2004 DFS Classic – Doubles

November 2019 2004 DFS Classic s RUS Maria KirilenkoRUS Maria Sharapova AUS Lisa McSheaVEN 1930 Milagros Sequera 6–2, 6–1 singles doubles Birmingham Classic (tennis) Birmingham Classic 2004 DFS Classic Els Callens and Meilen Tu were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year. Callens partnered with Shinobu Asagoe, and lost in the first round to Eleni Daniilidou and Katarina Srebotnik. Tu partnered with Tina Križan, and lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Kirilenko and Maria Sharapova. Kirilenko and Sharapova won the title, defeating Lisa McShea and Milagros Sequera in the final 6–2, 6–1. Despite playing on the WTA tour for a further 16 years, this was Sharapova's last WTA final, and title, in doubles. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. VEN 1930 María Vento-Kabchi / INA Angelique Widjaja (first round) CHN Li Ting / CHN Sun Tiantian (first round) AUS Alicia Molik / ESP Magüi Serna (quarterfinals) RSA Liezel Huber / UKR Tatiana Perebiynis (first round) Draw Main draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 VEN 1930 M Vento-KabchiINA A Widjaja 2 6 5   RUS T PanovaUKR E Tatarkova 6 0 7   CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 77 6     FRA N DechySVK D Hantuchová 65 4   3 AUS A MolikESP M Serna 62 77 6 WC GBR E BaltachaGBR A Janes 77 63 1 Q BIH M Jugić-SalkićUSA A Spears 1 3     AUS L McSheaVEN 1930 M Sequera 6 6     GRE E DaniilidouSLO K Srebotnik 7 4 6   JPN S AsagoeBEL E Callens 5 6 4   SUI E GagliardiITA R Vinci 6 3 6 4 RSA L HuberUKR T Perebiynis 4 6 1   SLO T KrižanUSA M Tu 6 6     ITA R GrandeSUI P Schnyder 2 0   WC RUS M KirilenkoRUS M Sharapova 6 6   2 CHN T LiCHN T Sun 4 0     RUS T PanovaUKR E Tatarkova 4 6 4   CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 6 3 6 3 AUS A MolikESP M Serna         AUS L McSheaVEN 1930 M Sequera w/o       GRE E DaniilidouSLO K Srebotnik         SUI E GagliardiITA R Vinci w/o       SLO T KrižanUSA M Tu 2 65   WC RUS M KirilenkoRUS M Sharapova 6 77     CHN Z YanCHN J Zheng 64 0     AUS L McSheaVEN 1930 M Sequera 77 6     SUI E GagliardiITA R Vinci 4 6 2 WC RUS M KirilenkoRUS M Sharapova 6 4 6   AUS Lisa McSheaVEN 1930 Milagros Sequera 2 1   WC RUS Maria KirilenkoRUS Maria Sharapova 6 6   Qualifying draw First qualifying round Final qualifying round 1 BIH M Jugić-SalkićUSA A Spears 8     WC GBR H CrookGBR A Keothavong 3       ITA Ad Serra ZanettiITA An Serra Zanetti 8     2 UKR Y BeygelzimerRUS A Jidkova 5     1 BIH M Jugić-SalkićUSA A Spears 6 6     ITA Ad Serra ZanettiITA An Serra Zanetti 3 3   References 2004 DFS Classic Draws ITF Tournament Page https://web.archive.org/web/20181023120040/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100010340 23 October 2018 ITF doubles results page ITF doubles qualifying results page collapsed DFS Classic - Doubles Doubles