Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Champions	Li Ting Sun Tiantian (CHN)
Runners-up	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Final score	6–3, 6–3

Women's doubles tennis

at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

Venue

Date

15 to 22 August

Competitors

64 from 22 nations

Medalists

	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	China
	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual	Spain
	Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	Argentina

The women's doubles competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was part of the tennis program for the games, and was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece. Venus & Serena Williams were the defending champions, but Serena decided not to participate. Venus was instead partnered by Chanda Rubin.

Medalists

Gold	Li Ting and Sun Tiantian China
Silver	Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual Spain
Bronze	Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini Argentina

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

1st round					2nd round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	S Kuznetsova (RUS) E Likhovtseva (RUS)	6	3	6
	L Průšová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE)	2	6	1	1	S Kuznetsova (RUS) E Likhovtseva (RUS)	6	6⁵	3
	N Dechy (FRA) S Testud (FRA)	7	6			N Dechy (FRA) S Testud (FRA)	2	7	6
	T Križan (SLO) K Srebotnik (SLO)	5	3								N Dechy (FRA) S Testud (FRA)	4	6	4
	A Morigami (JPN) S Obata (JPN)	3	7	6						7	P Suárez (ARG) P Tarabini (ARG)	6	1	6
	M Czink (HUN) A Kapros (HUN)	6	5	3		A Morigami (JPN) S Obata (JPN)	4	2
	A Medina Garrigues (ESP) A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	7	5	2	7	P Suárez (ARG) P Tarabini (ARG)	6	6
7	P Suárez (ARG) P Tarabini (ARG)	6⁸	7	6											7	P Suárez (ARG) P Tarabini (ARG)	2	6	7
4	A Molik (AUS) R Stubbs (AUS)	6	6												8	T Li (CHN) T Sun (CHN)	6	2	9
	M Ani (EST) K Kanepi (EST)	4	1		4	A Molik (AUS) R Stubbs (AUS)	6	6
	A Kremer (LUX) C Schaul (LUX)	6⁷	6	7		C Castaño (COL) F Zuluaga (COL)	4	2
	C Castaño (COL) F Zuluaga (COL)	7	2	9						4	A Molik (AUS) R Stubbs (AUS)	3	2
	S Farina Elia (ITA) F Schiavone (ITA)	6	6							8	T Li (CHN) T Sun (CHN)	6	6
	Ľ Kurhajcová (SVK) M Suchá (SVK)	2	4			S Farina Elia (ITA) F Schiavone (ITA)	1	6¹
	C Rubin (USA) V Williams (USA)	5	6	3	8	T Li (CHN) T Sun (CHN)	6	7
8	T Li (CHN) T Sun (CHN)	7	1	6

1st round					2nd round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

5	S Asagoe (JPN) A Sugiyama (JPN)	5	7	6
	E Dementieva (RUS) A Myskina (RUS)	7	5	3	5	S Asagoe (JPN) A Sugiyama (JPN)	6	7
	W Prakusya (INA) A Widjaja (INA)	3	2			J Kostanić (CRO) K Šprem (CRO)	3	5
	J Kostanić (CRO) K Šprem (CRO)	6	6						5	S Asagoe (JPN) A Sugiyama (JPN)	6	4	6
	E Daniilidou (GRE) C Zachariadou (GRE)	5	1						3	M Navratilova (USA) L Raymond (USA)	4	6	4
	A Mauresmo (FRA) M Pierce (FRA)	7	6			A Mauresmo (FRA) M Pierce (FRA)
	Y Beygelzimer (UKR) T Perebiynis (UKR)	0	2		3	M Navratilova (USA) L Raymond (USA)	w/o
3	M Navratilova (USA) L Raymond (USA)	6	6											5	S Asagoe (JPN) A Sugiyama (JPN)	3	0
6	M Casanova (SUI) P Schnyder (SUI)	6	6											2	C Martínez (ESP) V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6
	D Hantuchová (SVK) J Husárová (SVK)	3	4		6	M Casanova (SUI) P Schnyder (SUI)	3	3
	M Matevžič (SLO) T Pisnik (SLO)	2	1			Z Yan (CHN) J Zheng (CHN)	6	6
	Z Yan (CHN) J Zheng (CHN)	6	6							Z Yan (CHN) J Zheng (CHN)	1	1
	T Garbin (ITA) R Vinci (ITA)	6	6						2	C Martínez (ESP) V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6
	N Pratt (AUS) S Stosur (AUS)	0	1			T Garbin (ITA) R Vinci (ITA)	3	3
	P Mandula (HUN) K Nagy (HUN)	4	0		2	C Martínez (ESP) V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6
2	C Martínez (ESP) V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6

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