DFS Classic 2004

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DFS Classic 2004
date 5.6.2004 - 13.6.2004
Edition 23
navigation 2003  ◄  2004  ►  2005
WTA tour
venue Birmingham United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Tournament number 1052
category WTA Tier III
Tournament type Free place tournament
Game surface race
draw 56E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
Prize money US $ 170,000 
Last year's winner (individual) BulgariaBulgaria Magdalena Maleewa
Last year's winner (double) BelgiumBelgium Els Callen Miles Tu
United StatesUnited States 
Winner (singles) RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova
Winner (doubles) RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko Maria Sharapova
RussiaRussia 
Tournament supervisor Donna Kelso
Pam Whytcross
Last direct assumption ItalyItaly Rita Grande (85)
Player representatives GreeceGreece Eleni Daniilidou
As of July 13, 2013

The DFS Classic 2004 was a WTA tennis grass court tournament for women in Birmingham . It was part of the 2004 WTA Tour as a Tier III category tournament . The tournament took place from June 5th to 13th, 2004.

In the singles, Marija Sharapova won against Tatiana Golovin 4: 6, 6: 2 and 6: 1. In doubles, the pairing Marija Kirilenko / Marija Sharapowa won 6: 2 and 6: 1 against Lisa McShea / Milagros Sequera .

qualification

The qualification for the DFS Classic 2004 took place from June 5th to 7th, 2004. Eight qualifying places for singles and one qualifying place for doubles were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. RussiaRussia Nadia Petrova 2nd round
02. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder Semifinals
03. RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova victory
04th BulgariaBulgaria Magdalena Maleewa Round of 16

05. Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Jelena Dokic 2nd round

06th FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy 2nd round

07th GreeceGreece Eleni Daniilidou 2nd round

08th. AustraliaAustralia Alicia Molik Quarter finals
No. Player Round reached
09. FranceFrance Emilie Loit Semifinals

10. Venezuela 1954Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi 1 round

11. SloveniaSlovenia Tina Pisnik 1 round

12. SpainSpain Magüi Serna 1 round

13. LuxembourgLuxembourg Claudine Schaul 1 round

14th RussiaRussia Lina Krasnoruzkaya 1 round

15th RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa 1 round

16. SpainSpain María Sánchez Lorenzo Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

  Semifinals final
                         
   FranceFrance Tatiana Golovin 6th 5 7th      
9  FranceFrance Emilie Loit 3 7th 5  
   FranceFrance Tatiana Golovin 6th 2 1
  3  RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 4th 6th 6th
3  RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6th 6 3 6th
 
2  SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 1 7th 3  

Upper half

Upper half 1
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  1  RussiaRussia N. Petrova 4th 6th 4th  
   JapanJapan S. Asagoe 6th 6th          JapanJapan S. Asagoe 6th 2 6th  
   UkraineUkraine J. Wakulenko 2 4th            JapanJapan S. Asagoe 4th 0    
   SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hantuchová 6th 6th            FranceFrance T. Golovin 6th 6th    
PR  Korea SouthSouth Korea Y.-j. Cho 3 1          SlovakiaSlovakia D. Hantuchová 0 1 r  
   FranceFrance T. Golovin 6th 2          FranceFrance T. Golovin 6th 3    
15th  RussiaRussia J. Lichowzewa 3 0 r          FranceFrance T. Golovin 6th 7th  
12  SpainSpain M. Serna 2 2         PR  LuxembourgLuxembourg A. Kremer 4th 5  
PR  LuxembourgLuxembourg A. Kremer 6th 6th       PR  LuxembourgLuxembourg A. Kremer 6th 5  
   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China J. Zheng 4th 6th 4th        SwitzerlandSwitzerland M.-G. Mikaelian 4th 0 r  
   SwitzerlandSwitzerland M.-G. Mikaelian 6th 1 6th       PR  LuxembourgLuxembourg A. Kremer 6th 1 7th
Q  ItalyItaly R. Vinci 6th 6th         Q  ItalyItaly R. Vinci 2 6th 6 3  
Q  RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko 4th 3       Q  ItalyItaly R. Vinci 6th 4th 7th
  6th  FranceFrance N. Dechy 0 6th 6 5  
 
Upper half 2
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  4th  BulgariaBulgaria M. Maleewa 3 6th 6th  
PR  Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro A. Ivanović 4th 4th          GermanyGermany A. Barna 6th 4th 3  
   GermanyGermany A. Barna 6th 6th         4th  BulgariaBulgaria M. Maleewa 6th 4th 2  
Q  RussiaRussia A. Shidkova 6th 6 2 2          ThailandThailand T. Tanasugarn 0 6th 6th  
   ThailandThailand T. Tanasugarn 1 7th 6th        ThailandThailand T. Tanasugarn 6th 7th    
   United StatesUnited States J. Craybas 7th 5 6th        United StatesUnited States J. Craybas 1 5    
13  LuxembourgLuxembourg C. Schaul 6 2 7th 1          ThailandThailand T. Tanasugarn 2 4th  
9  FranceFrance É. Loit 6th 7th         9  FranceFrance É. Loit 6th 6th  
WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. O'Donoghue 4th 5       9  FranceFrance É. Loit 6th 6 2 6th
   ZimbabweZimbabwe C. Black 6 6 6th 7th        ZimbabweZimbabwe C. Black 1 7th 3  
   ItalyItaly R. Grande 7th 2 6 4       9  FranceFrance É. Loit 6th 7th  
LL  FranceFrance S. Cohen-Aloro 1 3            JapanJapan A. Morigami 4th 6 4    
   JapanJapan A. Morigami 6th 6th          JapanJapan A. Morigami 2 6th 2
  7th  GreeceGreece E. Daniilidou 6th 2 0r  
 

Bottom half

Lower half 1
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  8th  AustraliaAustralia A. Molik 7th 6th    
   ItalyItaly F. Pennetta 1            ItalyItaly F. Pennetta 6 3 4th    
   FranceFrance M. Bartoli 1 r         8th  AustraliaAustralia A. Molik 6th 6th    
   Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro J. Janković 7th 2 6th          Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro J. Janković 3 2    
Q  UkraineUkraine T. Perebyjnis 5 6th 4th        Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro J. Janković 6th 6th    
   SpainSpain V. Ruano Pascual 6th 6th          SpainSpain V. Ruano Pascual 1 0    
10  Venezuela 1954Venezuela M. Vento-Kabchi 2 3         8th  AustraliaAustralia A. Molik 3 1  
14th  RussiaRussia L. Krasnoruzkaya 6th 3 0       3  RussiaRussia M. Sharapova 6th 6th  
Q  Venezuela 1954Venezuela M. Sequera 3 6th 6th     Q  Venezuela 1954Venezuela M. Sequera 6th 4th 6 5
WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom E. Baltacha 3 2       Q  AustraliaAustralia S. Stosur 0 6th 7th  
Q  AustraliaAustralia S. Stosur 6th 6th         Q  AustraliaAustralia S. Stosur 4th 3  
   ItalyItaly M. Santangelo 4th 2         3  RussiaRussia M. Sharapova 6th 6th    
SR  United StatesUnited States J. Jackson 6th 6th       SR  United StatesUnited States J. Jackson 2 2  
  3  RussiaRussia M. Sharapova 6th 6th    
 
Lower half 2
First round   Second round   Round of 16   Quarter finals
 
  5  Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro J. Dokic 4th 6 4    
   Czech RepublicCzech Republic B. Strýcová 3 3       Q  United StatesUnited States S. Perry 6th 7th    
Q  United StatesUnited States S. Perry 6th 6th         Q  United StatesUnited States S. Perry 6 3 1    
   JapanJapan S. Obata 6th 2 6th          JapanJapan S. Obata 7th 6th    
   ItalyItaly M.-E. Camerin 1 6th 3        JapanJapan S. Obata 7th 7th    
Q  United StatesUnited States K. McCain 4th 6th 6th     Q  United StatesUnited States K. McCain 5 5    
11  SloveniaSlovenia T. Pisnik 6th 4th 4th          JapanJapan S. Obata 3 4th  
16  SpainSpain M. Sanchez Lorenzo 3 6th 6th       2  SwitzerlandSwitzerland P. Schnyder 6th 6th  
   BelgiumBelgium E. Callens 6th 4th 3     16  SpainSpain M. Sanchez Lorenzo 6th 4th 6th
WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom A. Keothavong 6th 5 7th     WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom A. Keothavong 3 6th 4th  
   SpainSpain M. Marrero 1 7th 6 4       16  SpainSpain M. Sanchez Lorenzo 4th 3  
   SpainSpain A. Parra Santonja 6th 6th         2  SwitzerlandSwitzerland P. Schnyder 6th 6th    
   SloveniaSlovenia K. Srebotnik 3 3          SpainSpain A. Parra Santonja 2 6th 1
  2  SwitzerlandSwitzerland P. Schnyder 6th 4th 6th  
 

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. Venezuela 1954Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi Angelique Widjaja
IndonesiaIndonesia  		1 round
02. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Ting Sun Tiantian
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  		1 round
03. AustraliaAustralia Alicia Molik Magüi Serna
SpainSpain  		Quarter finals
04th South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Tetjana Perebyjnis
UkraineUkraine  		1 round

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Results

First round   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
1  Venezuela 1954Venezuela M. Vento-Kabchi A. Widjaja
 IndonesiaIndonesia  		2 6th 5        
   RussiaRussia T. Panowa O. Tatarkova
 UkraineUkraine  		6th 0 7th        RussiaRussia T. Panowa O. Tatarkova
 UkraineUkraine  		4th 6th 4th  
   China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Z. Yan J. Zheng
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  		7th 6th        China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Z. Yan J. Zheng
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  		6th 3 6th  
   FranceFrance N. Dechy D. Hantuchová
 SlovakiaSlovakia  		6 5 4th            China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Z. Yan J. Zheng
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  		6 4 0    
3  AustraliaAustralia A. Molik M. Serna
 SpainSpain  		6 2 7th 6th        AustraliaAustralia L. McShea M. Sequera
 Venezuela 1954Venezuela  		7th 6th    
WC  United KingdomUnited Kingdom E. Baltacha A. Janes
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom  		7th 6 3 1     3  AustraliaAustralia A. Molik M. Serna
 SpainSpain  		       
Q  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina M. Jugic-Salkic A. Spears
 United StatesUnited States  		1 3        AustraliaAustralia L. McShea M. Sequera
 Venezuela 1954Venezuela  		w. O.    
   AustraliaAustralia L. McShea M. Sequera
 Venezuela 1954Venezuela  		6th 6th            AustraliaAustralia L. McShea M. Sequera
 Venezuela 1954Venezuela  		2 1  
   GreeceGreece E. Daniilidou K. Srebotnik
 SloveniaSlovenia  		7th 4th 6th     WC  RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko, M. Sharapova
 RussiaRussia  		6th 6th  
   JapanJapan S. Asagoe E. Callens
 BelgiumBelgium  		5 6th 4th        GreeceGreece E. Daniilidou K. Srebotnik
 SloveniaSlovenia  		         
   SwitzerlandSwitzerland E. Gagliardi R. Vinci
 ItalyItaly  		6th 3 6th      SwitzerlandSwitzerland E. Gagliardi R. Vinci
 ItalyItaly  		w. O.    
4th  South AfricaSouth Africa L. Huber T. Perebyjnis
 UkraineUkraine  		4th 6th 1          SwitzerlandSwitzerland E. Gagliardi R. Vinci
 ItalyItaly  		4th 6th 2
   SloveniaSlovenia T. Križan M. Tu
 United StatesUnited States  		6th 6th       WC  RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko, M. Sharapova
 RussiaRussia  		6th 4th 6th  
   ItalyItaly R. Grande P. Schnyder
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland  		2 0          SloveniaSlovenia T. Križan M. Tu
 United StatesUnited States  		2 6 5    
WC  RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko, M. Sharapova
 RussiaRussia  		6th 6th     WC  RussiaRussia M. Kirilenko, M. Sharapova
 RussiaRussia  		6th 7th    
2  China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China T. Li T. Sun
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  		4th 0      

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