The 2004 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2004 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held from 23 October until 30 October 2004 at the TipsArena Linz. First-seeded Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Amélie Mauresmo defeated Elena Bovina, 6–2, 6–0. It was Mauresmo's 14th WTA singles title, and fourth title of the year.
Doubles
Janette Husárová / Elena Likhovtseva defeated Nathalie Dechy / Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 7–5. It was Husárová's 18th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. It was Likhovtseva's 20th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. This was the first of two doubles titles they won together as a pair.
Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Singles195137884925111.756.7541 Doubles 1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Singles$95,500$51,000$27,300$14,600$7,820$4,175$2,230$1,195$640Doubles *$30,000$16,120$8,620$4,610$2,465 * per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Rank SeedAmélie Mauresmo21Anastasia Myskina82 Serena Williams 9 3 Vera Zvonareva 12 4 Nadia Petrova 13 5 Ai Sugiyama 14 6 Patty Schnyder 15 7 Karolina Šprem 17 8 Elena Bovina 24 9 Rankings are as of 18 October 2004.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Sybille Bammer Amélie Mauresmo Barbara Schett
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Vera Dushevina Alina Jidkova Julia Schruff Martina Suchá
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Marta Domachowska Lindsay Lee-Waters
Withdrawals Anastasia Myskina → replaced by Marta Domachowska Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Lindsay Lee-Waters
Retirements Conchita Martínez (Achilles tendon strain)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Country Player Player 1 Rank Player 2 Rank SeedJanette HusárováElena Likhovtseva1331Liezel HuberAi Sugiyama1162Magüi SernaMaría Vento-Kabchi45223Marion BartoliDaniela Hantuchová29784 Rankings are as of 18 October 2004
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Daniela Kix / Yvonne Meusburger Karolina Šprem / Vera Zvonareva
The following pair received entry into the main draw via a protected ranking: Julia Schruff / Åsa Svensson
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Jelena Janković / Caroline Schneider
References
External links WTA tournament draws