2004 Australian Open – Women's doubles

April 2026 2004 Australian Open s ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS Elena Likhovtseva 6–4, 6–3 64 16 Australian Open – Women's doubles Australian Open – Women's doubles 2004 Australian Open Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but Serena withdrew from the tournament (due to an injury) and Venus didn't want to participate with another player. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez reached the final of the Australian Open for the second time (in 2003 they lost to Williams sisters). This time they won in the final 6–4, 6–3, against Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Likhovtseva. Seeds 30em ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (champions) USA Martina Navratilova / USA Lisa Raymond (second round) RSA Liezel Huber / JPN Ai Sugiyama (semifinals) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (final) ZIM Cara Black / AUS Rennae Stubbs (first round) VEN María Vento-Kabchi / INA Angelique Widjaja (quarterfinals) BUL Magdalena Maleeva / ESP Conchita Martínez (third round) RUS Nadia Petrova / USA Meghann Shaughnessy (third round) FRA Émilie Loit / AUS Nicole Pratt (second round) HUN Petra Mandula / AUT Patricia Wartusch (third round) BEL Els Callens / SVK Daniela Hantuchová (first round) RUS Elena Dementieva / RUS Lina Krasnoroutskaya (second round) FRA Marion Bartoli / SUI Myriam Casanova (third round) SLO Tina Križan / SLO Katarina Srebotnik (third round) AUT Barbara Schett / SUI Patty Schnyder (second round) CHN Li Ting / CHN Sun Tiantian (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 185 1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6     SUI Emmanuelle GagliardiITA Roberta Vinci 3 2   3 RSA Liezel HuberJPN Ai Sugiyama 6 6     SVK Janette HusárováRUS Dinara Safina 2 3     CHN Yan ZiCHN Zheng Jie 4 4   4 RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS Elena Likhovtseva 6 6   6 VEN María Vento-KabchiINA Angelique Widjaja 6 4 62   EST Maret AniCZE Libuše Průšová 2 6 77 1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 77   3 RSA Liezel HuberJPN Ai Sugiyama 4 65   4 RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS Elena Likhovtseva 6 6     EST Maret AniCZE Libuše Průšová 2 4   1 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6   4 RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS Elena Likhovtseva 4 3   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 JPN N MiyagiUSA S Perry 1 3 ITA 2003 T GarbinITA 2003 F Pennetta 2 4 ARG G DulkoVEN 1954 M Sequera 6 6 JPN S AsagoeJPN S Obata 6 6 AUS E DominikovicRUS A Rodionova 1 4 INA W PrakusyaUKR E Tatarkova 0 2 16 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 6 6 12 RUS E DementievaRUS L Krasnoroutskaya 6 64 6 AUS T MusgraveUSA A Spears 1 77 2 SUI E GagliardiITA 2003 R Vinci 6 6 CRO S TalajaROU A Vanc 4 2 RUS M SharapovaTHA T Tanasugarn 6 6 WC AUS L BreadmoreAUS S Ferguson 2 2 CZE D BedáňováCZE R Voráčová 2 2 8 RUS N PetrovaUSA M Shaughnessy 6 6 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 ARG G DulkoVEN 1954 M Sequera 1 3 JPN S AsagoeJPN S Obata 0 2 16 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 6 6 12 RUS E DementievaRUS L Krasnoroutskaya 2 61 SUI E GagliardiITA 2003 R Vinci 6 77 RUS M SharapovaTHA T Tanasugarn 1r 8 RUS N PetrovaUSA M Shaughnessy 4 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 7 6 16 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 5 3 SUI E GagliardiITA 2003 R Vinci 6 6 8 RUS N PetrovaUSA M Shaughnessy 3 2 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 SUI E GagliardiITA 2003 R Vinci 3 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 RSA L HuberJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 FRA S Cohen-AloroESP M Serna 3 3 RUS E KulikovskayaUKR T Perebiynis 4 4 WC AUS C DellacquaAUS N Sewell 6 6 UKR Y BeygelzimerBLR 1995 T Poutchek 6 6 WC AUS C BarclayAUS C Horiatopoulos 2 2 ITA 2003 S Farina EliaITA 2003 F Schiavone 3 5 13 FRA M BartoliSUI M Casanova 6 7 11 BEL E CallensSVK D Hantuchová 5 4 SVK J HusárováRUS D Safina 7 6 USA L GranvilleUSA B Mattek 7 4 6 ESP A Medina GarriguesARG ME Salerni 5 6 1 HUN Z GubacsiNED C Vis 2 6 6 RUS A JidkovaJPN A Morigami 6 4 2 PR RUS T PanovaSCG D Zarić 62 2 7 BUL M MaleevaESP C Martínez 77 6 3 RSA L HuberJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 WC AUS C DellacquaAUS N Sewell 3 2 UKR Y BeygelzimerBLR 1995 T Poutchek 65 0 13 FRA M BartoliSUI M Casanova 77 6 SVK J HusárováRUS D Safina 6 6 USA L GranvilleUSA B Mattek 4 3 HUN Z GubacsiNED C Vis 1 4 7 BUL M MaleevaESP C Martínez 6 6 3 RSA L HuberJPN A Sugiyama 5 6 6 13 FRA M BartoliSUI M Casanova 7 3 3 SVK J HusárováRUS D Safina 6 6 7 BUL M MaleevaESP C Martínez 4 4 3 RSA L HuberJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 SVK J HusárováRUS D Safina 2 3 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 5 ZIM C BlackAUS R Stubbs 4 2 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 6 6 HUN K MarosiITA 2003 M Santangelo 62 4 CAN S JeyaseelanCRO J Kostanić 77 6 WC AUS M AdamczakAUS J Hewitt 6 0 2 USA S ReevesITA 2003 Ad Serra Zanetti 4 6 6 WC ESP M MarreroUKR J Vakulenko 4 2 9 FRA É LoitAUS N Pratt 6 6 14 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 6 7 BIH M Jugić-SalkićCRO D Jurak 3 5 USA J CraybasESP C Martínez Granados 4 4 USA J HopkinsTPE J Lee 6 6 FRA S ForetzITA 2003 An Serra Zanetti 1 6 3 AUS B StewartAUS S Stosur 6 3 6 ARG C FernándezSVK H Nagyová 3 4 4 RUS S KuznetsovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 7 6 CAN S JeyaseelanCRO J Kostanić 5 1 USA S ReevesITA 2003 Ad Serra Zanetti 6 64 6 9 FRA É LoitAUS N Pratt 3 77 2 14 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 1 6 6 USA J HopkinsTPE J Lee 6 3 2 AUS B StewartAUS S Stosur 6 3 1 4 RUS S KuznetsovaRUS E Likhovtseva 4 6 6 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 7 6 USA S ReevesITA 2003 Ad Serra Zanetti 5 3 14 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 5 0 4 RUS S KuznetsovaRUS E Likhovtseva 7 6 CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 4 4 4 RUS S KuznetsovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 VEN 1954 M Vento-KabchiINA A Widjaja 6 6 USA J EmbryUSA M Washington 3 2 RUS G FattakhetdinovaRUS G Fokina 4 77 3 FRA C DheninAUS L McShea 6 65 6 RUS A MyskinaRUS V Zvonareva 4 2 SWE Å SvenssonUSA M Tu 6 6 WC HUN M CzinkHUN A Kapros 67 1 10 HUN P MandulaAUT P Wartusch 79 6 15 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 6 77 USA A CargillUSA A Harkleroad 3 62 EST M AniCZE L Průšová 6 6 CZE I BenešováAUS C Wheeler 2 4 USA L DavenportUSA C Morariu 6 4 6 GRE E DaniilidouITA 2003 R Grande 3 6 1 WC JPN S OkamotoJPN R Takemura 0 1 2 USA M NavratilovaUSA L Raymond 6 6 6 VEN 1954 M Vento-KabchiINA A Widjaja 6 6 FRA C DheninAUS L McShea 2 4 SWE Å SvenssonUSA M Tu 4 6 3 10 HUN P MandulaAUT P Wartusch 6 3 6 15 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 3 2 EST M AniCZE L Průšová 6 6 USA L DavenportUSA C Morariu 6 6 2 USA M NavratilovaUSA L Raymond 3 0 6 VEN 1954 M Vento-KabchiINA A Widjaja 6 2 6 10 HUN P MandulaAUT P Wartusch 4 6 3 EST M AniCZE L Průšová 7 5 6 USA L DavenportUSA C Morariu 5 7 3 6 VEN 1954 M Vento-KabchiINA A Widjaja 6 4 62 EST M AniCZE L Průšová 2 6 77 External links 2004 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Official Results Archive (Australian Open) https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061054/http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/2004_LD_F.html 2016-03-04 Official Results Archive (WTA) Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles Category:2004 in Australian women's sport