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Doubles, Women

Date16 – 21 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Gymnastirio Goudiou, Olympiako Syngrotima Goudiou, Athina
Participants46 from 16 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The two-time defending champions, Ge Fei and Gu Jun, were no longer competing, which left the tournament open. Of the four semi-finalists, three teams were Chinese – Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei, Huang Sui and Gao Ling, and Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili. They were joined by the Korean team of Na Gyeong-Min and Lee Gyeong-Won. They were the top four seeds and all four had a top pedigree, but Huang/Gao had won the All-Englands from 2001-04 (and would win again in 2005-06). Zhao/Wei were the 2003 World Champions. The 2001 World Championships had been won by Zhang and Wei, who were now competing with different partners. The final came down to Zhang/Yang against Huang/Gao. Huang/Gao had a 7-4 career advantage over their teammates, but Zhang/Yang won in three sets, 7-15, 15-4, 15-8.

PosPairNOC
1Zhang Jiewen / Yang WeiCHNGold
2Huang Sui / Gao LingCHNSilver
3Na Gyeong-Min / Lee Gyeong-WonKORBronze
4Zhao Tingting / Wei YiliCHN
=5Saralee Thungthongkam / Sathinee ChankrachangwongTHA
=5Lotte Bruil-Jonathans / Mia AudinaNED
=5Lee Hyo-Jeong / Hwang Yu-MiKOR
=5Ann-Lou Jørgensen / Rikke OlsenDEN
=9Jo Novita / Lita NurlitaINA
=9Chikako Nakayama / Keiko YoshitomiJPN
=9Pernille Harder / Mette SchjoldagerDEN
=9Ella Tripp / Jo WrightGBR
=9Cheng Wen-Hsing / Chien Yu-ChinTPE
=9Gail Emms / Donna KelloggGBR
=9Nicole Grether / Juliane SchenkGER
=9Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei TtyMAS
=17Denyse Julien / Anna RiceCAN
=17Jane Crabtree / Kate Wilson-SmithAUS
=17Petya Nedelcheva / Neli Nedyalkova-BotevaBUL
=17Helen Nichol / Charmaine ReidCAN
=17Louisa Koon / Li Wing MuiHKG
=17Michelle Edwards / Chantal BottsRSA
=17Shizuka Yamamoto / Seiko YamadaJPN

Round One

Date16 August 2004
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #116 AugZhang / Yang (1)CHNbye
Match #216 AugNovita / NurlitaINAbye
Match #316 AugNakayama / Yoshitomi (8)JPNbye
Match #416 Aug 19:30Court 2Thungthongkam / ChankrachangwongTHA15-3, 15-4Julien / RiceCAN
Match #516 AugNa / Lee (3)KORbye
Match #616 Aug 9:40Court 2Harder / SchjoldagerDEN15-2, 15-3Crabtree / Wilson-SmithAUS
Match #716 AugBruil-Jonathans / Mia Audina (5)NEDbye
Match #816 Aug 9:50Court 3Tripp / WrightGBR17-15, 17-14Nedelcheva / Nedyalkova-BotevaBUL
Match #916 Aug 11:00Court 2Cheng / ChienTPE15-0, 15-10Nichol / ReidCAN
Match #1016 AugLee / Hwang (6)KORbye
Match #1116 Aug 20:10Court 2Emms / KelloggGBR15-4, 15-3Koon / LiHKG
Match #1216 AugZhao / Wei (4)CHNbye
Match #1316 Aug 9:30Court 1Grether / SchenkGER15-0, 15-0Edwards / BottsRSA
Match #1416 AugJørgensen / Olsen (7)DENbye
Match #1516 Aug 10:20Court 2Chin / WongMAS15-7, 15-9Yamamoto / YamadaJPN
Match #1616 AugHuang / Gao (2)CHNbye

Round Two

Date17 August 2004
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #117 Aug 10:20Court 3Zhang / Yang (1)CHN15-2, 6-15, 15-7Novita / NurlitaINA
Match #217 Aug 15:30Court 2Thungthongkam / ChankrachangwongTHA15-4, 15-11Nakayama / Yoshitomi (8)JPN
Match #317 Aug 10:50Court 1Na / Lee (3)KOR15-8, 15-8Harder / SchjoldagerDEN
Match #417 Aug 14:10Court 2Bruil-Jonathans / Mia Audina (5)NED15-7, 15-7Tripp / WrightGBR
Match #517 Aug 9:40Court 3Lee / Hwang (6)KOR15-13, 8-15, 15-5Cheng / ChienTPE
Match #617 Aug 16:20Court 1Zhao / Wei (4)CHN13-15, 15-7, 15-5Emms / KelloggGBR
Match #717 Aug 14:00Court 1Jørgensen / Olsen (7)DEN15-12, 16-17, 15-5Grether / SchenkGER
Match #817 Aug 9:30Court 1Huang / Gao (2)CHN15-12, 15-8Chin / WongMAS

Quarter-Finals

Date18 August 2004
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #118 Aug 11:00Court 1Zhang / Yang (1)CHN15-2, 15-4Thungthongkam / ChankrachangwongTHA
Match #218 Aug 22:40Court 1Na / Lee (3)KOR15-5, 15-2Bruil-Jonathans / Mia Audina (5)NED
Match #318 Aug 12:00Court 1Zhao / Wei (4)CHN8-15, 15-6, 15-13Lee / Hwang (6)KOR
Match #418 Aug 21:30Court 1Huang / Gao (2)CHN15-6, 15-7Jørgensen / Olsen (7)DEN

Semi-Finals

Date20 August 2004
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match #120 Aug 14:00Court 1Zhang / Yang (1)CHN15-6, 15-4Na / Lee (3)KOR
Match #220 Aug 15:30Court 1Huang / Gao (2)CHN15-10, 17-14Zhao / Wei (4)CHN

Final Round

Date21 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeLocationPair (Seed)NOCResultPair (Seed)NOC
Match 1/221 Aug 14:00Court 1Zhang / Yang (1)CHN7-15, 15-4, 15-8Huang / Gao (2)CHN
Match 3/421 Aug 9:00Court 1Na / Lee (3)KOR10-15, 15-9, 15-7Zhao / Wei (4)CHN