2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season

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

2004 Maria Sharapova tennis season
Full nameMaria Sharapova
Country Russia
Calendar prize money$2,506,263
Singles
Calendar titles5
Year-end rankingNo. 4
Ranking change from previous year28
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open3R
French OpenQF
WimbledonW
US Open3R
Olympic GamesDNP
Last updated on: 3 February 2013.

Yearly summary

Australian Open series

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

European clay court season

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.[1]

Grass court season

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.[2]

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.[3] The victory was hailed by the media as "the most stunning upset in memory".[4] 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.[5]

US Open series

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

Fall series

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

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).[6] 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

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# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
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

Tournament # Round Opponent Result Score
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
19 January–1 February 2004
1
1R
Conchita Martínez Granados
Win
6–4, 6–3
2
2R
Lindsay Lee-Waters
Win
6–1, 6–3
3
3R
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
Flavia Pennetta
Win
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
3R
Sesil Karatantcheva
Win
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
4R
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
Shinobu Asagoe
Win
6–2, 3–6, 6–0
3R
Anna Smashnova
Win
7–5, 6–2
4R
Serena Williams
Loss
4–6, 3–6
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay, outdoor
24 May–6 June 2004
1R
Barbara Schwartz
Win
6–3, 6–0
2R
Rita Grande
Win
6–2, 6–0
3R
Vera Zvonareva
Win
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
4R
Marlene Weingärtner
Win
6–3, 6–1
QF
Paola Suárez
Loss
1–6, 3–6
Wimbledon
London, Great Britain
Grand Slam
Grass, outdoor
21 June–3 July 2004
1R
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Win
6–2, 6–1
2R
Anne Keothavong
Win
6–4, 6–0
3R
Daniela Hantuchová
Win
6–3, 6–1
4R
Amy Frazier
Win
6–4, 7–5
QF
Ai Sugiyama
Win
5–7, 7–5, 6–1
SF
Lindsay Davenport
Win
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
W
Serena Williams
Win (2)
6–1, 6–4
US Open
New York City, United States of America
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
30 August–12 September 2004
1R
Laura Granville
Win
6–3, 5–7, 7–5
2R
Jelena Janković
Win
6–0, 7–6(7–5), 6–1
3R
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
Tatiana Panova
Win
6–1, 6–1
QF
Jelena Janković
Win
5–2, ret.
SF
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
Amélie Mauresmo
Loss
5–7, 4–6
RR
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Win
6–1, 6–4
RR
Vera Zvonareva
Win
6–4, 7–5
SF
Anastasia Myskina
Win
2–6, 6–2, 6–2
W
Serena Williams
Win (5)
4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Tournament schedule

Singles Schedule

Date Championship Location Category Surface Prev. result New result Outcome
19 January 2004–
1 February 2004
Australian OpenMelbourne (AUS)Grand Slam tournamentHard1R3RLost in the third round against Anastasia Myskina
10 March 2004–
21 March 2004
Pacific Life OpenIndian Wells (USA)Tier IHard1R4RLost in the fourth round against Anastasia Myskina
24 March 2004–
4 April 2004
NASDAQ-100 OpenMiami (USA)Tier IHard1R4RLost in the fourth round against Serena Williams
24 May 2004–
6 June 2004
French OpenParis (FRA)Grand Slam tournamentClay1RQFLost in the quarterfinals against Paola Suárez
21 June 2004–
3 July 2004
The Championships, WimbledonLondon (GBR)Grand Slam tournamentGrass4RWWon in the final against Serena Williams
30 August 2004–
12 September 2004
US OpenNew York (USA)Grand Slam tournamentHard2R3RLost in the third round against Mary Pierce
20 September 2004–
26 September 2004
China OpenBeijing (CHN)Tier IIHardDNPSFLost in the semi-finals against Svetlana Kuznetsova
8 November 2004–
13 November 2004
WTA Tour ChampionshipsLos Angeles (USA)WTA Tour ChampionshipsHardDNQWWon in the final against Serena Williams

Yearly Records

Singles: 6 (5–1)

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)
OutcomeNo.DateChampionshipSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Winner 2. June 13, 2004 Birmingham, Great Britain (1) Grass Tatiana Golovin 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner 3. July 3, 2004 London, Great Britain (1) Grass Serena Williams 6–1, 6–4
Winner 4. October 3, 2004 Seoul, South Korea (1) Hard Marta Domachowska 6–1, 6–1
Winner 5. October 10, 2004 Tokyo, Japan (2) Hard Mashona Washington 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 1. October 24, 2004 Zurich Open, Switzerland (1) Hard (i) Alicia Molik 3–6, 4–6
Winner 6. November 13, 2004 Los Angeles, USA (1) Hard (i) Serena Williams 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

See also

References

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