2004 China Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2004 China Open
Champions	Emmanuelle Gagliardi Dinara Safina
Runners-up	Gisela Dulko María Vento-Kabchi
Score	6–4, 6–4
Draw	16 (2WC/1Q)
Seeds	4

Main article: 2004 China Open (tennis)

The tournament was moved from Shanghai to Beijing in 2004. Last champions in Shanghai were Émilie Loit and Nicole Pratt. Pratt teamed up with Tamarine Tanasugarn but they were eliminated in semifinals.

Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Dinara Safina won the title by defeating Gisela Dulko and María Vento-Kabchi 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

Seeds

1. Nicole Pratt / Tamarine Tanasugarn (semifinals)
2. Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (semifinals)
3. Maria Sharapova / Vera Zvonareva (first round)
4. Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	N Pratt T Tanasugarn	6	77
		M Sequera S Stosur	2	63				1	N Pratt T Tanasugarn	6	6
		A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta	6	67	6				A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta	2	2
	Q	N Grandin A Matic	4	79	1										1	N Pratt T Tanasugarn	4	4
	4	Z Yan J Zheng	6	78												G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi	6	6
		A Jidkova A Spears	3	66				4	Z Yan J Zheng	2	5
		G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi	6	6					G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi	6	7
		J Craybas M Weingärtner	2	4																			G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi	4	4
		E Gagliardi D Safina	6	6																			E Gagliardi D Safina	6	6
		M Marrero S Talaja	2	3					E Gagliardi D Safina	6	6
		S Asagoe R Fujiwara	1	6	6				S Asagoe R Fujiwara	3	4
	3	M Sharapova V Zvonareva	6	3	4											E Gagliardi D Safina	4	6	6
	WC	J Dokic J Janković	6	4	63										2	T Li T Sun	6	1	0
	WC	S Peng Y Xie	4	6	77			WC	S Peng Y Xie	4	2
		J Hopkins J Lee	2	2				2	T Li T Sun	6	6
	2	T Li T Sun	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Adriana Serra Zanetti / Antonella Serra Zanetti (qualifying competition)
2. Natalie Grandin / Antonia Matic (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Natalie Grandin / Antonia Matic

Qualifying draw

	First round					Qualifying competition
	1	Adriana Serra Zanetti Antonella Serra Zanetti	8
		Tatiana Panova Galina Voskoboeva	3
						1	Adriana Serra Zanetti Antonella Serra Zanetti	5	1
						2	Natalie Grandin Antonia Matic	7	6
	WC	Yang Shujing Yu Ying	4
	2	Natalie Grandin Antonia Matic	8

References

• Official results archive (ITF)
• Official results archive (WTA)