2004 WTA Tour Championships

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2004 WTA Tour Championships
DateNovember 10–15
Edition34th
CategoryYear-end championships
Draw8S (round robin) / 4D
Prize money$3,000,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
Location Los Angeles, United States
Venue Staples Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova / Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy
  2003  ·
·  2005  

The 2004 WTA Tour Championships was a women's round robin tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, United States. It was the 34th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 29th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2004 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between November 10 and November 15, 2004. Sixth-seeded Maria Sharapova won the singles event, the first, and so far only, Russian to win the tournament, and earned $1,000,000 first-prize money as well as 485 ranking points. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Justine Henin-Hardenne had qualified for the tournament but withdrew due to illness (cytomegalovirus). [4]

Finals

Singles

Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova defeated Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.

Doubles

Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova / Flag of the United States.svg Meghann Shaughnessy defeated Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs, 7–5, 6–2.

Singles Championship Race

Singles

Players in gold have qualified for Los Angeles. Players in brown withdrawn. The low-ranked players in blue after them would be played as alternates in Los Angeles.

RankPlayer1234567891011121314151617Total pointsTourn
1 Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport W
300+161
SF
292+164
SF
292+132
W
220+193
W
195+201
W
300+63
W
195+158
W
195+87
QF
162+108
F
228+42
W
120+55
SF
135+31
SF
88+78
F
85+51
R16
90+32
QF
75+18
4,54616
2 Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo W
300+151
SF
292+148
W
300+101
W
300+94
S
174+112
F
137+147
W
195+88
W
195+77
QF
162+94
F
154+100
QF
162+92
F
137+89
QF
162+54
SF
88+25
QF
49+15
R32
1+0
4,19516
3 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina W
650+436
W
300+176
F
210+105
QF
162+140
W
195+87
SF
146+64
SF
135+54
SF
94+56
SF
99+38
R32
56+36
QF
75+10
QF
49+30
SF
66+12
QF
49+23
QF
49+2
R64
32+8
R32
1+0
3,64618
3 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Myskina R16
1+0
3,64618
4 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova W
650+366
F
137+140
F
137+127
W
195+63
F
137+62
F
137+60
W
145+49
SF
99+46
QF
75+62
QF
75+53
QF
81+29
QF
62+45
R16
90+16
QF
49+38
QF
75+2
QF
30+45
R32
56+12
3,55821
4 Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova R16
42+15
R16
45+8
R128
2+0
R32
1+0
3,55821
5 Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva F
456+386
F
456+350
F
228+152
F
210+112
SF
135+58
SF
135+48
W
120+43
SF
88+68
SF
88+18
QF
49+27
QF
49+4
R16
42+8
R16
42+4
R128
2+0
R128
2+0
R64
1+0
R16
1+0
3,38621
5 Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva R32
1+0
R32
1+0
R32
1+0
R32
1+0
3,38621
6 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova W
650+372
F
210+100
QF
162+88
W
120+52
SF
88+50
W
120+17
W
95+17
SF
88+14
R32
56+36
R16
42+47
QF
75+10
R16
45+33
R16
42+30
R32
56+16
SF
55+16
R16
42+8
R16
45+5
2,94719
6 Flag of Russia.svg Maria Sharapova R16
42+2
R16
1+0
2,94719
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin-Hardenne W
650+308
W
325+152
G
248+187
W
195+133
W
195+55
SF
88+73
R16
90+38
SF
88+25
R64
32+2
2,8849
8 Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams F
456+248
W
325+103
W
195+128
QF
162+116
F
137+101
QF
162+48
SF
135+49
QF
75+33
QF
49+30
R16
42+2
R16
1+0
2,59711
9 Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva F
137+103
SF
135+68
SF
135+63
SF
135+53
W
120+54
R16
90+46
R16
90+44
R16
90+32
QF
75+46
F
85+31
SF
88+25
SF
88+23
QF
75+27
SF
88+14
QF
49+38
R32
56+24
QF
49+23
2,53125
9 Flag of Russia.svg Vera Zvonareva R16
45+12
QF
49+8
R16
25+10
R32
28+4
R32
25+4
R16
16+4
R16
1+0
R32
1+0
2,53125
10 Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams W
300+74
W
195+116
F
210+76
QF
162+112
F
137+50
R16
90+64
SF
88+37
QF
81+41
QF
75+25
QF
75+12
QF
75+10
R32
56+28
QF
49+19
QF
49+15
R64
32+8
R16
34+5
2,40016
11 Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Capriati SF
292+252
SF
292+250
F
210+143
QF
162+122
SF
135+75
SF
88+36
QF
75+19
QF
49+15
QF
49+10
R16
42+10
R32
28+4
R16
1+0
2,35912

References

  1. "Sharapova Edges S. Williams". The Washington Post. November 16, 2004. p. D02.
  2. Paul Levine (December 8, 2004). "Sharapova defeats Serena in WTA Tour Championship final". ESPN . ESPN.
  3. "Sharapova wins season's finale". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. November 16, 2004.
  4. "Henin-Hardenne's season ends because of virus". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philly.com. October 12, 2004. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.