2004 French Open


The 2004 French Open was the 108th edition of the tournament. Gastón Gaudio became the first men's Open Era Grand Slam title winner to save two match points in the final; the last time that had happened was 70 years earlier. Gaudio also became the first Argentine man since Guillermo Vilas to win a grand slam, in 1979. Fellow Argentine Guillermo Coria, widely regarded as the favourite and best clay court player in the world coming into the tournament, was seeded 3rd for the event, whereas Gaudio was unseeded and with only two titles to his name, both of which he had won over two years before. After winning the first two sets convincingly, Coria began suffering from leg cramps. Gaudio won the next two sets; however, Coria came back and was up two breaks of serve in the final set. Coria had two match points at 6–5 before Gaudio prevailed 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6. Gaudio also became the first man to win a Grand Slam tournament final after being bagelled in the first set. The tournament was noted for the excellent performance of the Argentine players – in addition to the two finalists, there were a semifinalist and a quarterfinalist. It was also highlighted by a first round match between Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clément, lasting 6 hours and 33 minutes and ending in Clement's defeat 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16–14, setting a new record for the longest singles match in the open era, which would stand until Wimbledon 2010. It was also the last Grand Slam tournament to feature neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals until the 2012 US Open.
In the women's draw, Anastasia Myskina became first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam title. The next two Grand Slams were also won by Russian women. She also became the first French Open women's title winner after having saved a match point en route to the title.
In the mixed doubles, French players Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet won the tournament after entering as wildcards. France also saw success in the boys' singles, where Gaël Monfils won.
Juan Carlos Ferrero and Justine Henin-Hardenne were both unsuccessful in defending their 2003 titles; both being eliminated in the second round. It would be the last time until the 2009 French Open that both defending champions were defeated in the same round. In Henin's case, her early exit would be the last time a top seed lost within the first two rounds of any Grand Slam until Ana Ivanovic lost in the second round of the 2008 US Open. Henin's loss to Tathiana Garbin in the second round was her only defeat at the tournament between 2003 and 2009.
This was the last Grand Slam where two first time singles players won in the first major titles.

Point distribution

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.
EventRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles10007004502501507535512840
Men's Doubles100070045025015075000
6504562921629056322302112.54
6504562921629056000

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Gastón Gaudio defeated Guillermo Coria, 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6
Anastasia Myskina defeated Elena Dementieva, 6–1, 6–2
Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus defeated Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro, 7–5, 7–5
Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva, 6–0, 6–3

Mixed Doubles

Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet defeated Cara Black / Wayne Black, 6–3, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Gaël Monfils defeated Alex Kuznetsov, 6–2, 6–2

Girls' Singles

Sesil Karatantcheva defeated Mădălina Gojnea, 6–4, 6–0

Boys' Doubles

Pablo Andújar / Marcel Granollers defeated Alex Kuznetsov / Mischa Zverev, 6–3, 6–2

Girls' Doubles

Kateřina Böhmová / Michaëlla Krajicek defeated Irina Kotkina / Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, 6–2

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Roger Federer '
  2. Andy Roddick '
  3. Guillermo Coria '
  4. Juan Carlos Ferrero '
  5. Carlos Moyá '
  6. Andre Agassi '
  7. Rainer Schüttler '
  8. David Nalbandian '
  9. Tim Henman '
  10. Sébastien Grosjean '
  11. Nicolás Massú '
  12. Lleyton Hewitt '
  13. Paradorn Srichaphan '
  14. Jiří Novák '
  15. Sjeng Schalken '
  16. Fernando González '
  17. Tommy Robredo '
  18. Mark Philippoussis '
  19. Martin Verkerk '
  20. Marat Safin '
  21. Andrei Pavel '
  22. Juan Ignacio Chela '
  23. Feliciano López '
  24. Jonas Björkman '
  25. Ivan Ljubičić '
  26. Albert Costa '
  27. Vince Spadea '
  28. Gustavo Kuerten '
  29. Max Mirnyi '
  30. Mariano Zabaleta '
  31. Dominik Hrbatý '
  32. Arnaud Clément '

    Women's singles

  33. Justine Henin-Hardenne '
  34. Serena Williams '
  35. Amélie Mauresmo '
  36. Venus Williams '
  37. Lindsay Davenport '
  38. Anastasia Myskina
  39. Jennifer Capriati '
  40. Nadia Petrova '
  41. Elena Dementieva '
  42. Vera Zvonareva '
  43. Svetlana Kuznetsova '
  44. Ai Sugiyama '
  45. Chanda Rubin '
  46. Paola Suárez '
  47. Silvia Farina Elia '
  48. Patty Schnyder '
  49. Francesca Schiavone '
  50. Maria Sharapova '
  51. Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi '
  52. Conchita Martinez '
  53. Magdalena Maleeva '
  54. Karolina Šprem '
  55. Fabiola Zuluaga '
  56. Jelena Dokic '
  57. Elena Bovina '
  58. Nathalie Dechy '
  59. Eleni Daniilidou '
  60. Lisa Raymond '
  61. Petra Mandula '
  62. Mary Pierce '
  63. Émilie Loit '
  64. Dinara Safina

    Wildcard entries

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

Men's singles wildcard entries

  1. Julien Boutter
  2. Arnaud di Pasquale
  3. Jean-René Lisnard
  4. Michaël Llodra
  5. Nicolas Mahut
  6. Olivier Patience
  7. Todd Reid
  8. Stéphane Robert

    Women's singles wildcard entries

  9. Séverine Beltrame
  10. Stéphanie Foretz
  11. Martina Navratilova
  12. Virginie Pichet
  13. Camille Pin
  14. Virginie Razzano
  15. Sandrine Testud
  16. Christina Wheeler

    Men's doubles wildcard entries

  17. Igor Andreev / Nikolay Davydenko
  18. Thierry Ascione / Jean-François Bachelot
  19. Julien Boutter / Antony Dupuis
  20. Sébastien de Chaunac / Stéphane Robert
  21. Jérôme Haehnel / Florent Serra
  22. Julien Jeanpierre / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  23. Olivier Mutis / Olivier Patience

    Women's doubles wildcard entries

  24. Séverine Beltrame / Camille Pin
  25. Kildine Chevalier / Sophie Lefèvre
  26. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / Claudine Schaul
  27. Stéphanie Foretz / Virginie Razzano
  28. Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  29. Pauline Parmentier / Aurélie Védy
  30. Virginie Pichet / Capucine Rousseau

    Mixed doubles wildcard entries

  31. Séverine Beltrame / Michaël Llodra
  32. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro / Jean-François Bachelot
  33. Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet
  34. Camille Pin / Arnaud Clément
  35. Virginie Razzano / Julien Boutter
  36. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Daniel Nestor

    Qualifier entries

Men's Qualifiers entries

  1. Marc Gicquel
  2. Florian Mayer
  3. Jérôme Haehnel
  4. Guillermo García López
  5. Juan Mónaco
  6. Kevin Kim
  7. Potito Starace
  8. Janko Tipsarević
  9. Julien Jeanpierre
  10. Ricardo Mello
  11. Daniel Elsner
  12. Alejandro Falla
  13. Florent Serra
  14. Alexander Peya
  15. Nicolás Almagro
  16. Vladimir Voltchkov
;Lucky Losers
  1. Jeff Salzenstein
  2. Kristof Vliegen
  3. Marc López
  4. Lee Hyung-taik

    Women's Qualifiers entries

  5. Marissa Irvin
  6. Shenay Perry
  7. Teryn Ashley
  8. Roberta Vinci
  9. Lubomira Bacheva
  10. Zuzana Kucová
  11. Julia Schruff
  12. Sanda Mamić
  13. Květa Peschke
  14. Yuliana Fedak
  15. Barbara Rittner
  16. Kelly McCain
;Lucky Losers
  1. Eva Birnerová
  2. Tzipora Obziler

    Protected ranking

Men's singles

;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles