2004 Gaz de France Stars – Singles

Singles
Singles
2004 Gaz de France Stars
Champion	Elena Dementieva
Runner-up	Elena Bovina
Final score	0–6, 6–0, 6–4
Events
Singles	Doubles

The Singles Tournament at the 2004 Gaz de France Stars took place in late September to early October, 2004, on indoor hard courts in Hasselt, Belgium.

Elena Dementieva won the title with a bizarre scoreline in the final, becoming the first winner of this tournament in an all-Russian final.^[1]^[2]

Seeds[]

The top two seeds get a bye into round two.

Elena Dementieva (Champion)
Kim Clijsters (Semifinals, retired due to a left wrist injury)
Elena Bovina (Final)
Karolina Šprem (Second round)
Francesca Schiavone (Quarterfinals)
Silvia Farina Elia (Second round)
Magdalena Maleeva (Quarterfinals)
Nathalie Dechy (Withdrew due to a left thigh sprain)
Jelena Kostanić (First round)

Draw[]

Key[]

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals[]

Semifinals				Final

1	Elena Dementieva	6	6

	Maria Elena Camerin	3	3
				1	Elena Dementieva	0	6	6

				3	Elena Bovina	6	0	4
3	Elena Bovina	6	2

2	Kim Clijsters	4	2^r

Top Half[]

First Round					Second Round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	E Dementieva	6	6
LL	M Paštiková	7	6		LL	M Paštiková	4	2
	T Garbin	6⁴	4						1	E Dementieva	7	6
	D Chládková	6	6							D Chládková	5	4
	A Parra Santonja	1	4			D Chládková	6	6
	T Perebiynis	7	3	1	6	S Farina Elia	0	2
6	S Farina Elia	5	6	6										1	E Dementieva	6	6
4	K Šprem	4	6	6											ME Camerin	3	3
	A Medina Garrigues	6	4	4	4	K Šprem	4	4
LL	C Rousseau	2	0			ME Camerin	6	6
	ME Camerin	6	6							ME Camerin	5	7	6
	M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6							V Ruano Pascual	7	5	4
	C Schaul	3	0			M Sánchez Lorenzo	4	3
	V Ruano Pascual	3	7	6		V Ruano Pascual	6	6
9	J Kostanić	6	6³	4

Bottom Half[]

First Round					Second Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals

5	F Schiavone	6	6
	M Santangelo	2	0		5	F Schiavone	6	6
	N Llagostera Vives	6	6⁴	6		N Llagostera Vives	1	0
	M Marrero	0	7	0					5	F Schiavone	6⁶	1
Q	V Henke	6	1	6					3	E Bovina	7	6
	K Flipkens	2	6	4	Q	V Henke	1	3
WC	C Maes	1	1		3	E Bovina	6	6
3	E Bovina	6	6										3	E Bovina	6	2
7/WC	M Maleeva	6	6										2	K Clijsters	4	2^r
Q	L Lee-Waters	3	3		7/WC	M Maleeva	6	6
WC	E Callens	7	6		WC	E Callens	0	1
Q	E Birnerová	6⁵	4						7/WC	M Maleeva	3	4
	I Benešová	6	6						2	K Clijsters	6	6
Q	A Bachmann	4	3			I Benešová	6³	2
					2	K Clijsters	7	6

References[]

^ http://tennis.quickfound.net/wta_results_2004/hasselt_guangzhou_seoul_results_2004.html 2004 Hasselt, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Women's Singles Results]
^ Hasselt - ITF results

[1] ttp://tennis.quickfound.net/wta_results_2004/hasselt_guangzhou_seoul_results_2004.html 2004 Hasselt, Guangzhou & Seoul WTA Women's Singles Results]

[2] Hasselt - ITF results

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