2004 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo

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2004 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
Date 19–25 July
Edition 17th
Category Tier V
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $110,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Palermo, Italy
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
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The 2004 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Palermo, Italy that was part of the Tier V category of the 2004 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo and took place from 19 July until 25 July 2004. Second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money. [1] [2] [3]

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Clay court type of tennis court

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Palermo Comune in Sicily, Italy

Palermo is a city of Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

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Finals

Singles

Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Flag of Italy.svg Flavia Pennetta, 6–4, 6–4

Anabel Medina Garrigues Spanish tennis player

Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues is a Spanish tennis coach and former player. As a player she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in 2009, and won 11 singles and 28 doubles titles, including the 2008 and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual. Like many of her Spanish compatriots, she was a clay-court specialist who grinds to win most of her rallies. However, unlike most of her fellow Spaniards, she preferred to play on hard courts. She won the WTA tournament in Strasbourg, beating Katarina Srebotnik in the final in May 2008, thus defending the title she won the previous year against Amélie Mauresmo. Her other singles titles came in Palermo in 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2001, Canberra in 2006, Strasbourg in 2005 and Fès in 2009.

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Doubles

Flag of Spain.svg Anabel Medina Garrigues / Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomíra Kurhajcová / Flag of Slovakia.svg Henrieta Nagyová, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Spanish tennis player

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Ľubomíra Kurhajcová is a former Slovak female professional tennis player. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 59 on 24 May 2004. Although she never passed the first round of a Grand Slam in seven appearances, she did get close at the 2004 French Open when she led Lisa Raymond 6–0, 5–0 in the first round and held two match points, only to lose the match 6–0, 5–7, 3–6.

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References

  1. ↑ Gatchalian, Robert, ed. (2005). Official Guide to Professional Tennis: 2005. Toronto: Sport Media Publishing, Inc. p. 335.
  2. ↑ "Garrigues wins Palermo International". UPI . 25 July 2004.
  3. ↑ "Medina Garrigues wins title". BBC Sport . 25 July 2004.

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