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2004 Swisscom Challenge | |
Champions | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs |
Runners-up | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez |
Final score | 6–4, 6–4 |
Draw | 16 |
Seeds | 4 |
Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Clijsters was injured on her left wrist, [1] while Sugiyama decided to focus on the singles tournament.
Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs won the title by defeating Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–4 in the final.
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
T Križan M Vento-Kabchi | 0 | 5 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WC | V Dushevina MG Mikaelian | 2 | 2 | M Jugić-Salkić M Weingärtner | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Jugić-Salkić M Weingärtner | 6 | 6 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | N Petrova M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | J Husárová A Molik | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E Gagliardi AL Grönefeld | 2 | 1 | 3 | N Petrova M Shaughnessy | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
J Husárová A Molik | 6 | 6 | J Husárová A Molik | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J Kostanić L McShea | 1 | 0 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Q | N Dechy T Golovin | 6 | 6 | 2 | C Black R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Medina Garrigues M Serna | 4 | 3 | Q | N Dechy T Golovin | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
L Huber É Loit | 5 | 6 | 6 | L Huber É Loit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | B Schett P Schnyder | 7 | 4 | 2 | Q | N Dechy T Golovin | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
M Pierce L Raymond | 4 | 5 | 2 | C Black R Stubbs | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | D Hantuchová M Maleeva | 6 | 7 | WC | D Hantuchová M Maleeva | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Asagoe K Srebotnik | 69 | 3 | 2 | C Black R Stubbs | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | C Black R Stubbs | 711 | 6 |
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