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2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season

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2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season
Full nameMaria Sharapova
CountryRussia Russia
Calendar prize money$2,506,263
Singles
Calendar titles5
Year-end rankingNo. 4
Ranking change from previous yearIncrease28
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open3R
French OpenQF
WimbledonW
US Open3R
Olympic GamesDNP
Last updated on: 3 February 2013.

Results and statistics from Maria Sharapova's 2004 tennis season.

Yearly summary

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Australian Open series

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Sharapova began her season at the Australian Open, as the 28th seed. She lost in the third round to Anastasia Myskina.

Indian Wells & Miami

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Sharapova played three matches at Indian Wells and three at Miami.[1]

10‑Mar‑2004 Indian Wells Hard R16 24 5 (4)Anastasia Myskina [RUS] d. (16)Sharapova 6-2 6-1
10‑Mar‑2004 Indian Wells Hard R32 24 282 (16)Sharapova d. (WC)Sesil Karatantcheva [KAZ] 3-6 6-3 6-2
10‑Mar‑2004 Indian Wells Hard R64 24 80 (16)Sharapova d. Flavia Pennetta [ITA] 6-3 4-6 6-4
24‑Mar‑2004 Miami Hard R16 23 6 (1)Serena Williams [USA] d. (17)Sharapova 6-4 6-3
24‑Mar‑2004 Miami Hard R32 23 19 (17)Sharapova d. (13)Anna Smashnova [ISR] 7-5 6-2
24‑Mar‑2004 Miami Hard R64 23 50 (17)Sharapova d. Shinobu Asagoe [JPN] 6-2 3-6 6-0

European clay court season

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Sharapova reached her first Major quarter-final at the French Open, defeating 2003 quarter-finalist Vera Zvonareva en route. She eventually lost in the quarter-finals to Paola Suárez.[2]

Grass court season

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Sharapova won her first title for the year in Birmingham, defeating Tatiana Golovin in the final in three sets. At Wimbledon, Sharapova was seeded 13th, meaning she could have faced a potential fourth round meeting against the French Open champion, Anastasia Myskina, who had defeated her in Australia earlier in the year. However, Sharapova was able to take advantage of Myskina's early exit to reach the quarter-finals, where she dropped her first set of the tournament to Ai Sugiyama, before winning in three sets. In the semi-finals, she faced 1999 champion Lindsay Davenport, trailing by a set and a break before making a comeback to prevail in three sets after the rain appeared to halt Davenport's momentum.[3]

The final saw Sharapova face two-time defending champion Serena Williams, who had defeated her in Miami earlier in the year, in what was their first meeting. Williams entered the match as the favourite, but Sharapova would produce a stunning straight-sets victory to become the third-youngest woman (after Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis) to triumph at Wimbledon.[4] The victory was hailed by the media as "the most stunning upset in memory".[5] By virtue of winning Wimbledon, Sharapova would enter the Top Ten for the first time in her career, and would remain there until January 2009, when she decided not to defend her 2008 Australian Open title due to a serious shoulder injury.[6]

US Open series

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Sharapova entered the US Open as the seventh seed, but she was defeated in the third round by Mary Pierce.

Fall series

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During the fall of the season Sharapova played and won consecutive titles at the hansol korea open and at the japan tennis championships thus extending her title tally to 4 .She also reached the final of the zurich open defeating venus williams en route but eventually lost to alicia molik in three tight sets.


WTA Tour Championships

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Sharapova qualified for the year-end WTA Tour Championships by virtue of her impressive season, which saw her capture four titles for the year to date. She was drawn in the Black Group along with Amélie Mauresmo, US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva. Sharapova won two of her three matches, the only loss coming to Mauresmo in her first match. Sharapova qualified for the semi-finals after finishing second in the group behind Mauresmo; thus, the semi-final saw her drawn against French Open champion and Red Group leader Anastasia Myskina, which she won in three sets.

The final saw her up against Serena Williams for the third time in the year. After losing the first set, and trailing 0–4 in the final set, Sharapova defeated her for the second (and to date last) time this year, to become the second player in WTA Tour Championships history to win the title on her first attempt (Petra Kvitová would later achieve this feat in 2011, Dominika Cibulková in 2016 and Ashleigh Barty in 2019).[7] She would finish the year ranked World No. 4, and be recognised by the WTA as the "Player of the Year" and "Most Improved Player of the Year". Additionally, she would earn $2,506,263 in prize money, the most by any player this year.

All matches

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This table chronicles all the matches of Sharapova in 2004, including walkovers (W/O) which the WTA does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

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Tournament # Round Opponent Result Score
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
19 January–1 February 2004
1
1R
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
Win
6–4, 6–3
2
2R
United States Lindsay Lee-Waters
Win
6–1, 6–3
3
3R
Russia Anastasia Myskina
Loss
4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Pacific Life Open
Indian Wells, United States of America
Tier I
Hard, outdoor
10 March–21 March 2004
1R
Bye
2R
Italy Flavia Pennetta
Win
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
3R
Bulgaria Sesil Karatantcheva
Win
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
4R
Russia Anastasia Myskina
Loss
2–6, 1–6
NASDAQ-100 Open
Miami, United States of America
Tier I
Hard, outdoor
24 March–4 April 2004
1R
Bye
2R
Japan Shinobu Asagoe
Win
6–2, 3–6, 6–0
3R
Israel Anna Smashnova
Win
7–5, 6–2
4R
United States Serena Williams
Loss
4–6, 3–6
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay, outdoor
24 May–6 June 2004
1R
Austria Barbara Schwartz
Win
6–3, 6–0
2R
Italy Rita Grande
Win
6–2, 6–0
3R
Russia Vera Zvonareva
Win
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
4R
Germany Marlene Weingärtner
Win
6–3, 6–1
QF
Argentina Paola Suárez
Loss
1–6, 3–6
Wimbledon
London, Great Britain
Grand Slam
Grass, outdoor
21 June–3 July 2004
1R
Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Win
6–2, 6–1
2R
United Kingdom Anne Keothavong
Win
6–4, 6–0
3R
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Win
6–3, 6–1
4R
United States Amy Frazier
Win
6–4, 7–5
QF
Japan Ai Sugiyama
Win
5–7, 7–5, 6–1
SF
United States Lindsay Davenport
Win
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
W
United States Serena Williams 6–1, 6–4
US Open
New York City, United States of America
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
30 August–12 September 2004
1R
United States Laura Granville
Win
6–3, 5–7, 7–5
2R
Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković
Win
6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
3R
France Mary Pierce
Loss
6–2, 2–6, 3–6
China Open
Beijing, China
Tier II
Hard, outdoor
20 September–26 September 2004
1R
Bye
2R
Russia Tatiana Panova
Win
6–1, 6–1
QF
Serbia and Montenegro Jelena Janković
Win
5–2, ret.
SF
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Loss
2–6, 2–6
WTA Tour Championships
Los Angeles, United States of America
WTA Tour Championships
Hard, indoor
8–13 November 2004
RR
France Amélie Mauresmo
Loss
5–7, 4–6
RR
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Win
6–1, 6–4
RR
Russia Vera Zvonareva
Win
6–4, 7–5
SF
Russia Anastasia Myskina
Win
2–6, 6–2, 6–2
W
United States Serena Williams 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles matches

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Tournament schedule

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Singles Schedule

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Date Championship Location Category Surface Prev. result New result Outcome
19 January 2004–
1 February 2004
Australian Open Melbourne (AUS) Grand Slam tournament Hard 1R 3R Lost in the third round against Anastasia Myskina
10 March 2004–
21 March 2004
Pacific Life Open Indian Wells (USA) Tier I Hard 1R 4R Lost in the fourth round against Anastasia Myskina
24 March 2004–
4 April 2004
NASDAQ-100 Open Miami (USA) Tier I Hard 1R 4R Lost in the fourth round against Serena Williams
24 May 2004–
6 June 2004
French Open Paris (FRA) Grand Slam tournament Clay 1R QF Lost in the quarterfinals against Paola Suárez
21 June 2004–
3 July 2004
The Championships, Wimbledon London (GBR) Grand Slam tournament Grass 4R W Won in the final against Serena Williams
30 August 2004–
12 September 2004
US Open New York (USA) Grand Slam tournament Hard 2R 3R Lost in the third round against Mary Pierce
20 September 2004–
26 September 2004
China Open Beijing (CHN) Tier II Hard DNP SF Lost in the semi-finals against Svetlana Kuznetsova
8 November 2004–
13 November 2004
WTA Tour Championships Los Angeles (USA) WTA Tour Championships Hard DNQ W Won in the final against Serena Williams

Yearly Records

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Head-to-head matchups

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Finals

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Singles: 6 (5–1)

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Category
Grand Slam (1–0)
WTA Tier I (0–1)
WTA Tier III (1–0)
WTA Tier IV (2–0)
WTA Tour Championships (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–1)
Grass (1–0)
Titles by conditions
Outdoors (4–0)
Indoors (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 2. June 13, 2004 United Kingdom Birmingham, Great Britain (1) Grass France Tatiana Golovin 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner 3. July 3, 2004 United Kingdom London, Great Britain (1) Grass United States Serena Williams 6–1, 6–4
Winner 4. October 3, 2004 South Korea Seoul, South Korea (1) Hard Poland Marta Domachowska 6–1, 6–1
Winner 5. October 10, 2004 Japan Tokyo, Japan (2) Hard United States Mashona Washington 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 1. October 24, 2004 Switzerland Zurich Open, Switzerland (1) Hard (i) Australia Alicia Molik 3–6, 4–6
Winner 6. November 13, 2004 United States Los Angeles, USA (1) Hard (i) United States Serena Williams 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Abstract: Maria Sharapova WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  2. ^ Williams sisters sent packing from Paris – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  3. ^ Newbery, Piers (2004-01-07). "Sharapova into final". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  4. ^ Cheese, Caroline (2004-03-07). "Sharapova storms to Wimbledon glory". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  5. ^ Liz Clarke (April 7, 2004). "Sharapova Wins Wimbledon After Improbable Journey". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  6. ^ Sharapova out after shoulder fails to recover – Tennis – Sport – theage.com.au
  7. ^ Sharapova takes out WTA Champs – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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