Score: | 6–3, 6–3 |
Quadrennial: | yes |
Multi: | yes |
Event: | Women's doubles tennis |
Games: | 2004 Summer |
Venue: | Olympic Tennis Centre |
Date: | 15 to 22 August 2004 |
Competitors: | 64 |
Nations: | 22 |
Gold: | Li Ting Sun Tiantian |
Goldnoc: | CHN |
Silver: | Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual |
Silvernoc: | ESP |
Bronze: | Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini |
Bronzenoc: | ARG |
Prev: | 2000 |
Next: | 2008 |
See main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
China's Li Ting and Sun Tiantian defeated Spain's Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, Argentina's Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini defeated Japan's Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–3.
The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece. 64 competitors (32 teams) from 22 countries participated.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the reigning gold medalists, but Serena chose not to participate. Venus partnered with Chanda Rubin for the United States, but the pair lost in the first round to future winners Li and Sun.