2004 China Open – Men's Singles

The event was being held for the first time since 1997. Jim Courier was the last champion.

Men's Singles
2004 China Open
Champion Marat Safin
Runner-up Mikhail Youzhny
Final score7–6(7–4), 7–5
Draw32 (3WC/4Q/1LL)
Seeds8
Main article: 2004 China Open (tennis)

Marat Safin won the title, beating Mikhail Youzhny 7–6(7–4), 7–5 in the final.[1][2][3]

Seeds
  1. Carlos Moyá (First Round)
  2. Juan Carlos Ferrero (Second Round)
  3. David Nalbandian (Quarterfinals)
  4. Rainer Schüttler (Second Round)
  5. Marat Safin (Champion)
  6. Paradorn Srichaphan (Semifinals)
  7. Taylor Dent (Second Round)
  8. Dominik Hrbatý (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
6 Paradorn Srichaphan 4 4  
  Mikhail Youzhny 6 6  
  Mikhail Youzhny 64 5  
5 Marat Safin 77 7  
  Jarkko Nieminen 2 4  
5 Marat Safin 6 6  

Top Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 C Moyá 3 3  
Q J-W Tsonga 6 6   Q J-W Tsonga 67 3  
  G Weiner 2 4     H-t Lee 79 6  
  H-t Lee 6 6     H-t Lee 4 3  
Q A Parmar 3 2   6 P Srichaphan 6 6  
  N Okun 6 6     N Okun 3 6 66
  J-R Lisnard 4 5   6 P Srichaphan 6 3 78
6 P Srichaphan 6 7   6 P Srichaphan 4 4  
4 R Schüttler 6 6     M Youzhny 6 6  
  P Baccanello 4 3   4 R Schüttler 64 1  
  M Youzhny 7 77     M Youzhny 77 6  
  I Heuberger 5 64     M Youzhny 6 6  
Q N Healey 7 5 2 8 D Hrbatý 4 2  
  D Sanguinetti 5 7 6   D Sanguinetti 2 2  
WC Y Wang 2 2   8 D Hrbatý 6 6  
8 D Hrbatý 6 6  

Bottom Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 T Dent 6 6  
Q P Luczak 3 2   7 T Dent 3 5  
  J Nieminen 7 6     J Nieminen 6 7  
  G García-López 5 4     J Nieminen 6 2 6
  Y-h Lu 7 6   3 D Nalbandian 2 6 2
WC B Zhu 5 2     Y-h Lu 78 4 4
  K Pless 65 6 3 3 D Nalbandian 66 6 6
3 D Nalbandian 77 3 6   J Nieminen 2 4  
5 M Safin 6 7   5 M Safin 6 6  
  A Bogomolov, Jr. 4 5   5 M Safin 6 6  
LL P Amritraj 6 4 2 WC Lu Hao 2 2  
WC Lu Hao 4 6 6 5 M Safin 6 6  
  L Burgsmüller 2 2     K Kim 2 4  
  K Kim 6 6     K Kim 6 6  
  J Gimelstob 4 1   2 JC Ferrero 4 4  
2 JC Ferrero 6 6  

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Peter Luczak (Qualified)
  2. Arvind Parmar (Qualified)
  3. Gilles Simon (First Round)
  4. Jamie Delgado (Second Round)
  5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Qualified)
  6. Tasuku Iwami (Second Round)
  7. Prakash Amritraj (Qualifying Competition, Lucky Loser)
  8. Paul Logtens (Qualifying Competition)

Qualifiers
  1. Peter Luczak
  2. Arvind Parmar
  3. Nathan Healey
  4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Lucky Loser
  1. Prakash Amritraj

First qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
1 Peter Luczak 6 6
Laurent Recouderc 4 1 1 Peter Luczak 6 6
Li Zhe 78 77 Li Zhe 2 2
Wang Yu 66 65 1 Peter Luczak 62 6 6
Zhang Hui 6 2 7 7 Prakash Amritraj 77 2 2
WC Cui Bin 2 6 5 Zhang Hui 3 1
Gao Wan 0 2 7 Prakash Amritraj 6 6
7 Prakash Amritraj 6 6

Second qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
2 Arvind Parmar 6 6
WC Li Jingyi 4 4 2 Arvind Parmar 6 6
Yaoki Ishii 6 6 Yaoki Ishii 3 0
Yang Zengbao 2 4 2 Arvind Parmar 6 6
Wang Yue 0 66 Alexander Kudryavtsev 4 1
Alexander Kudryavtsev 6 78 Alexander Kudryavtsev 6 1 77
Wu Zhiqiang 0 0 6 Tasuku Iwami 3 6 65
6 Tasuku Iwami 6 6

Third qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
3 Gilles Simon 4 64
Nathan Healey 6 77 Nathan Healey 6 6
Toshihide Matsui 6 6 Toshihide Matsui 4 3
Cui Miao 3 2 Nathan Healey 7 6
Bai Yang 2 2 8 Paul Logtens 5 4
WC Li Xiang 6 6 WC Li Xiang 3 2
Xu Ran 1 2 8 Paul Logtens 6 6
8 Paul Logtens 6 6

Fourth qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
4 Jamie Delgado 6 6
Yang Wei-Guang 3 0 4 Jamie Delgado 6 2 4
Luka Gregorc 6 6 Luka Gregorc 1 6 6
Xu Tian-Yu 1 0 Luka Gregorc 3 2
Gabriel Montilla 3 6 6 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
Andrei Merinov 6 2 2 Gabriel Montilla 2 4
Vadim Davletshin 6 4 3 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 6
5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 6 6

References
  1. "Safin triumphs over Youzhny at China Open". China Daily. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. "Safin ends two-year wait in Beijing, Kuznetsova takes Bali title". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Reuters. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. "Safin returns to winning ways". Beijing: Dawn. Reuters. 20 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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