2004 Italian Open – Women's doubles

2004 Italian Open s RUS Nadia PetrovaUSA Meghann Shaughnessy ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 2004 Italian Open (tennis) Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but Kuznetsova decided not to compete this year. Navratilova teamed up with Lisa Raymond and lost in second round to Elena Likhovtseva and Anastasia Myskina. Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title, defeating Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final. It was the 8th title for Petrova and the 8th title for Shaughnessy in their respective careers. It was also the 4th title for the pair during this season. Seeds The first four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (final) RSA Liezel Huber / JPN Ai Sugiyama (second round) USA Martina Navratilova / USA Lisa Raymond (second round) RUS Nadia Petrova / USA Meghann Shaughnessy (champions) ZIM Cara Black / BEL Els Callens (first round) SVK Janette Husárová / ESP Conchita Martínez (semifinals) CHN Li Ting / CHN Sun Tiantian (semifinals) FRA Marion Bartoli / USA Meilen Tu (first round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 185 1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6 7 CHN Li TingCHN Sun Tiantian 4 2 4 RUS Nadia PetrovaUSA Meghann Shaughnessy 6 77 6 SVK Janette HusárováESP Conchita Martínez 2 64 1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 3 3 4 RUS Nadia PetrovaUSA Meghann Shaughnessy 2 6 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals ITA 2003 R GrandeVEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 611 2 ARG G DulkoRUS M Sharapova 713 6 RUS E BovinaFRA N Dechy 6 7 AUS L McSheaVEN 1954 M Sequera 3 5 PR CZE K PeschkeGER B Rittner 64 6 6 5 ZIM C BlackBEL E Callens 77 2 4 RUS A JidkovaUSA A Spears 0 7 2 RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS A Myskina 6 5 6 WC ITA 2003 T GarbinITA 2003 M Santangelo 6 5 0 AUT B SchettARG P Tarabini 3 7 6 USA L GranvilleUKR T Perebiynis 2 4 7 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 6 6 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 ARG G DulkoRUS M Sharapova 1 1 RUS E BovinaFRA N Dechy 6 6 PR CZE K PeschkeGER B Rittner 1 3 3 USA M NavratilovaUSA L Raymond 64 78 3 RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS A Myskina 77 66 6 AUT B SchettARG P Tarabini 3 2 7 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 6 6 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 RUS E BovinaFRA N Dechy 4 0 RUS E LikhovtsevaRUS A Myskina 63 5 7 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 77 7 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 7 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 4 2 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 FRA M BartoliUSA M Tu 6 5 1 SVK D HantuchováRUS D Safina 2 7 6 EST M AniSUI E Gagliardi 3 6 7 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 6 4 5 ITA 2003 S Farina EliaITA 2003 F Schiavone 6 3 65 PR FRA S TestudITA 2003 R Vinci 2 6 77 6 SVK J HusárováESP C Martínez 6 6 Q ITA 2003 ME CamerinESP M Marrero 2 4 AUS A MolikESP M Serna 4 4 WC ITA 2003 Ad Serra ZanettiITA 2003 An Serra Zanetti 6 6 WC FRA M PierceESP A Sánchez Vicario 1 6 3 RUS E DementievaAUS N Pratt 6 0 6 SVK D HantuchováRUS D Safina 61 6 2 EST M AniSUI E Gagliardi 77 3 6 PR FRA S TestudITA 2003 R Vinci 3 1 4 RUS N PetrovaUSA M Shaughnessy 6 6 6 SVK J HusárováESP C Martínez 7 6 WC ITA 2003 Ad Serra ZanettiITA 2003 An Serra Zanetti 5 3 RUS E DementievaAUS N Pratt 7 7 2 RSA L HuberJPN A Sugiyama 5 5 EST M AniSUI E Gagliardi 1 3 4 RUS N PetrovaUSA M Shaughnessy 6 6 6 SVK J HusárováESP C Martínez 6 6 RUS E DementievaAUS N Pratt 4 1 4 RUS N PetrovaUSA M Shaughnessy 6 77 6 SVK J HusárováESP C Martínez 2 64 External links Main and Qualifying Draws Women's Doubles Italian Open - Doubles Category:2004 in Italian women's sport