2004 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2004 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2004 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–30, 2004 at the TipsArena Linz. Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title.

2004 Generali Ladies Linz
Date23–30 October
Edition18th
CategoryTier II Series
Prize moneyUSD $585,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationLinz, Austria
VenueTipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
France Amélie Mauresmo
Doubles
Slovakia Janette Husárová / Russia Elena Likhovtseva
← 2003 · Linz Open · 2005 →

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 195 137 88 49 25 1 11.75 6.75 4 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $95,500 $51,000 $27,300 $14,600 $7,820 $4,175 $2,230 $1,195 $640
Doubles * $30,000 $16,120 $8,620 $4,610 $2,465

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank Seed
  FRA Amélie Mauresmo 2 1
  RUS Anastasia Myskina 8 2
  USA Serena Williams 9 3
  RUS Vera Zvonareva 12 4
  RUS Nadia Petrova 13 5
  JPN Ai Sugiyama 14 6
   SUI Patty Schnyder 15 7
  CRO Karolina Šprem 17 8
  RUS Elena Bovina 24 9

Rankings are as of 18 October 2004.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Retirements

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Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Player 1 Rank Player 2 Rank Seed
  SVK Janette Husárová   RUS Elena Likhovtseva 13 3 1
  RSA Liezel Huber   JPN Ai Sugiyama 11 6 2
  ESP Magüi Serna   VEN María Vento-Kabchi 45 22 3
  FRA Marion Bartoli   SVK Daniela Hantuchová 29 78 4

Rankings are as of 18 October 2004

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry into the main draw via a protected ranking:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

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Singles

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It was Mauresmo's 14th WTA singles title, and fourth title of the year.

Doubles

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It was Husárová's 18th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. It was Likhovtseva's 20th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. This was the first of two doubles titles they won together as a pair.

References

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  1. ^ "Mauresmo cruises to Linz title". Eurosport. Linz. 31 October 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2020.