2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles explained

Score:6–1, 6–4
Draw:128 (12 / 8)
Seeds:32
Before Name:Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
After Name:Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

See main article: 2004 Wimbledon Championships.

Maria Sharapova defeated two-time defending champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was her first major title. The 17-year-old's victory over the six-time major champion was described by commentators as "the most stunning upset in memory".[2] With the win, Sharapova entered the top 10 in rankings for the first time in her career. She became the third-youngest woman to win Wimbledon (behind Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis)[3] and the second Russian woman to win a major title (after Anastasia Myskina won that year's French Open).[4]

Serena Williams was attempting to become the first woman to win the title three consecutive times since Steffi Graf in 1991, 1992 and 1993.

This was the last major singles tournament for former world No. 1 Martina Navratilova. Awarded a wild card, she won her first round match and became, at age 47, the oldest player in the Open Era to win a main draw match at Wimbledon and the second-lowest ranked player to do so (world No. 1,001, behind Barbara Schwartz who was unranked in 2001).[5] [6]

Seeds

See also: 1 and 1. Serena Williams (final)

See also: 2 and 8. Anastasia Myskina (third round)

See also: 3 and 6. Venus Williams (second round)

See also: 4 and 3. Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals)

See also: 5 and 5. Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)

See also: 6 and 7. Elena Dementieva (first round)

See also: 7 and 2. Jennifer Capriati (quarterfinals)

See also: 8 and 4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (first round)

See also: 9 and 4. Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)

See also: 10 and 2. Nadia Petrova (fourth round)

See also: 11 and 7. Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)

See also: 12 and 5. Vera Zvonareva (fourth round)

See also: 13 and 8. Maria Sharapova (champion)

See also: 14 and 3. Silvia Farina Elia (fourth round)

See also: 15 and 1. Patty Schnyder (second round)

See also: 16 and 6. Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (first round)

See also: 17 and 7. Chanda Rubin (first round)

See also: 18 and 1. Francesca Schiavone (second round)

See also: 19 and 4. Fabiola Zuluaga (first round)

See also: 20 and 8. Elena Bovina (second round)

See also: 21 and 6. Magdalena Maleeva (fourth round)

See also: 22 and 2. Conchita Martínez (first round)

See also: 23 and 5. Jelena Dokić (first round)

See also: 24 and 3. Mary Pierce (first round)

See also: 25 and 2. Nathalie Dechy (third round)

See also: 26 and 3. Lisa Raymond (second round)

See also: 27 and 7. Alicia Molik (third round)

See also: 28 and 5. Émilie Loit (first round)

See also: 29 and 4. Dinara Safina (first round)

See also: 30 and 1. Eleni Daniilidou (first round)

See also: 31 and 8. Amy Frazier (fourth round)

See also: 32 and 6. Meghann Shaughnessy (third round)

Qualifying

See main article: 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying.

Draw

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Championship match statistics

Category Sharapova S. Williams
1st serve %39/64 (61%) 33/54 (61%)
1st serve points won25 of 39 = 64% 20 of 33 = 61%
2nd serve points won15 of 25 = 60% 9 of 21 = 43%
Total service points won40 of 64 = 62.50% 29 of 54 = 53.70%
Aces2 3
Double faults 4 1
Winners25 20
Unforced errors11 10
Net points won 4 of 4 = 100% 3 of 9 = 33%
Break points converted 4 of 10 = 40% 1 of 6 = 17%
Return points won 25 of 54 = 46% 24 of 64 = 38%
Total points won bgcolor=98FB98965 53
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Notes and References

  1. Book: Barrett, John. Wimbledon: The Official History. 2014. Vision Sports Publishing. 9-781909-534230. 4th.
  2. News: Sharapova Wins Wimbledon After Improbable Journey. The Washington Post . Liz Clarke. April 7, 2004. June 20, 2010.
  3. Web site: Sharapova storms to Wimbledon glory. 3 July 2004. BBC Sport. 3 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Sensational Sharapova is a Russian revelation. 4 July 2004. The Guardian. 3 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Navratilova rolls back the years in quick time . 22 June 2004. The Guardian. 3 July 2017.
  6. Harman, Neil (2004). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2004. 2 Puddle Dock, London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. .