2004 China Open – Women's doubles
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2004 China Open | |
| Champions | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Dinara Safina |
| Runners-up | Gisela Dulko María Vento-Kabchi |
| Score | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 (2WC/1Q) |
| Seeds | 4 |
The tournament was moved from Shanghai to Beijing in 2004. Last champions in Shanghai were Émilie Loit and Nicole Pratt. Pratt teamed up with Tamarine Tanasugarn but they were eliminated in semifinals.
Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Dinara Safina won the title by defeating Gisela Dulko and María Vento-Kabchi 6–4, 6–4 in the final.
Seeds
- Nicole Pratt / Tamarine Tanasugarn (semifinals)
- Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (semifinals)
- Maria Sharapova / Vera Zvonareva (first round)
- Yan Zi / Zheng Jie (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | N Pratt T Tanasugarn | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Sequera S Stosur | 2 | 63 | 1 | N Pratt T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 6 | 67 | 6 | A Medina Garrigues F Pennetta | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | N Grandin A Matic | 4 | 79 | 1 | 1 | N Pratt T Tanasugarn | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Z Yan J Zheng | 6 | 78 | G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Jidkova A Spears | 3 | 66 | 4 | Z Yan J Zheng | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 6 | G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Craybas M Weingärtner | 2 | 4 | G Dulko M Vento-Kabchi | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Gagliardi D Safina | 6 | 6 | E Gagliardi D Safina | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Marrero S Talaja | 2 | 3 | E Gagliardi D Safina | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Asagoe R Fujiwara | 1 | 6 | 6 | S Asagoe R Fujiwara | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Sharapova V Zvonareva | 6 | 3 | 4 | E Gagliardi D Safina | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Dokic J Janković | 6 | 4 | 63 | 2 | T Li T Sun | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Peng Y Xie | 4 | 6 | 77 | WC | S Peng Y Xie | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Hopkins J Lee | 2 | 2 | 2 | T Li T Sun | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | T Li T Sun | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Seeds
- Adriana Serra Zanetti / Antonella Serra Zanetti (qualifying competition)
- Natalie Grandin / Antonia Matic (qualified)
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||
| 1 | Adriana Serra Zanetti Antonella Serra Zanetti | 8 | |||||||||
| Tatiana Panova Galina Voskoboeva | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Adriana Serra Zanetti Antonella Serra Zanetti | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Natalie Grandin Antonia Matic | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
| WC | Yang Shujing Yu Ying | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | Natalie Grandin Antonia Matic | 8 | |||||||||