2004 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2004 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2004 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–30, 2004 at the TipsArena Linz. Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title.

2004 Generali Ladies Linz
Date	23–30 October
Edition	18th
Category	Tier II Series
Prize money	USD $585,000
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Linz, Austria
Venue	TipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Amélie Mauresmo
Doubles
Janette Husárová / Elena Likhovtseva

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	195	137	88	49	25	1	11.75	6.75	4	1
Doubles					1	—		—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$95,500	$51,000	$27,300	$14,600	$7,820	$4,175	$2,230	$1,195	$640
Doubles *	$30,000	$16,120	$8,620	$4,610	$2,465	—	—	—	—

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
FRA	Amélie Mauresmo	2	1
RUS	Anastasia Myskina	8	2
USA	Serena Williams	9	3
RUS	Vera Zvonareva	12	4
RUS	Nadia Petrova	13	5
JPN	Ai Sugiyama	14	6
SUI	Patty Schnyder	15	7
CRO	Karolina Šprem	17	8
RUS	Elena Bovina	24	9

Rankings are as of 18 October 2004.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Sybille Bammer
• Amélie Mauresmo
• Barbara Schett

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Vera Dushevina
• Alina Jidkova
• Julia Schruff
• Martina Suchá

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Marta Domachowska
• Lindsay Lee-Waters

Withdrawals

• Anastasia Myskina → replaced by Marta Domachowska
• Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Lindsay Lee-Waters

Retirements

• Conchita Martínez (Achilles tendon strain)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Player 1 Rank	Player 2 Rank	Seed
SVK	Janette Husárová	RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	13	3	1
RSA	Liezel Huber	JPN	Ai Sugiyama	11	6	2
ESP	Magüi Serna	VEN	María Vento-Kabchi	45	22	3
FRA	Marion Bartoli	SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	29	78	4

Rankings are as of 18 October 2004

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Daniela Kix / Yvonne Meusburger
• Karolina Šprem / Vera Zvonareva

The following pair received entry into the main draw via a protected ranking:

• Julia Schruff / Åsa Svensson

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jelena Janković / Caroline Schneider

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2004 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

• Amélie Mauresmo defeated Elena Bovina, 6–2, 6–0.

It was Mauresmo's 14th WTA singles title, and fourth title of the year.

Doubles

Main article: 2004 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles

• Janette Husárová / Elena Likhovtseva defeated Nathalie Dechy / Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 7–5.

It was Husárová's 18th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. It was Likhovtseva's 20th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. This was the first of two doubles titles they won together as a pair.