2004 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles

2004 BNP Paribas Masters RUS Marat Safin CZE Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 48 (6 Q Qualifiers / 3 WC Wild cards / 3 LL Lucky losers) 18 Paris Masters singles doubles 2004 BNP Paribas Masters Marat Safin defeated qualifier Radek Štěpánek in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2004 Paris Masters. It was his third Paris Masters title and 14th career singles title overall.7 November 2004 Safin sweeps past Stepanek for third Paris crown ABC News Agence France-Presse https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-11-08/safin-sweeps-past-stepanek-for-third-paris-crown/581716 2 November 2021 Safin also became the first man to win the final two Masters tournaments of the season, after the Madrid Masters the week before. Tim Henman was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Mikhail Youzhny.4 November 2004 Henman crashes out in Paris The Times https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/france/paris/henman-crashes-out-in-paris-6kcw3fcfzhk subscription 2 November 2021 Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em USA Andy Roddick (third round) AUS Lleyton Hewitt (quarterfinals) GBR Tim Henman (third round) ESP Carlos Moyá (withdrew due to a shoulder injury) USA Andre Agassi (withdrew) RUS Marat Safin (champion) ARG Gastón Gaudio (second round) ARG David Nalbandian (withdrew due to a left knee injury) SWE Joachim Johansson (withdrew due to a virus) ESP Tommy Robredo (second round) ROM Andrei Pavel (third round) SVK Dominik Hrbatý (second round) ARG Guillermo Cañas (semifinals) CHI Nicolás Massú (third round) CHI Fernando González (second round) CZE Jiří Novák (second round) USA Vincent Spadea (third round) GER Tommy Haas (third round) Draw Finals 3/3/5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 Q BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi 65 6 77 SWE Robin Söderling 77 4 65 RUS Mikhail Youzhny 61 3 Q CZE Radek Štěpánek 77 6 ESP Feliciano López 3 3 13 ARG Guillermo Cañas 6 6 6 RUS Marat Safin 6 77 2 AUS Lleyton Hewitt 4 62 Q BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi 6 61 4 Q CZE Radek Štěpánek 3 77 6 13 ARG Guillermo Cañas 2 65 6 RUS Marat Safin 6 77 Q CZE Radek Štěpánek 3 65 3 6 RUS Marat Safin 6 77 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   SWE T Johansson 5 2     ARM S Sargsian 7 6     MAR H Arazi 3 0   Q BLR 1995 M Mirnyi 6 6     PER L Horna 66 60   WC FRA C Saulnier 78 77     SWE R Söderling 6 6     USA T Dent 2 4   1 USA A Roddick 6 6     ARM S Sargsian 2 2   Q BLR 1995 M Mirnyi 710 6   15 CHI F González 68 3   12 SVK D Hrbatý 64 2   WC FRA C Saulnier 77 6     SWE R Söderling 4 78 6 LL ITA 2003 D Sanguinetti 6 66 0 1 USA A Roddick 62 2   Q BLR 1995 M Mirnyi 77 6   WC FRA C Saulnier 64 2     SWE R Söderling 77 6   Q BLR 1995 M Mirnyi 65 6 77   SWE R Söderling 77 4 65 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Alt ARG M Zabaleta 63 4     THA P Srichaphan 77 6     SWE J Björkman 2 62     RUS M Youzhny 6 77     RUS N Davydenko 6 6     ESP F Verdasco 2 3   Q CZE R Štěpánek 77 6     FRA M Llodra 62 1   3 GBR T Henman 6 6     THA P Srichaphan 3 4     RUS M Youzhny 6 7   16 CZE J Novák 3 5   17 USA V Spadea 77 6     RUS N Davydenko 64 0   Q CZE R Štěpánek 6 6   LL ROM V Hănescu 4 1   3 GBR T Henman 5 1     RUS M Youzhny 7 6   17 USA V Spadea 2 3   Q CZE R Štěpánek 6 6     RUS M Youzhny 61 3   Q CZE R Štěpánek 77 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP F López 77 6     GER R Schüttler 63 4     USA M Fish 6 3 6   ESP D Ferrer 3 6 2 Q FRA J-W Tsonga 4 77 6   CRO M Ančić 6 65 3 LL BEL X Malisse 7 6   WC FRA P-H Mathieu 5 4   7 ARG G Gaudio 5 6 1   ESP F López 7 3 6   USA M Fish 63 4   11 ROM A Pavel 77 6   13 ARG G Cañas 6 6   Q FRA J-W Tsonga 1 3   LL BEL X Malisse 1 61   18 GER T Haas 6 77     ESP F López 5 6 6 11 ROM A Pavel 7 4 4 13 ARG G Cañas 77 6   18 GER T Haas 64 2     ESP F López 3 3   13 ARG G Cañas 6 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   CRO I Ljubičić 6 77   WC FRA A Clément 3 64     AUT J Melzer 6 6     ARG J I Chela 1 4     ITA 2003 F Volandri 6 4 1r Q BEL C Rochus 2 6 4 Q SWE T Enqvist 6 4 3 Q FRA G Monfils 1 6 6 6 RUS M Safin 61 6 7   CRO I Ljubičić 77 3 5   AUT J Melzer 6 3 6 10 ESP T Robredo 3 6 1 14 CHI N Massú 6 77   Q BEL C Rochus 2 64   Q FRA G Monfils 3 63   2 AUS L Hewitt 6 77   6 RUS M Safin 6 7     AUT J Melzer 2 5   14 CHI N Massú 3r     2 AUS L Hewitt 4     6 RUS M Safin 6 77   2 AUS L Hewitt 4 62   Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em BEL Xavier Malisse (qualifying competition, lucky loser) ARG Mariano Zabaleta (moved to the main draw) CRO Ivo Karlović (first round, retired due to a left foot injury) CZE Radek Štěpánek (qualified) BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi (qualified) SWE Thomas Enqvist (qualified) BEL Olivier Rochus (first round) ITA 2003 Potito Starace (first round) FRA Antony Dupuis (first round) ROM Victor Hănescu (qualifying competition, lucky loser) FRA Grégory Carraz (first round) ITA 2003 Davide Sanguinetti (qualifying competition, lucky loser) Qualifiers 30em FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga BEL Christophe Rochus FRA Gaël Monfils CZE Radek Štěpánek BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi SWE Thomas Enqvist Lucky losers 30em BEL Xavier Malisse ROM Victor Hănescu ITA 2003 Davide Sanguinetti Qualifying draws First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 BEL Xavier Malisse 3 6 6 WC FRA Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6 2 3 WC FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 77 6 8 ITA 2003 Potito Starace 61 2 1 BEL Xavier Malisse 6 66 3 WC FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 78 6 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 yes Alt FRA Marc Gicquel 3 4 FRA Thierry Ascione 6 6 BEL Christophe Rochus 6 6 11 FRA Grégory Carraz 3 2 FRA Thierry Ascione 5 4 BEL Christophe Rochus 7 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 CRO Ivo Karlović 610 r FRA Nicolas Mahut 712 WC FRA Gaël Monfils 4 6 6 9 FRA Antony Dupuis 6 3 4 FRA Nicolas Mahut 77 2 0 WC FRA Gaël Monfils 65 6 6 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 CZE Radek Štěpánek 6 6 BEL Kristof Vliegen 3 0 FRA Olivier Mutis 2 4 12 ITA 2003 Davide Sanguinetti 6 6 4 CZE Radek Štěpánek 7 1 6 12 ITA 2003 Davide Sanguinetti 5 6 3 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi 711 7 Alt FRA Richard Gasquet 69 5 ESP Àlex Corretja 2 63 10 ROM Victor Hănescu 6 77 5 BLR 1995 Max Mirnyi 6 6 10 ROM Victor Hănescu 3 2 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 SWE Thomas Enqvist 6 6 Alt FRA Jean-René Lisnard 2 3 WC FRA Jérôme Haehnel 6 7 7 BEL Olivier Rochus 3 5 6 SWE Thomas Enqvist 62 6 7 WC FRA Jérôme Haehnel 77 4 5 References External links 2004 BNP Paribas Masters draw Qualifying draw World Tennis tournament profile Singles