| 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]
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)
See main article: 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying.
| Category | Sharapova | S. Williams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st serve % | 39/64 (61%) | 33/54 (61%) | |
| 1st serve points won | 25 of 39 = 64% | 20 of 33 = 61% | |
| 2nd serve points won | 15 of 25 = 60% | 9 of 21 = 43% | |
| Total service points won | 40 of 64 = 62.50% | 29 of 54 = 53.70% | |
| Aces | 2 | 3 | |
| Double faults | 4 | 1 | |
| Winners | 25 | 20 | |
| Unforced errors | 11 | 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=98FB989 | 65 | 53 |
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