2004 China Open – Men's singles

The event was being held for the first time since 1997. Jim Courier was the last champion.

Men's singles
2004 China Open
Final
ChampionRussia Marat Safin
Runner-upRussia Mikhail Youzhny
Score7–6(7–4), 7–5
Details
Draw32 (3WC/4Q/1LL)
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
← 1997 · China Open · 2005 →

Marat Safin won the title, beating Mikhail Youzhny 7–6(7–4), 7–5 in the final.[1][2][3]

Seeds edit

  1.   Carlos Moyá (first round)
  2.   Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round)
  3.   David Nalbandian (quarterfinals)
  4.   Rainer Schüttler (second round)
  5.   Marat Safin (champion)
  6.   Paradorn Srichaphan (semifinals)
  7.   Taylor Dent (second round)
  8.   Dominik Hrbatý (quarterfinals)

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Semifinals Final
          
6   Paradorn Srichaphan 4 4  
    Mikhail Youzhny 6 6  
    Mikhail Youzhny 64 5  
5   Marat Safin 77 7  
    Jarkko Nieminen 2 4  
5   Marat Safin 6 6  

Top half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   C Moyá 3 3  
Q   J-W Tsonga 6 6   Q   J-W Tsonga 67 3  
    G Weiner 2 4       H-t Lee 79 6  
    H-t Lee 6 6       H-t Lee 4 3  
Q   A Parmar 3 2   6   P Srichaphan 6 6  
    N Okun 6 6       N Okun 3 6 66
    J-R Lisnard 4 5   6   P Srichaphan 6 3 78
6   P Srichaphan 6 7   6   P Srichaphan 4 4  
4   R Schüttler 6 6       M Youzhny 6 6  
    P Baccanello 4 3   4   R Schüttler 64 1  
    M Youzhny 7 77       M Youzhny 77 6  
    I Heuberger 5 64       M Youzhny 6 6  
Q   N Healey 7 5 2 8   D Hrbatý 4 2  
    D Sanguinetti 5 7 6     D Sanguinetti 2 2  
WC   Y Wang 2 2   8   D Hrbatý 6 6  
8   D Hrbatý 6 6  

Bottom half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7   T Dent 6 6  
Q   P Luczak 3 2   7   T Dent 3 5  
    J Nieminen 7 6       J Nieminen 6 7  
    G García-López 5 4       J Nieminen 6 2 6
    Y-h Lu 7 6   3   D Nalbandian 2 6 2
WC   B Zhu 5 2       Y-h Lu 78 4 4
    K Pless 65 6 3 3   D Nalbandian 66 6 6
3   D Nalbandian 77 3 6     J Nieminen 2 4  
5   M Safin 6 7   5   M Safin 6 6  
    A Bogomolov Jr. 4 5   5   M Safin 6 6  
LL   P Amritraj 6 4 2 WC   H Lu 2 2  
WC   H Lu 4 6 6 5   M Safin 6 6  
    L Burgsmüller 2 2       K Kim 2 4  
    K Kim 6 6       K Kim 6 6  
    J Gimelstob 4 1   2   JC Ferrero 4 4  
2   JC Ferrero 6 6  

Qualifying edit

Seeds edit

  1.   Peter Luczak (qualified)
  2.   Arvind Parmar (qualified)
  3.   Gilles Simon (first round)
  4.   Jamie Delgado (second round)
  5.   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (qualified)
  6.   Tasuku Iwami (second round)
  7.   Prakash Amritraj (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
  8.   Paul Logtens (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers edit

Lucky loser edit

  1.   Prakash Amritraj

Qualifying draw edit

First qualifier edit

First round Second round Qualifying competition
1   Peter Luczak 6 6
  Laurent Recouderc 4 1 1   Peter Luczak 6 6
  Li Zhe 78 77   Li Zhe 2 2
  Wang Yu 66 65 1   Peter Luczak 62 6 6
  Zhang Hui 6 2 7 7   Prakash Amritraj 77 2 2
WC   Cui Bin 2 6 5   Zhang Hui 3 1
  Gao Wan 0 2 7   Prakash Amritraj 6 6
7   Prakash Amritraj 6 6

Second qualifier edit

First round Second round Qualifying competition
2   Arvind Parmar 6 6
WC   Li Jingyi 4 4 2   Arvind Parmar 6 6
  Yaoki Ishii 6 6   Yaoki Ishii 3 0
  Yang Zengbao 2 4 2   Arvind Parmar 6 6
  Wang Yue 0 66   Alexander Kudryavtsev 4 1
  Alexander Kudryavtsev 6 78   Alexander Kudryavtsev 6 1 77
  Wu Zhiqiang 0 0 6   Tasuku Iwami 3 6 65
6   Tasuku Iwami 6 6

Third qualifier edit

First round Second round Qualifying competition
3   Gilles Simon 4 64
  Nathan Healey 6 77   Nathan Healey 6 6
  Toshihide Matsui 6 6   Toshihide Matsui 4 3
  Cui Miao 3 2   Nathan Healey 7 6
  Bai Yang 2 2 8   Paul Logtens 5 4
WC   Li Xiang 6 6 WC   Li Xiang 3 2
  Xu Ran 1 2 8   Paul Logtens 6 6
8   Paul Logtens 6 6

Fourth qualifier edit

First round Second round Qualifying competition
4   Jamie Delgado 6 6
  Yang Wei-Guang 3 0 4   Jamie Delgado 6 2 4
  Luka Gregorc 6 6   Luka Gregorc 1 6 6
  Xu Tian-Yu 1 0   Luka Gregorc 3 2
  Gabriel Montilla 3 6 6 5   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
  Andrei Merinov 6 2 2   Gabriel Montilla 2 4
  Vadim Davletshin 6 4 3 5   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
5   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 6 6

References edit

  1. ^ "Safin triumphs over Youzhny at China Open". China Daily. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Safin ends two-year wait in Beijing, Kuznetsova takes Bali title". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Reuters. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Safin returns to winning ways". Beijing: Dawn. Reuters. 20 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

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