2004 China Open – Men's singles

The event was being held for the first time since 1997. Jim Courier was the last champion.

Men's singles
2004 China Open
Champion	Marat Safin
Runner-up	Mikhail Youzhny
Score	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
Draw	32 (3WC/4Q/1LL)
Seeds	8

Marat Safin won the title, beating Mikhail Youzhny 7–6^(7–4), 7–5 in the final.[1][2][3]

Seeds

Carlos Moyá (first round)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round)
David Nalbandian (quarterfinals)
Rainer Schüttler (second round)
Marat Safin (champion)
Paradorn Srichaphan (semifinals)
Taylor Dent (second round)
Dominik Hrbatý (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final

	6	Paradorn Srichaphan	4	4

		Mikhail Youzhny	6	6
									Mikhail Youzhny	6⁴	5

								5	Marat Safin	7⁷	7
		Jarkko Nieminen	2	4

	5	Marat Safin	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	1	C Moyá	3	3
	Q	J-W Tsonga	6	6				Q	J-W Tsonga	6⁷	3
		G Weiner	2	4					H-t Lee	7⁹	6
		H-t Lee	6	6												H-t Lee	4	3
	Q	A Parmar	3	2											6	P Srichaphan	6	6
		N Okun	6	6					N Okun	3	6	6⁶
		J-R Lisnard	4	5				6	P Srichaphan	6	3	7⁸
	6	P Srichaphan	6	7																		6	P Srichaphan	4	4
	4	R Schüttler	6	6																			M Youzhny	6	6
		P Baccanello	4	3				4	R Schüttler	6⁴	1
		M Youzhny	7	7⁷					M Youzhny	7⁷	6
		I Heuberger	5	6⁴												M Youzhny	6	6
	Q	N Healey	7	5	2										8	D Hrbatý	4	2
		D Sanguinetti	5	7	6				D Sanguinetti	2	2
	WC	Y Wang	2	2				8	D Hrbatý	6	6
	8	D Hrbatý	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	7	T Dent	6	6
	Q	P Luczak	3	2				7	T Dent	3	5
		J Nieminen	7	6					J Nieminen	6	7
		G García-López	5	4												J Nieminen	6	2	6
		Y-h Lu	7	6											3	D Nalbandian	2	6	2
	WC	B Zhu	5	2					Y-h Lu	7⁸	4	4
		K Pless	6⁵	6	3			3	D Nalbandian	6⁶	6	6
	3	D Nalbandian	7⁷	3	6																		J Nieminen	2	4
	5	M Safin	6	7																		5	M Safin	6	6
		A Bogomolov Jr.	4	5				5	M Safin	6	6
	LL	P Amritraj	6	4	2			WC	H Lu	2	2
	WC	H Lu	4	6	6										5	M Safin	6	6
		L Burgsmüller	2	2												K Kim	2	4
		K Kim	6	6					K Kim	6	6
		J Gimelstob	4	1				2	JC Ferrero	4	4
	2	JC Ferrero	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Peter Luczak (qualified)
Arvind Parmar (qualified)
Gilles Simon (first round)
Jamie Delgado (second round)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (qualified)
Tasuku Iwami (second round)
Prakash Amritraj (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
Paul Logtens (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Prakash Amritraj

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	1	Peter Luczak	6	6
		Laurent Recouderc	4	1				1	Peter Luczak	6	6
	Li Zhe		7⁸	7⁷					Li Zhe	2	2
	Wang Yu		6⁶	6⁵											1	Peter Luczak	6²	6	6
		Zhang Hui	6	2	7										7	Prakash Amritraj	7⁷	2	2
	WC	Cui Bin	2	6	5				Zhang Hui	3	1
		Gao Wan	0	2				7	Prakash Amritraj	6	6
	7	Prakash Amritraj	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	2	Arvind Parmar	6	6
	WC	Li Jingyi	4	4				2	Arvind Parmar	6	6
	Yaoki Ishii		6	6					Yaoki Ishii	3	0
	Yang Zengbao		2	4											2	Arvind Parmar	6	6
	Wang Yue		0	6⁶												Alexander Kudryavtsev	4	1
	Alexander Kudryavtsev		6	7⁸					Alexander Kudryavtsev	6	1	7⁷
		Wu Zhiqiang	0	0				6	Tasuku Iwami	3	6	6⁵
	6	Tasuku Iwami	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	3	Gilles Simon	4	6⁴
		Nathan Healey	6	7⁷				Nathan Healey		6	6
	Toshihide Matsui		6	6				Toshihide Matsui		4	3
	Cui Miao		3	2												Nathan Healey	7	6
		Bai Yang	2	2											8	Paul Logtens	5	4
	WC	Li Xiang	6	6				WC	Li Xiang	3	2
		Xu Ran	1	2				8	Paul Logtens	6	6
	8	Paul Logtens	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	4	Jamie Delgado	6	6
		Yang Wei-Guang	3	0				4	Jamie Delgado	6	2	4
	Luka Gregorc		6	6					Luka Gregorc	1	6	6
	Xu Tian-Yu		1	0												Luka Gregorc	3	2
	Gabriel Montilla		3	6	6										5	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	6
	Andrei Merinov		6	2	2				Gabriel Montilla	2	4
		Vadim Davletshin	6	4	3			5	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6	6
	5	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2	6	6

References

"Safin triumphs over Youzhny at China Open". China Daily. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
"Safin ends two-year wait in Beijing, Kuznetsova takes Bali title". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Reuters. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
"Safin returns to winning ways". Beijing: Dawn. Reuters. 20 September 2004. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

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