2004 Australian Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
2004 Australian Open
Champion	Justine Henin-Hardenne
Runner-up	Kim Clijsters
Score	6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Serena Williams was the defending champion, but she withdrew due to a left knee injury.

Justine Henin-Hardenne won the title, defeating compatriot and rival Kim Clijsters in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.

Seeds

1. Justine Henin-Hardenne (Champion)
2. Kim Clijsters (Final)
3. Venus Williams (Third Round)
4. Amélie Mauresmo (Quarterfinals)
5. Lindsay Davenport (Quarterfinals)
6. Anastasia Myskina (Quarterfinals)
7. Elena Dementieva (First Round)
8. Ai Sugiyama (Second Round)
9. Chanda Rubin (Fourth Round)
10. Nadia Petrova (First Round)
11. Vera Zvonareva (Fourth Round)
12. Paola Suárez (Third Round)
13. Conchita Martínez (First Round)
14. Anna Smashnova (Second Round)
15. Daniela Hantuchová (Second Round)
16. Magüi Serna (First Round)

17. Meghann Shaughnessy (First Round)
18. Francesca Schiavone (Second Round)
19. Eleni Daniilidou (Third Round)
20. Silvia Farina Elia (Fourth Round)
21. Elena Bovina (Second Round)
22. Patty Schnyder (Semifinals)
23. Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Third Round)
24. Magdalena Maleeva (Second Round)
25. Lisa Raymond (Quarterfinals)
26. Tina Pisnik (First Round)
27. Amanda Coetzer (Second Round)
28. Maria Sharapova (Third Round)
29. Nathalie Dechy (Fourth Round)
30. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Third Round)
31. Tamarine Tanasugarn (First Round)
32. Fabiola Zuluaga (Semifinals)

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

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Justine Henin-Hardenne	7	6
	5	Lindsay Davenport	5	3
								1	Justine Henin-Hardenne	6	6
								32	Fabiola Zuluaga	2	2
	4	Amélie Mauresmo	w/o
	32	Fabiola Zuluaga
															1	Justine Henin-Hardenne	6	4	6
															2	Kim Clijsters	3	6	3
	22	Patty Schnyder	77	6
	25	Lisa Raymond	62	3
								22	Patty Schnyder	2	62
								2	Kim Clijsters	6	77
	6	Anastasia Myskina	2	69
	2	Kim Clijsters	6	711

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	1	J Henin-Hardenne	6	6
	WC	O Lukaszewicz	0	0				1	J Henin-Hardenne	6	6
	Q	C Pin	6	63	6			Q	C Pin	1	4
		T Garbin	4	77	4										1	J Henin-Hardenne	6	7
		F Pennetta	5	4											30	S Kuznetsova	2	5
		A Serra Zanetti	7	6					A Serra Zanetti	60	4
	Q	S Perry	3	3				30	S Kuznetsova	77	6
	30	S Kuznetsova	6	6																		1	J Henin-Hardenne	6	77
	19	E Daniilidou	6	6																		Q	M Santangelo	1	65
	Q	J Hopkins	1	3				19	E Daniilidou	3	6	6
		E Callens	6	3	3				C Black	6	0	1
		C Black	2	6	6										19	E Daniilidou	4	7	3
		C Fernández	6	3	4										Q	M Santangelo	6	5	6
		B Schett	4	6	6				B Schett	63	6	3
	Q	M Santangelo	63	7	6			Q	M Santangelo	77	0	6
	16	M Serna	77	5	4

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	11	V Zvonareva	6	6
		Z Ondrášková	3	1				11	V Zvonareva	7	6
		M Czink	6	6					M Czink	5	4
		M Vento-Kabchi	4	3											11	V Zvonareva	7	2	6
		A Morigami	77	4	6											N Pratt	5	6	1
	Q	M-È Pelletier	62	6	4				A Morigami	6	3	3
		N Pratt	6	5	6				N Pratt	1	6	6
	17	M Shaughnessy	4	7	4																	11	V Zvonareva	1	3
	31	T Tanasugarn	1	3																		5	L Davenport	6	6
		L Granville	6	6					L Granville	6	2	6
	WC	E Dominikovic	4	7	6			WC	E Dominikovic	2	6	1
	WC	T Musgrave	6	5	3											L Granville	4	0
		É Loit	7	6											5	L Davenport	6	6
		M Marrero	5	4					É Loit	3	6	0
	PR	R Dragomir-Ilie	2	3				5	L Davenport	6	3	6
	5	L Davenport	6	6

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	4	A Mauresmo	6	6
	WC	C-j Chuang	1	0				4	A Mauresmo	6	6
	WC	C Dellacqua	4	4					Ľ Cervanová	0	2
		Ľ Cervanová	6	6											4	A Mauresmo	6	6
		A Cargill	3	4												A Medina Garrigues	1	2
		A Medina Garrigues	6	6					A Medina Garrigues	6	2	6
	Q	Y Fedak	7	6				Q	Y Fedak	2	6	3
	26	T Pisnik	5	0																		4	A Mauresmo	7	7
	21	E Bovina	4	6	7																		A Molik	5	5
		S Kleinová	6	1	5			21	E Bovina	4	3
		T Perebiynis	0	0					C Schaul	6	6
		C Schaul	6	6												C Schaul	77	1	2
	Q	A Bachmann	1	4												A Molik	64	6	6
		A Molik	6	6					A Molik	6	6
		A Serra Zanetti	65	4				15	D Hantuchová	4	3
	15	D Hantuchová	77	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	10	N Petrova	3	3
		A Kapros	6	6					A Kapros	6	6
	WC	S Stosur	6	6				WC	S Stosur	3	1
		S Talaja	3	2												A Kapros	3	6	12
		G León García	4	6	4											P Mandula	6	3	10
		P Mandula	6	4	6				P Mandula	66	6	6
		S Reeves	1	0				24	M Maleeva	78	2	3
	24	M Maleeva	6	6																			A Kapros	4	2
	32	F Zuluaga	6	6																		32	F Zuluaga	6	6
		S Asagoe	3	2				32	F Zuluaga	6	6
		A Jidkova	2	65				Q	M Díaz-Oliva	3	4
	Q	M Díaz-Oliva	6	77											32	F Zuluaga	78	4	6
		R Grande	2	1												J Craybas	66	6	2
		J Craybas	6	6					J Craybas	6	2	8
		J Janković	6	6					J Janković	4	6	6
	7	E Dementieva	1	4

Bottom Half

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	8	A Sugiyama	6	6
		T Panova	4	2				8	A Sugiyama	4	4
		M Casanova	3	6	4				S Obata	6	6
		S Obata	6	4	6											S Obata	5	1
	Q	T Obziler	6	6											29	N Dechy	7	6
		M Suchá	3	2				Q	T Obziler	3	0
		J Kostanić	5	4				29	N Dechy	6	6
	29	N Dechy	7	6																		29	N Dechy	2	4
	22	P Schnyder	6	5	6																	22	P Schnyder	6	6
		A Widjaja	3	7	3			22	P Schnyder	6	2	6
		A Stevenson	3	1					M Bartoli	4	6	3
		M Bartoli	6	6											22	P Schnyder	7	6
		E Birnerová	4	3											12	P Suárez	5	3
		J Vakulenko	6	6					J Vakulenko	3	4
	Q	G Dulko	2	2				12	P Suárez	6	6
	12	P Suárez	6	6

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	14	A Smashnova	6	6
		K Koukalová	3	3				14	A Smashnova	2	3
	WC	T Golovin	6	4				WC	T Golovin	6	6
		M-G Mikaelian	0	1	r										WC	T Golovin	6	77
		A Parra Santonja	5	1											23	L Krasnoroutskaya	2	64
	Q	B Strýcová	7	6				Q	B Strýcová	3	6	3
		K Šprem	3	4				23	L Krasnoroutskaya	6	4	6
	23	L Krasnoroutskaya	6	6																		WC	T Golovin	2	0
	25	L Raymond	5	6	6																	25	L Raymond	6	6
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	7	3	4			25	L Raymond	6	6
		A Barna	2	6	7				A Barna	3	4
		M Drake	6	0	5										25	L Raymond	6	77
		V Dushevina	6	4	6										3	V Williams	4	65
		J Zheng	2	6	0				V Dushevina	4	2
		A Harkleroad	2	1				3	V Williams	6	6
	3	V Williams	6	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	6	A Myskina	6	7
		S Arvidsson	2	5				6	A Myskina	6	6
		E Gagliardi	77	7					E Gagliardi	2	4
	Q	L Prusová	65	5											6	A Myskina	6	1	6
	WC	S Ferguson	3	1											28	M Sharapova	4	6	2
	LL	L Lee-Waters	6	6				LL	L Lee-Waters	1	3
		C Martínez Granados	4	3				28	M Sharapova	6	6
	28	M Sharapova	6	6																		6	A Myskina	63	6	6
	18	F Schiavone	7	6																		9	C Rubin	77	2	2
		C Torrens Valero	5	1				18	F Schiavone	2	2
		E Likhovtseva	3	6	6				E Likhovtseva	6	6
		D Randriantefy	6	1	1											E Likhovtseva	3	2
		D Chládková	6	6											9	C Rubin	6	6
		S Foretz	4	2					D Chládková	2	4
		A Svensson	3	6	3			9	C Rubin	6	6
	9	C Rubin	6	4	6

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	13	C Martínez	67	1
		K Brandi	79	6					K Brandi	6	0	5
		S Cohen-Aloro	6	5	3				A Frazier	2	6	7
		A Frazier	4	7	6											A Frazier	6	1	5
		K Srebotnik	4	3											20	S Farina Elia	4	6	7
		V Ruano Pascual	6	6					V Ruano Pascual	7	4	4
		H Nagyová	3	3				20	S Farina Elia	5	6	6
	20	S Farina Elia	6	6																		20	S Farina Elia	3	3
	27	A Coetzer	6	6																		2	K Clijsters	6	6
		T Snyder	3	1				27	A Coetzer	5	3
		Ľ Kurhajcová	3	61					D Safina	7	6
		D Safina	6	77												D Safina	2	1
		M Sequera	2	2											2	K Clijsters	6	6
		ME Camerin	6	6					ME Camerin	0	0
		M Weingärtner	3	2				2	K Clijsters	6	6
	2	K Clijsters	6	6

External links

• 2004 Australian Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw