Date | 15 – 22 August 2004 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Olympiako Kentro Antisfairises, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi | |
Participants | 64 from 21 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
Because of injuries to Serena Williams, the Williams’ sisters were not back to defend their title. Venus Williams competed with Chanda Rubin, but they lost in the first round. The top seed was the Russian pair of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Yelena Likhovtseva, but they won only one match before going out. The final was won by the eighth seeds, Li Ting and Sun Tiantian of China. Prior to Athens, together they had played in only one Grand Slam tournament. They defeated the second seeds, the relatively ancient pair of Conchita Martínez and Vivi Ruano of Spain, whose combined age was 63 years in Athens. Ruano was a doubles specialist, who won 38 titles and eight Grand Slams in her career, always partnering Argentina’s Paola Suárez, which was not possible at the Olympics.
Winner of each match advanced to round two.
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Nathalie Dechy / Sandrine Testud | ![]() | Svetlana Kuznetsova / Yelena Likhovtseva | ![]() | 2-6, 7-6 (–-5), 6-3 | ||
Match #2 | Paola Suárez / Patricia Tarabini | ![]() | Akiko Morigami / Saori Obata | ![]() | 6-4, 6-2 | ||
Match #3 | Alicia Molik / Rennae Stubbs | ![]() | Catalina Castaño / Fabiola Zuluaga | ![]() | 6-4, 6-2 | ||
Match #4 | Li Ting / Sun Tiantian | ![]() | Silvia Farina-Elia / Francesca Schiavone | ![]() | 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) | ||
Match #5 | Shinobu Asagoe / Ai Sugiyama | ![]() | Jelena Kostanić / Karolina Šprem | ![]() | 6-3, 7-5 | ||
Match #6 | Martina Navratilova / Lisa Raymond | ![]() | Amélie Mauresmo / Mary Pierce | ![]() | walkover | ||
Match #7 | Yan Zi / Zheng Jie | ![]() | Myriam Casanova / Patty Schnyder | ![]() | 6-3, 6-3 | ||
Match #8 | Conchita Martínez / Vivi Ruano | ![]() | Tathiana Garbin / Roberta Vinci | ![]() | 6-3, 6-3 |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Match #1 | Paola Suárez / Patricia Tarabini | ![]() | Nathalie Dechy / Sandrine Testud | ![]() | 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 | ||
Match #2 | Li Ting / Sun Tiantian | ![]() | Alicia Molik / Rennae Stubbs | ![]() | 6-3, 6-2 | ||
Match #3 | Shinobu Asagoe / Ai Sugiyama | ![]() | Martina Navratilova / Lisa Raymond | ![]() | 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 | ||
Match #4 | Conchita Martínez / Vivi Ruano | ![]() | Yan Zi / Zheng Jie | ![]() | 6-1, 6-1 |
Winner of each match advanced to the final round.
Match #1 | Li Ting / Sun Tiantian | ![]() | Paola Suárez / Patricia Tarabini | ![]() | 6-2, 2-6, 9-7 | ||
Match #2 | Conchita Martínez / Vivi Ruano | ![]() | Shinobu Asagoe / Ai Sugiyama | ![]() | 6-3, 6-0 |
Match 1/2 | Li Ting / Sun Tiantian | ![]() | Conchita Martínez / Vivi Ruano | ![]() | 6-3, 6-3 | ||
Match 3/4 | Paola Suárez / Patricia Tarabini | ![]() | Shinobu Asagoe / Ai Sugiyama | ![]() | 6-3, 6-3 |