2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 2004 Wimbledon Championships RUS Maria Sharapova USA Serena Williams 6–1, 6–4 128 (12 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wildcards) 32 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles 2004 Wimbledon Championships Maria Sharapova defeated two-time defending champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was her first major title. The 17-year-old's victory over the six-time major champion was described by commentators as "the most stunning upset in memory".https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25495-2004Jul3.html Sharapova Wins Wimbledon After Improbable Journey The Washington Post Liz Clarke April 7, 2004 June 20, 2010 With the win, Sharapova entered the top 10 in the WTA rankings for the first time. She was the third-youngest woman to win Wimbledon (behind Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis)https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3860923.stm Sharapova storms to Wimbledon glory 3 July 2004 BBC Sport 3 July 2017 and the second Russian woman to win a major (after Anastasia Myskina won that year's French Open).https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/jul/04/wimbledon2004.wimbledon4 Sensational Sharapova is a Russian revelation 4 July 2004 The Guardian 3 July 2017 Serena Williams was attempting to become the first woman to win the title three consecutive times since Steffi Graf in 1991, 1992 and 1993. This was the last major singles tournament for former world No. 1 Martina Navratilova. Awarded a wild card, she won her first-round match and became, at age 47, the oldest player in the Open Era to win a main draw match at Wimbledon and the second-lowest ranked player to do so (world No. 1,001, behind Barbara Schwartz who was unranked in 2001).https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/jun/22/wimbledon2004.wimbledon3 Navratilova rolls back the years in quick time 22 June 2004 The Guardian 3 July 2017Harman, Neil (2004). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2004. 2 Puddle Dock, London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. 1-903135 39 7. Seeds 1 1 USA Serena Williams (final) 2 8 RUS Anastasia Myskina (third round) 3 6 USA Venus Williams (second round) 4 3 FRA Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals) 5 5 USA Lindsay Davenport (semifinals) 6 7 RUS Elena Dementieva (first round) 7 2 USA Jennifer Capriati (quarterfinals) 8 4 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (first round) 9 4 ARG Paola Suárez (quarterfinals) 10 2 RUS Nadia Petrova (fourth round) 11 7 JPN Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals) 12 5 RUS Vera Zvonareva (fourth round) 13 8 RUS Maria Sharapova (champion) 14 3 ITA Silvia Farina Elia (fourth round) 15 1 SUI Patty Schnyder (second round) 16 6 ISR Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (first round) 17 7 USA Chanda Rubin (first round) 18 1 ITA Francesca Schiavone (second round) 19 4 COL Fabiola Zuluaga (first round) 20 8 RUS Elena Bovina (second round) 21 6 BUL Magdalena Maleeva (fourth round) 22 2 ESP Conchita Martínez (first round) 23 5 SCG Jelena Dokić (first round) 24 3 FRA Mary Pierce (first round) 25 2 FRA Nathalie Dechy (third round) 26 3 USA Lisa Raymond (second round) 27 7 AUS Alicia Molik (third round) 28 5 FRA Émilie Loit (first round) 29 4 RUS Dinara Safina (first round) 30 1 GRE Eleni Daniilidou (first round) 31 8 USA Amy Frazier (fourth round) 32 6 USA Meghann Shaughnessy (third round) Note: Patty Schnyder, who would have been placed in the entry list on the initial entry cutoff date of 10 May 2004, did not enter and was later awarded a wildcard at this tournament. Qualifying 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 7 USA Jennifer Capriati 1 1 4 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 6 5 6 9 ARG Paola Suárez 0 7 1 5 USA Lindsay Davenport 6 6 CRO Karolina Šprem 2 2 11 JPN Ai Sugiyama 7 5 1 13 RUS Maria Sharapova 5 7 6 1 USA Serena Williams 64 7 6 4 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 77 5 4 5 USA Lindsay Davenport 6 65 13 1 RUS Maria Sharapova 2 77 6 1 USA Serena Williams 1 4 13 RUS Maria Sharapova 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA S Williams 6 6 CHN J Zheng 3 1 Q FRA S Foretz 6 6 FRA S Cohen-Aloro 1 3 USA L Lee-Waters 6 3 3 WC GBR J O'Donoghue 2 6 6 ESP M Serna 6 6 30 GRE E Daniilidou 4 2 18 ITA F Schiavone 3 77 6 SUI M Casanova 6 64 3 FRA T Golovin 6 77 RUS A Jidkova 4 64 SUI E Gagliardi 3 USA T Snyder 3r JPN A Morigami 4 1 15/WC SUI P Schnyder 6 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 Q FRA S Foretz 0 4 WC GBR J O'Donoghue 3 3 ESP M Serna 6 6 18 ITA F Schiavone 1 0 FRA T Golovin 6 6 SUI E Gagliardi 2 77 6 15/WC SUI P Schnyder 6 64 2 1 USA S Williams 6 6 ESP M Serna 4 0 FRA T Golovin 6 2 6 SUI E Gagliardi 3 6 3 1 USA S Williams 6 6 FRA T Golovin 2 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 RUS N Petrova 6 2 6 ITA F Pennetta 3 6 4 SVK M Suchá 1 0 VEN 1930 M Vento-Kabchi 6 6 UKR T Perebiynis 6 6 Q AUS C Wheeler 3 2 VEN 1930 M Sequera 6 78 22 ESP C Martínez 4 66 25 FRA N Dechy 6 6 ESP A Medina Garrigues 3 4 ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 6 6 WC GBR K O'Brien 4 4 ESP M Marrero 1 3 WC GBR E Baltacha 6 6 LUX C Schaul 2 2 7 USA J Capriati 6 6 10 RUS N Petrova 6 3 6 VEN 1930 M Vento-Kabchi 3 6 2 UKR T Perebiynis 6 7 VEN 1930 M Sequera 2 5 25 FRA N Dechy 6 6 ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 1 1 WC GBR E Baltacha 4 4 7 USA J Capriati 6 6 10 RUS N Petrova 77 6 UKR T Perebiynis 65 2 25 FRA N Dechy 5 1 7 USA J Capriati 7 6 10 RUS N Petrova 4 4 7 USA J Capriati 6 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 FRA A Mauresmo 6 6 CRO J Kostanić 2 3 UKR J Vakulenko 65 2 Q USA J Hopkins 77 6 AUT B Schett 6 4 4 SVK Ľ Cervanová 3 6 6 JPN S Asagoe 3 64 26 USA L Raymond 6 77 24 FRA M Pierce 2 5 ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 7 RUS L Krasnoroutskaya 6 4 3 SVK H Nagyová 3 6 6 CZE B Strýcová 3 4 CRO S Talaja 6 6 CHN S Peng 0 4 14 ITA S Farina Elia 6 6 4 FRA A Mauresmo 6 6 Q USA J Hopkins 3 3 SVK Ľ Cervanová 6 6 26 USA L Raymond 4 3 ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 6 SVK H Nagyová 4 4 CRO S Talaja 3 3 14 ITA S Farina Elia 6 6 4 FRA A Mauresmo 6 6 SVK Ľ Cervanová 1 4 ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 4 5 14 ITA S Farina Elia 2 6 7 4 FRA A Mauresmo 7 6 14 ITA S Farina Elia 5 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 ARG P Suárez 6 6 USA S Perry 2 4 USA A Harkleroad 3 7 4 BEL E Callens 6 5 6 Q CHN T Sun 2 6 6 ITA T Garbin 6 0 2 PR LUX A Kremer 6 6 19 COL F Zuluaga 4 3 29 RUS D Safina 0 0r ESP A Parra Santonja 6 2 ITA R Grande 7 7 ITA M Santangelo 5 5 ESP G León García 2 2 RUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 Q FRA V Razzano 77 3 6 8 RUS S Kuznetsova 64 6 4 9 ARG P Suárez 6 6 BEL E Callens 2 2 Q CHN T Sun 3 5 PR LUX A Kremer 6 7 ESP A Parra Santonja 7 2 3 ITA R Grande 5 6 6 RUS E Likhovtseva 1 2 Q FRA V Razzano 6 6 9 ARG P Suárez 6 4 6 PR LUX A Kremer 1 6 0 ITA R Grande 6 4 6 Q FRA V Razzano 4 6 3 9 ARG P Suárez 4 6 6 ITA R Grande 6 0 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 USA L Davenport 6 6 MAD D Randriantefy 2 1 PUR K Brandi 6 6 CZE I Benešová 2 0 Q INA A Widjaja 2 1 Q USA M Washington 6 6 Q RUS T Panova 6 6 28 FRA É Loit 1 2 23 SCG J Dokić 3 3 ARG G Dulko 6 6 COL C Castaño 0 1 WC USA M Navratilova 6 6 JPN S Obata 4 6 7 Q CZE E Birnerová 6 4 5 AUS S Stosur 4 4 12 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6 5 USA L Davenport 6 1 PUR K Brandi 0 0r Q USA M Washington 3 4 Q RUS T Panova 6 6 ARG G Dulko 3 6 6 WC USA M Navratilova 6 3 3 JPN S Obata 1 4 12 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6 5 USA L Davenport 6 6 Q RUS T Panova 2 1 ARG G Dulko 4 2 12 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6 5 USA L Davenport 6 6 12 RUS V Zvonareva 4 4 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 16 ISR A Smashnova-Pistolesi 4 3 SLO K Srebotnik 6 6 GER M Weingärtner 3 1 CZE D Chládková 6 6 USA J Craybas 6 6 ZIM C Black 4 3 RUS V Dushevina 1 5 21 BUL M Maleeva 6 7 32 USA M Shaughnessy 77 77 USA M Irvin 63 60 HUN P Mandula 3 3 Q ESP N Llagostera Vives 6 6 CRO K Šprem 2 6 6 USA L Granville 6 1 4 SUI M-G Mikaelian 3 0 3 USA V Williams 6 6 SLO K Srebotnik 65 0 CZE D Chládková 77 6 USA J Craybas 2 3 21 BUL M Maleeva 6 6 32 USA M Shaughnessy 6 4 10 Q ESP N Llagostera Vives 4 6 8 CRO K Šprem 77 78 3 USA V Williams 65 66 CZE D Chládková 5 3 21 BUL M Maleeva 7 6 32 USA M Shaughnessy 65 62 CRO K Šprem 77 77 21 BUL M Maleeva 4 4 CRO K Šprem 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 RUS E Dementieva 4 6 4 CZE S Kleinová 6 1 6 GER A-L Grönefeld 2 0 THA T Tanasugarn 6 6 SLO T Pisnik 6 1 5 USA T Ashley 2 6 7 HUN M Czink 1 4 27 AUS A Molik 6 6 17 USA C Rubin 65 3 FRA M Bartoli 77 6 ITA ME Camerin 7 6 GER A Barna 5 2 SCG J Janković 6 1 4 CZE K Koukalová 3 6 6 WC GBR A Janes 6 2 3 11 JPN A Sugiyama 3 6 6 CZE S Kleinová 3 3 THA T Tanasugarn 6 6 USA T Ashley 5 4 27 AUS A Molik 7 6 FRA M Bartoli 6 6 ITA ME Camerin 3 3 CZE K Koukalová 4 4 11 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6 THA T Tanasugarn 6 6 27 AUS A Molik 2 4 FRA M Bartoli 1 2 11 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6 THA T Tanasugarn 3 5 11 JPN A Sugiyama 6 7 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 Q UKR Y Beygelzimer 2 1 WC GBR A Keothavong 6 6 AUS N Pratt 3 1 SVK D Hantuchová 6 6 USA S Reeves 1 4 Q ROM E Gallovits 1 2 20 RUS E Bovina 6 6 31 USA A Frazier 6 6 RUS M Kirilenko 1 4 WC GBR E Webley-Smith 77 6 FRA S Beltrame 62 4 BIH M Jugić-Salkić 4 6 3 HUN A Kapros 6 2 6 SVK Ľ Kurhajcová 5 1 2 RUS A Myskina 7 6 13 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 WC GBR A Keothavong 4 0 SVK D Hantuchová 20 RUS E Bovina w/o 31 USA A Frazier 6 3 8 WC GBR E Webley-Smith 2 6 6 HUN A Kapros 7 2 4 2 RUS A Myskina 5 6 6 13 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 SVK D Hantuchová 3 1 31 USA A Frazier 4 6 6 2 RUS A Myskina 6 4 4 13 RUS M Sharapova 6 7 31 USA A Frazier 4 5 Championship match statistics Category RUS Sharapova USA S. Williams 1st serve % 39/64 (61%) 33/54 (61%) 1st serve points won25 of 39 = 64% 20 of 33 = 61% 2nd serve points won15 of 25 = 60% 9 of 21 = 43% Total service points won40 of 64 = 62.50% 29 of 54 = 53.70% Aces 2 3 Double faults 4 1 Winners25 20 Unforced errors 11 10 Net points won 4 of 4 = 100% 3 of 9 = 33% Break points converted 4 of 10 = 40% 1 of 6 = 17% Return points won 25 of 54 = 46% 24 of 64 = 38% Total points won 65 53Source References External links 2004 LS 2004 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2004 French Open – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 2004 US Open – Women's singles collapsed Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships