sesil Karatantcheva defeated Romania Mădălina Gojnea, 6–4, 6–0

Boys' doubles

Spain Pablo Andújar / Spain Marcel Granollers defeated United States Alex Kuznetsov / Germany Mischa Zverev, 6–3, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Czech Republic Kateřina Böhmová / Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek defeated Russia Irina Kotkina / Russia Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, 6–2

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Switzerland Roger Federer (third round, lost to Gustavo Kuerten)
  2. United States Andy Roddick (second round, lost to Olivier Mutis)
  3. Argentina Guillermo Coria (final, lost to Gastón Gaudio)
  4. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round, lost to Igor Andreev)
  5. Spain Carlos Moyá (quarterfinals, lost to Guillermo Coria)
  6. France Andre Agassi (first round, lost to Jérôme Haehnel)
  7. Germany Rainer Schüttler (first round, lost to Xavier Malisse)
  8. Argentina David Nalbandian (semifinals, lost to Gastón Gaudio)
  9. United Kingdom Tim Henman (semifinals, lost to Guillermo Coria)
  10. France Sébastien Grosjean (second round, lost to Potito Starace)
  11. Chile Nicolás Massú (third round, lost to Tommy Robredo)
  12. Australia Lleyton Hewitt (quarterfinals, lost to Gastón Gaudio)
  13. Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan (second round, lost to Àlex Corretja)
  14. Czech Republic Jiří Novák (second round, lost to Gastón Gaudio)
  15. Netherlands Sjeng Schalken (withdrew due to viral infection)
  16. Chile Fernando González (first round, lost to Florian Mayer)
  17. Spain Tommy Robredo (fourth round, lost to Carlos Moyá)
  18. Australia Mark Philippoussis (first round, lost to Luis Horna)
  19. Netherlands Martin Verkerk (third round, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  20. Russia Marat Safin (fourth round, lost to David Nalbandian)
  21. Romania Andrei Pavel (second round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny)
  22. Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela (quarterfinals, lost to Tim Henman)
  23. Spain Feliciano López (fourth round, lost to Gustavo Kuerten)
  24. Sweden Jonas Björkman (second round, lost to Thomas Enqvist)
  25. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić (second round, lost to Stefan Koubek)
  26. Spain Albert Costa (third round, lost to Xavier Malisse)
  27. United States Vince Spadea (second round, lost to Julien Jeanpierre)
  28. Brazil Gustavo Kuerten (quarterfinals, lost to David Nalbandian)
  29. Belarus Max Mirnyi (first round, lost to Julien Benneteau)
  30. Argentina Mariano Zabaleta (second round, lost to Mario Ančić)
  31. Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý (second round, lost to Raemon Sluiter)
  32. France Arnaud Clément (first round, lost to Fabrice Santoro)


Women's singles

  1. Belgium Justine Henin-Hardenne (second round, lost to Tathiana Garbin)
  2. United States Serena Williams (quarterfinals, lost to Jennifer Capriati)
  3. France Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals, lost to Elena Dementieva)
  4. United States Venus Williams (quarterfinals, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  5. United States Lindsay Davenport (fourth round, lost to Elena Dementieva)
  6. Russia Anastasia Myskina (champion)
  7. United States Jennifer Capriati (semifinals, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  8. Russia Nadia Petrova (third round, lost to Marlene Weingärtner)
  9. Russia Elena Dementieva (final, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  10. Russia Vera Zvonareva (third round, lost to Maria Sharapova)
  11. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round, lost to Anastasia Myskina)
  12. Japan Ai Sugiyama (second round, lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual)
  13. United States Chanda Rubin (withdrew due to knee injury)
  14. Argentina Paola Suárez (semifinals, lost to Elena Dementieva)
  15. Italy Silvia Farina Elia (second round, lost to Meghann Shaughnessy)
  16. Switzerland Patty Schnyder (second round, lost to Shinobu Asagoe)
  17. Italy Francesca Schiavone (fourth round, lost to Jennifer Capriati)
  18. Russia Maria Sharapova (quarterfinals, lost to Paola Suárez)
  19. Israel Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (third round, lost to Elena Dementieva)
  20. Spain Conchita Martínez (second round, lost to Gisela Dulko)
  21. Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva (fourth round, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  22. Croatia Karolina Šprem (first round, lost to Myriam Casanova)
  23. Colombia Fabiola Zuluaga (fourth round, lost to Venus Williams)
  24. Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokic (first round, lost to Tatiana Perebiynis)
  25. Russia Elena Bovina (third round, lost to Jennifer Capriati)
  26. France Nathalie Dechy (first round, lost to Stéphanie Foretz)
  27. Greece Eleni Daniilidou (first round, lost to Marlene Weingärtner)
  28. United States Lisa Raymond (second round, lost to Arantxa Parra Santonja)
  29. Hungary Petra Mandula (second round, lost to Denisa Chládková)
  30. France Mary Pierce (third round, lost to Venus Williams)
  31. France Émilie Loit (first round, lost to Zheng Jie)
  32. Russia Dinara Safina (second round, lost to Marissa Irvin)

Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Qualifier entries

Protected ranking

Men's singles


Women's singles

Withdrawals

Men's Singles


Women's Singles

References

  1. ^ "Deux: Death on the Dirt".
  2. ^ "Roland Garros Flashback: Santoro Wins Longest Match In History". ATP Tour. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ * McCarvel, Nicholas (9 September 2012). "A U.S. Open Final Without Nadal & Federer? Great!". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  4. ^ This was the first ever all-Argentinean Men's Singles final.
  5. ^ Gaudio became the first Argentine player since Guillermo Vilas (in 1977) to win the Men's Singles title.
  6. ^ Myskina became the first female player from Russia to win a Grand Slam title.

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