2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships CZE Jiří Novák USA Taylor Dent 5–7, 6–1, 6–3 48 (6 Q Qualifiers / 4 WC Wild Cards) 16 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open 2004 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Rainer Schüttler was the defending champion, but did not participate. Seeds All seeds receive a bye into the second round. 30em AUS Lleyton Hewitt (semifinals) ARG David Nalbandian (third round) ROU Andrei Pavel (second round) THA Paradorn Srichaphan (quarterfinals) CZE Jiří Novák (champion) ARG Guillermo Cañas (second round) USA Taylor Dent (final) SWE Thomas Johansson (third round) FRA Cyril Saulnier (quarterfinals) KOR Hyung-Taik Lee (third round) BRA Ricardo Mello (third round) FIN Jarkko Nieminen (second round) USA Jan-Michael Gambill (third round) NED Dennis van Scheppingen (second round) CZE Jan Hernych (second round) LUX Gilles Müller (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 AUS Lleyton Hewitt 7 6 9 FRA Cyril Saulnier 5 1 4 THA Paradorn Srichaphan 4 4 5 CZE Jiří Novák 6 6 CZE Bohdan Ulihrach 7 6 Q GER Björn Phau 5 4 7 USA Taylor Dent 6 4 6 16 LUX Gilles Müller 4 6 2 1 AUS Lleyton Hewitt 4 6 2 5 CZE Jiří Novák 6 4 6 CZE Bohdan Ulihrach 6 4 1 7 USA Taylor Dent 4 6 6 5 CZE Jiří Novák 5 6 6 7 USA Taylor Dent 7 1 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals USA G Weiner 4 3 WC JPN G Motomura 6 6 CHI A García 66 64 WC JPN T Suzuki 78 77 Q DEN K Pless 62 60 FRA N Thomann 77 77 BEL C Rochus 6r USA J Gimelstob 6 1 AUS L Hewitt 6 3 6 WC JPN G Motomura 0 6 1 WC JPN T Suzuki 77 3 7 15 CZE J Hernych 6 64 5 9 FRA C Saulnier 2 6 6 FRA N Thomann 6 1 4 USA J Gimelstob 4 4 8 SWE T Johansson 6 6 1 AUS L Hewitt 63 6 6 WC JPN T Suzuki 77 2 4 9 FRA C Saulnier 66 77 77 8 SWE T Johansson 78 63 65 1 AUS L Hewitt 7 6 9 FRA C Saulnier 5 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals TPE Y-h Lu 61 61 ISR H Levy 77 77 AUT A Peya 6 3 4 Q SUI M Chiudinelli 4 6 6 CZE J Vacek 3 4 BRA F Saretta 6 6 ESP G García López 6 2 6 GER L Burgsmüller 4 6 3 4 THA P Srichaphan 2 77 6 ISR H Levy 6 63 4 Q SUI M Chiudinelli 6 77 14 NED D van Scheppingen 4 63 11 BRA R Mello 5 6 77 BRA F Saretta 7 2 65 ESP G García López 5 2 5 CZE J Novák 7 6 4 THA P Srichaphan 6 4 Q SUI M Chiudinelli 3 1r 11 BRA R Mello 1 2 5 CZE J Novák 6 6 4 THA P Srichaphan 4 4 5 CZE J Novák 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals DEN K Carlsen 5 2 Q GER M Kohlmann CZE B Ulihrach 6 6 ISR N Okun 4 1 Q JPN S Iwabuchi 6 6 WC JPN T Terachi 1 3 Q GER B Phau 6 6 WC JPN T Iwami 4 1 6 ARG G Cañas 6 62 3 Q GER M Kohlmann 4 77 6 CZE B Ulihrach 6 77 12 FIN J Nieminen 3 65 13 USA J-M Gambill 77 6 JPN S Iwabuchi 65 1 Q GER B Phau 6 6 3 ROU A Pavel 2 1 Q GER M Kohlmann 4 2 CZE B Ulihrach 6 6 13 USA J-M Gambill 61 6 2 Q GER B Phau 7 2 6 CZE B Ulihrach 7 6 Q GER B Phau 5 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS M Philippoussis 3 4 CZE T Zíb 6 6 AUS W Arthurs 6 7 FRA J-R Lisnard 4 5 FRA A Bogomolov 6 3 77 SRB J Tipsarević 3 6 62 Q TPE YT Wang 6 77 USA J Morrison 3 61 7 USA T Dent 6 6 CZE T Zíb 3 4 AUS W Arthurs 2 62 10 KOR H-T Lee 6 77 16 LUX G Müller 6 6 FRA A Bogomolov 3 1 TPE YT Wang 6 64 2 2 ARG D Nalbandian 3 7 6 7 USA T Dent 7 5 6 10 KOR H-T Lee 64 7 3 16 LUX G Müller 7 3 6 2 ARG D Nalbandian 64 6 4 7 USA T Dent 6 4 6 16 LUX G Müller 4 6 2 External links Draw Qualifying draw Singles