2004 China Open – Mixed doubles

Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
2004 China Open
Champions	Tripp Phillips; Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Runners-up	Justin Gimelstob; Jill Craybas
Score	6–1, 6–2
Draw	16
Seeds	4

In order to commemorate the first joint edition since 1996, a mixed doubles tournament was held by combining female players of the WTA China Open and the male players of the ATP Beijing Challenger. The tournament had a prize money of USD $6,000, but as this was an exhibition tournament, no points were given for the ATP and WTA rankings.

Matches were played at best of three sets with a Match tie-break replacing the final set, in which a pair must win a 10-point tiebreaker (or by a two-point margin) to win the match. Match tie-breaks were not fully implemented until the 2006 season in official tournaments.[1]

Tripp Phillips and Emmanuelle Gagliardi won the title by defeating Justin Gimelstob and Jill Craybas 6–1, 6–2 in the final.

Seeds

Graydon Oliver / Sun Tiantian (first round)
Tripp Phillips / Emmanuelle Gagliardi (champions)
Justin Gimelstob / Jill Craybas (final)
Ashley Fisher / Samantha Stosur (second round)

Draw

Key

Draw

First round					Second round					Semifinals					Final

1	G Oliver T Sun	5	2
	A Bogomolov Jr. D Safina	7	6			A Bogomolov Jr. D Safina
	B Coupe K Grant	2	6	[6]		S Humphries A Sánchez Vicario			w/o
	S Humphries A Sánchez Vicario	6	4	[10]							S Humphries A Sánchez Vicario	6	2	[7]
3	J Gimelstob J Craybas	6	6							3	J Gimelstob J Craybas	4	6	[10]
	T Dent J Hopkins	3	4		3	J Gimelstob J Craybas	5	6	[10]
	S Huss M Sequera	7	6			S Huss M Sequera	7	3	[8]
	Norikazu Sugiyama M Díaz Oliva	5	4												3	J Gimelstob J Craybas	1	2
	G Weiner N Grandin	6	6												2	T Phillips E Gagliardi	6	6
	Y Zhang J Zheng	1	2			G Weiner N Grandin	6	5	[10]
	Niko Karagiannis G Voskoboeva	4	2		4	A Fisher S Stosur	3	7	[6]
4	A Fisher S Stosur	6	6								G Weiner N Grandin	1	2
	J Marshall C Castaño	6	6							2	T Phillips E Gagliardi	6	6
	D Sanguinetti An Serra Zanetti	3	1			J Marshall C Castaño	4	2
	J Landsberg A Jidkova	2	6	[2]	2	T Phillips E Gagliardi	6	6
2	T Phillips E Gagliardi	6	2	[10]

References

"Match tie break, nueva fórmula para los dobles" [Match tie break, new formula for doubles matches] (in Spanish). Shanghai: El Mundo. DPA. 20 November 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

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[1] "Match tie break, nueva fórmula para los dobles" [Match tie break, new formula for doubles matches] (in Spanish). Shanghai: El Mundo. DPA. 20 November 2005. Retrieved 21 January 2018.