2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open

2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open
Date	February 16 – February 21
Edition	2nd
Draw	32S/16D
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Hyderabad, India
Champions
Singles
	Nicole Pratt
Doubles
	Liezel Huber / Sania Mirza

Last updated March 03, 2019

The 2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open was a Tier 4 women's professional tennis tournament on the 2004 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from February 16 through February 21, 2004. Nicole Pratt won the singles title.^[1]

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Champions

Singles

Nicole Pratt defeated Maria Kirilenko, 7–6^(7–3), 6–1

Nicole Pratt is a retired professional female tennis player from Australia.

Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko-Stepanova is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She won the 2002 US Open Girls' Singles and won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. She has reached three Grand Slam singles quarterfinals, at the 2010 Australian Open the 2012 Wimbledon Championships and the 2013 French Open. In doubles, she has reached two Grand Slam doubles finals, at the 2011 Australian Open and the 2012 French Open, won the 2012 WTA Tour Championships and was a bronze medalist at the 2012 London Olympics. In June 2013, Kirilenko reached her career-high ranking of world No. 10. In September 2014, she played her last WTA event in Beijing.

Doubles

Liezel Huber / Sania Mirza defeated Li Ting / Sun Tiantian, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4

Liezel Huber is a South African-American retired tennis player who represented the United States internationally since August 2007. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On 12 November 2007, she became the co-World No. 1 in doubles with Cara Black. On 19 April 2010, Huber became the sole No. 1 for the first time in her career.

Sania Mirza is an Indian professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in the doubles discipline, she has won six Grand Slam titles in her career. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in 2013, she was ranked by the WTA as India's No. 1 player in both the categories. Throughout her career, Mirza has established herself as the most successful female Indian tennis player ever and one of the highest-paid and high-profile athletes in the country.

Li Ting is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles alongside Sun Tiantian.

Entrants

Seeds

The following players were seeded

Seed	Country	Player name
1	JPN	Saori Obata
2	FRA	Marion Bartoli
3	THA	Tamarine Tanasugarn
4	AUS	Nicole Pratt
5	CRO	Jelena Kostanić
6	CHN	Zheng Jie
7	ITA	Maria Elena Camerin
8	SVK	Lubomira Kurhajcova

Other entrants

The following players received Wildcards into the main draw

The following players got entry from the Qualifying Draw

Ankita Bhambri is an Indian former professional tennis player.

Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli retired professional tennis player.

Barbara Schwartz is an Austrian former professional tennis player.

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References

↑ "ITF – Tournament details". ITF.

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[1] "ITF – Tournament details". ITF.