Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
Women's doubles | |
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2004 Summer Olympics | |
Champions | Li Ting Sun Tiantian (CHN) |
Runners-up | Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) |
Score | 6–3, 6–3 |
Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | 15 to 22 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 64 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's doubles competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was part of the tennis program for the games, and was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece. Venus & Serena Williams were the defending champions, but Serena decided not to participate. Venus was instead partnered with Chanda Rubin, and the pair lost in the first round to Li Ting and Sun Tiantian.
Ting and Tiantian won the gold medal, defeating Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final 6–3, 6–3. Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini won the bronze medal, defeating Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama in the bronze medal match 6–3, 6–3.
Medalists
Gold | Li Ting and Sun Tiantian China |
Silver | Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual Spain |
Bronze | Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini Argentina |
Seeds
- Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) (Second Round)
- Conchita Martínez / Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) (Final, Silver Medalists)
- Martina Navratilova / Lisa Raymond (USA) (Quarterfinals)
- Alicia Molik / Rennae Stubbs (AUS) (Quarterfinals)
- Shinobu Asagoe / Ai Sugiyama (JPN) (Semifinals, Fourth Place)
- Myriam Casanova / Patty Schnyder (SUI) (Second Round)
- Paola Suárez / Patricia Tarabini (ARG) (Semifinals, Bronze Medalists)
- Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (CHN) (Champions, Gold Medalists)
Draw
Finals
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
7 | Paola Suárez (ARG) Patricia Tarabini (ARG) | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
8 | Li Ting (CHN) Sun Tiantian (CHN) | 6 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
8 | Li Ting (CHN) Sun Tiantian (CHN) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
2 | Conchita Martínez (ESP) Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
5 | Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
2 | Conchita Martínez (ESP) Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) | 6 | 6 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||
7 | Paola Suárez (ARG) Patricia Tarabini (ARG) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
5 | Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) | 3 | 3 |