2004 China Open – Mixed doubles

2004 China Open s USA Tripp PhillipsSUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi USA Justin GimelstobUSA Jill Craybas 6–1, 6–2 mixed 16 4 2004 China Open (tennis) In order to commemorate the first joint edition since 1996, a mixed doubles tournament was held by combining female players of the WTA China Open and the male players of the ATP Beijing Challenger. The tournament had a prize money of US$6,000, but as this was an exhibition tournament, no points were given for the ATP and WTA rankings. Matches were played at best of three sets with a Match tie-break replacing the final set, in which a pair must win a 10-point tiebreaker (or by a two-point margin) to win the match. Match tie-breaks were not fully implemented until the 2006 season in official tournaments.Match tie break, nueva fórmula para los dobles Match tie break, new formula for doubles matches http://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2005/11/20/tenis/1132501745.html 21 January 2018 DPA El Mundo 20 November 2005 Shanghai Spanish Tripp Phillips and Emmanuelle Gagliardi won the title by defeating Justin Gimelstob and Jill Craybas 6–1, 6–2 in the final. Seeds 30em USA Graydon Oliver / CHN Sun Tiantian (first round) USA Tripp Phillips / SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi (champions) USA Justin Gimelstob / USA Jill Craybas (final) AUS Ashley Fisher / AUS Samantha Stosur (second round) Draw Draw First round Second round Semifinals Final 1 USA G OliverCHN T Sun 5 2 USA A Bogomolov Jr.RUS D Safina 7 6 USA B CoupeRSA K Grant 2 6 [6] USA S HumphriesESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 4 [10] 3 USA J GimelstobUSA J Craybas 6 6 USA T DentUSA J Hopkins 3 4 USA S HussVEN 1954 M Sequera 7 6 JPN Norikazu SugiyamaARG M Díaz Oliva 5 4 USA G WeinerRSA N Grandin 6 6 CHN Y ZhangCHN J Zheng 1 2 GRE Niko KaragiannisRUS G Voskoboeva 4 2 4 AUS A FisherAUS S Stosur 6 6 USA J MarshallCOL C Castaño 6 6 ITA 2003 D SanguinettiITA 2003 An Serra Zanetti 3 1 SWE J LandsbergRUS A Jidkova 2 6 [2] 2 USA T PhillipsSUI E Gagliardi 6 2 [10] USA A Bogomolov Jr.RUS D Safina USA S HumphriesESP A Sánchez Vicario w/o 3 USA J GimelstobUSA J Craybas 5 6 [10] USA S HussVEN 1954 M Sequera 7 3 [8] USA G WeinerRSA N Grandin 6 5 [10] 4 AUS A FisherAUS S Stosur 3 7 [6] USA J MarshallCOL C Castaño 4 2 2 USA T PhillipsSUI E Gagliardi 6 6 USA S HumphriesESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 2 [7] 3 USA J GimelstobUSA J Craybas 4 6 [10] USA G WeinerRSA N Grandin 1 2 2 USA T PhillipsSUI E Gagliardi 6 6 3 USA J GimelstobUSA J Craybas 1 2 2 USA T PhillipsSUI E Gagliardi 6 6 References External links Official results archive (ITF) Official results archive (WTA) China Open China Open Category:2004 China Open (tennis) Category:Mixed doubles tennis