2004 Italian Open – Women's singles

2004 Italian Open FRA Amélie Mauresmo USA Jennifer Capriati 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6) 56 (3WC Wild cards/12Q Qualifiers) 16 2004 Italian Open (tennis) Amélie Mauresmo defeated Jennifer Capriati in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2004 Italian Open. It was her second title of the season and the 12th of her career. This was Mauresmo’s fourth final in the last five years, finishing runner-up in 2000, 2001, and 2003.Collins Bud Persistent Mauresmo Wins the Italian Open Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-17-sp-tennis17-story.html 18 October 2025 17 May 2004 RomeMauresmo rompe su maleficio en el Foro Itálico https://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2004/05/15/tenis/1084637970.html 18 October 2025 El Mundo (Spain) 15 May 2014 es Rome Mauresmo breaks her curse at the Foro Italico Kim Clijsters was the reigning champion, but did not compete this year due to a wrist injury. Seeds The first eight seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em USA Serena Williams (semifinals) FRA Amélie Mauresmo (champion) RUS Anastasia Myskina (second round) RUS Nadia Petrova (second round) USA Jennifer Capriati (final) RUS Elena Dementieva (second round) JPN Ai Sugiyama (third round) RUS Vera Zvonareva (semifinals) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals) ITA 2003 Silvia Farina Elia (quarterfinals) SUI Patty Schnyder (second round, retired due to a left upper arm strain) ARG Paola Suárez (third round) ESP Conchita Martínez (third round) ITA 2003 Francesca Schiavone (quarterfinals) BUL Magdalena Maleeva (first round) ISR Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 185 PR/1 USA Serena Williams 7 6 9 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 5 0 16 ISR Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi 3 3 5 USA Jennifer Capriati 6 6 8 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 6 14 ITA 2003 Francesca Schiavone 3 3 10 ITA 2003 Silvia Farina Elia 1 6 5 2 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 6 2 7 PR/1 USA Serena Williams 4 4 5 USA Jennifer Capriati 6 6 8 RUS Vera Zvonareva 2 3 2 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 6 6 5 USA Jennifer Capriati 6 3 66 2 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 3 6 78 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals PR FRA S Testud 6 3 4 ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 3 6 6 Q RUS V Dushevina 6 5 6 ZIM C Black 4 7 4 Q MAD D Randriantefy 6 4 6 15 BUL M Maleeva 3 6 4 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 4 6 AUS A Molik 2 6 4 Q ESP M Marrero 6 77 Q RUS T Panova 1 63 Q ARG G Dulko 1 4 FRA M Pierce 6 6 PR/1 USA S Williams 7 6 ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 5 3 Q RUS V Dushevina 0 3 Q MAD D Randriantefy 6 6 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6 Q ESP M Marrero 0 4 FRA M Pierce 2 4 7 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6 PR/1 USA S Williams 6 6 Q MAD D Randriantefy 1 3 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 3 77 7 JPN A Sugiyama 4 6 64 PR/1 USA S Williams 7 6 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 5 0 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 175 USA L Granville 0 3 WC ITA 2003 F Pennetta 6 6 WC ITA 2003 ME Camerin 7 7 SCG J Dokic 5 5 ESP M Serna 2 1 16 ISR A Smashnova-Pistolesi 6 6 12 ARG P Suárez 5 6 COL F Zuluaga 7 1 r USA J Craybas 4 2 Q FRA T Golovin 6 6 Q CZE K Koukalová 77 2 4 VEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 63 6 6 4 RUS N Petrova 6 64 4 WC ITA 2003 F Pennetta 1 77 6 WC ITA 2003 ME Camerin 2 1 16 ISR A Smashnova-Pistolesi 6 6 12 ARG P Suárez 6 7 Q FRA T Golovin 2 5 VEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 2 1 5 USA J Capriati 6 6 WC ITA 2003 F Pennetta 2 2 16 ISR A Smashnova-Pistolesi 6 6 12 ARG P Suárez 2 2 5 USA J Capriati 6 6 16 ISR A Smashnova-Pistolesi 3 3 5 USA J Capriati 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals RUS D Safina 6 6 WC ITA 2003 M Santangelo 3 2 RUS E Bovina 6 1 6 SLO T Pisnik 3 6 0 GER A Barna 4 1 11 SUI P Schnyder 6 6 14 ITA 2003 F Schiavone 6 6 AUS N Pratt 2 3 Q USA S Reeves 6 3 6 USA L Raymond 4 6 2 FRA É Loit 6 3 63 RUS E Likhovtseva 4 6 77 8 RUS V Zvonareva 1 6 6 RUS D Safina 6 4 2 RUS E Bovina 3 77 11 SUI P Schnyder 6 65 r 14 ITA 2003 F Schiavone 6 6 Q USA S Reeves 3 4 RUS E Likhovtseva 7 1 6 3 RUS A Myskina 5 6 3 8 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6 RUS E Bovina 3 0 14 ITA 2003 F Schiavone 6 6 RUS E Likhovtseva 1 3 8 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6 14 ITA 2003 F Schiavone 3 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q UKR T Perebiynis 4 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 7 Q CRO J Kostanić 4 63 USA M Shaughnessy 6 77 Q AUT B Schett 4 4 10 ITA 2003 S Farina Elia 6 6 13 ESP C Martínez 6 6 Q UKR Y Fedak 1 1 CRO K Šprem 6 6 SVK D Hantuchová 2 2 FRA N Dechy 6 6 PUR K Brandi 4 4 6 RUS E Dementieva 1 4 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 USA M Shaughnessy 2 5 10 ITA 2003 S Farina Elia 6 7 13 ESP C Martínez 4 6 6 CRO K Šprem 6 4 2 FRA N Dechy 5 2 2 FRA A Mauresmo 7 6 RUS M Sharapova 63 0 10 ITA 2003 S Farina Elia 77 6 13 ESP C Martínez 3 4 2 FRA A Mauresmo 6 6 10 ITA 2003 S Farina Elia 1 6 5 2 FRA A Mauresmo 6 2 7 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em CRO Jelena Kostanić (qualified) SCG Jelena Janković (first round, retired due to a left low back strain) CZE Iveta Benešová (qualifying competition) AUT Barbara Schett (qualified) SVK Martina Suchá (qualifying competition) CHN Zheng Jie (first round) LUX Claudine Schaul (qualifying competition) SLO Katarina Srebotnik (first round) SVK Ľubomíra Kurhajcová (first round) ARG Gisela Dulko (qualified) FRA Marion Bartoli (qualifying competition) CZE Klára Koukalová (qualified) UKR Julia Vakulenko (qualifying competition) FRA Tatiana Golovin (qualified) ESP Marta Marrero (qualified) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (qualifying competition) BEL Els Callens (qualifying competition) ITA 2003 Rita Grande (qualifying competition) RUS Alina Jidkova (qualifying competition) ITA 2003 Tathiana Garbin (first round) RUS Vera Dushevina (qualified) USA Samantha Reeves (qualified) UKR Tatiana Perebiynis (qualified) GER Marlene Weingärtner (first round) Qualifiers 30em CRO Jelena Kostanić UKR Yuliana Fedak FRA Tatiana Golovin AUT Barbara Schett UKR Tatiana Perebiynis RUS Tatiana Panova ESP Marta Marrero USA Samantha Reeves MAD Dally Randriantefy ARG Gisela Dulko RUS Vera Dushevina CZE Klára Koukalová Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 CRO Jelena Kostanić 77 6 ITA 2003 Antonella Serra Zanetti 63 1 ITA 2003 Roberta Vinci 6 6 20 ITA 2003 Tathiana Garbin 1 0 1 CRO Jelena Kostanić 6 6 ITA 2003 Roberta Vinci 0 3 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 SCG Jelena Janković 4 1r UKR Yuliana Fedak 6 3 GER Julia Schruff 5 62 17 BEL Els Callens 7 77 UKR Yuliana Fedak 6 6 17 BEL Els Callens 4 3 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 CZE Iveta Benešová 6 6 VEN 1954 Milagros Sequera 0 1 BIH Mervana Jugić-Salkić 2 5 14 FRA Tatiana Golovin 6 7 3 CZE Iveta Benešová 6 5 4 14 FRA Tatiana Golovin 1 7 6 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 AUT Barbara Schett 7 6 WC ITA 2003 Valentina Sassi 5 0 WC ITA 2003 Alice Canepa 78 2 2 19 RUS Alina Jidkova 66 6 6 4 AUT Barbara Schett 6 7 19 RUS Alina Jidkova 0 5 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 SVK Martina Suchá 6 6 USA Shenay Perry 2 4 AUS Samantha Stosur 2 7 2 23 UKR Tatiana Perebiynis 6 5 6 5 SVK Martina Suchá 4 1 23 UKR Tatiana Perebiynis 6 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 CHN Zheng Jie 67 5 RUS Tatiana Panova 79 7 WC ITA 2003 Margot Torre 2 4 18 ITA 2003 Rita Grande 6 6 RUS Tatiana Panova 6 6 18 ITA 2003 Rita Grande 1 2 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 LUX Claudine Schaul 2 6 6 WC ITA 2003 Sara Errani 6 2 2 WC ITA 2003 Giulia Casoni 1 4 15 ESP Marta Marrero 6 6 7 LUX Claudine Schaul 4 3 15 ESP Marta Marrero 6 6 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 SLO Katarina Srebotnik 5 4 GER Stephanie Gehrlein 7 6 USA Meilen Tu 5 3 22 USA Samantha Reeves 7 6 GER Stephanie Gehrlein 4 3 22 USA Samantha Reeves 6 6 Ninth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 yes 9 SVK Ľubomíra Kurhajcová 63 0 MAD Dally Randriantefy 77 6 ITA 2003 Adriana Serra Zanetti 6 6 24 GER Marlene Weingärtner 4 4 MAD Dally Randriantefy 6 2 6 ITA 2003 Adriana Serra Zanetti 3 6 1 Tenth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 10 ARG Gisela Dulko 6 6 CHN Sun Tiantian 3 2 CZE Zuzana Ondrášková 3 2 16 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 6 6 10 ARG Gisela Dulko 6 6 16 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 4 0 Eleventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 11 FRA Marion Bartoli 6 6 WC ITA 2003 Nathalie Viérin 3 1 CZE Sandra Kleinová 4 2 21 RUS Vera Dushevina 6 6 11 FRA Marion Bartoli 64 0 21 RUS Vera Dushevina 77 6 Twelfth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 12 CZE Klára Koukalová 6 6 EST Maret Ani 3 4 SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi 77 3 2 13 UKR Julia Vakulenko 65 6 6 12 CZE Klára Koukalová 2 6 6 13 UKR Julia Vakulenko 6 1 3 References External links Main and Qualifying draws ITF tournament profile Women's Singles Italian Open - Singles Category:2004 in Italian women's sport