Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
Appearance
Women's doubles | |
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Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics | |
Champions | Li Ting Sun Tiantian (CHN) |
Runners-up | Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) |
Score | 6–3, 6–3 |
Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | 15 to 22 August 2004 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 64 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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China's Li Ting and Sun Tiantian defeated Spain's Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, Argentina's Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini defeated Japan's Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–3.
The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece. 64 competitors (32 teams) from 22 countries participated.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the reigning gold medalists, but Serena chose not to participate. Venus partnered with Chanda Rubin for the United States, but the pair lost in the first round to future winners Li and Sun.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Li Ting and Sun Tiantian China |
Silver | Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual Spain |
Bronze | Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini Argentina |
Seeds
[edit]- Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) (second round)
- Conchita Martínez / Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) (final, silver medalists)
- Martina Navratilova / Lisa Raymond (USA) (quarterfinals)
- Alicia Molik / Rennae Stubbs (AUS) (quarterfinals)
- Shinobu Asagoe / Ai Sugiyama (JPN) (semifinals, fourth place)
- Myriam Casanova / Patty Schnyder (SUI) (second round)
- Paola Suárez / Patricia Tarabini (ARG) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
- Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (CHN) (champions, gold medalists)
Draw
[edit]Finals
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
7 | Paola Suárez (ARG) Patricia Tarabini (ARG) | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
8 | Li Ting (CHN) Sun Tiantian (CHN) | 6 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
8 | Li Ting (CHN) Sun Tiantian (CHN) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
2 | Conchita Martínez (ESP) Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
5 | Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
2 | Conchita Martínez (ESP) Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) | 6 | 6 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||
7 | Paola Suárez (ARG) Patricia Tarabini (ARG) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
5 | Shinobu Asagoe (JPN) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) | 3 | 3 |