Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion of the singles event at the Heineken Open tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand, but lost in the semifinals to Dominik Hrbatý.
Singles | |
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2004 Heineken Open | |
Champion | Dominik Hrbatý |
Runner-up | Rafael Nadal |
Score | 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
Draw | 32 (4 Q / 3 WC ) |
Seeds | 8 |
Hrbatý won in the final 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 against Rafael Nadal, on his first ATP tour level final.[1]
Seeds
editA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Guillermo Coria (second round; withdrew)
- Jiří Novák (semifinals)
- Gustavo Kuerten (semifinals)
- Sjeng Schalken (first round)
- Vince Spadea (quarterfinals)
- Gastón Gaudio (second round)
- Fernando González (first round)
- Jarkko Nieminen (first round)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ "2004 Auckland – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).