2004 French Open
Date:		24 May - 6 June
Edition:		103rd
Category:		Grand Slam (ITF)
Location:		Paris (XVIe), France
Champions
Men's Singles
Gastón Gaudio
Women's Singles
Anastasia Myskina
Men's Doubles
Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus
Women's Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez
Mixed Doubles
Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet
French Open  < 2003 2005 >

The 2004 French Open was the 103rd edition of the tournament. Gastón Gaudio became the first men's Open Era Grand Slam title winner to save match points (2) in the final; the last time it had happened was 70 years ago. Gaudio also became the first Argentine man since Guillermo Vilas to win a grand slam, in 1979. Fellow Argentine Coria, widely regarded as the favourite and best clay court player in the world coming in to the tournament, was seeded 3rd for the event, whereas Gaudio was unseeded and with only two titles to his name, both of which he had won over two years ago. After winning the first two-sets convincingly, Coria began suffering from leg cramps. Gaudio won the next two sets; however, Coria came back and was up two breaks of serve in the final set. Coria had two match points at 6-5 before Gaudio prevailed 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6. Gaudio also became the first man to win a Grand Slam after being bagelled in the first set. The tournament was noted for the excellent performance of the Argentine players - in addition to the two finalists, there were a semifinalist (David Nalbandian) and a quarterfinalist (Juan Ignacio Chela). It was also highlighted by the longest singles match in the open era, when Fabrice Santoro defeated fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clément in a 6h 33m 1st round match 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16–14.

In the women's draw, Anastasia Myskina became first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam title. The next two Grand Slams were also won by Russian women (Maria Sharapova, Wimbledon; Svetlana Kuznetsova, U.S. Open). She also became the first French Open women's title winner after having saved match point en route to the title (against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 4th round).

In the mixed doubles, French players Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet (aged 16 and 17 respectively) won the tournament after entering as wildcards. France also saw success in the boy's singles, where Gaël Monfils won.

Contents 1 Seniors 1.1 Men's Singles[1] 1.2 Women's Singles 1.3 Men's Doubles 1.4 Women's Doubles 1.5 Mixed Doubles 2 Top 5 Seeds 3 Juniors 3.1 Boys' Singles 3.2 Girls' Singles 3.3 Boys' Doubles 3.4 Girls' Doubles 4 Notes

[edit] Seniors

[edit] Men's Singles^[1]

Gastón Gaudio^[2] def. Guillermo Coria, 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6

• It was Gaudio's 1st title of the year, and his 3rd overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.

[edit] Women's Singles

Anastasia Myskina^[3] def. Elena Dementieva, 6–1, 6–2

• It was Myskina's 2nd title of the year, and her 8th overall. It was her 1st career Grand Slam title.

[edit] Men's Doubles

Xavier Malisse / Olivier Rochus def. Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro, 7–5, 7–5

• It was Malisse and Rochus' 1st career Grand Slam title.

[edit] Women's Doubles

Virginia Ruano / Paola Suárez def. Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva, 6–0, 6–3

[edit] Mixed Doubles

Tatiana Golovin / Richard Gasquet def. Cara Black / Wayne Black, 6–3, 6–4

[edit] Top 5 Seeds

Men's Singles
1.	Roger Federer (SUI)	lost to	Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)	3rd round
2.	Andy Roddick (USA)	lost to	Olivier Mutis (FRA)	2nd round
3.	Guillermo Coria (ARG)	lost to	Gastón Gaudio (ARG)	Final
4.	Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)	lost to	Igor Andreev (RUS)	2nd round
5.	Carlos Moyà (ESP)	lost to	[3]Guillermo Coria (ARG)	Quarterfinal
Women's Singles
1.	Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL)	lost to	Tathiana Garbin (ITA)	2nd round
2.	Serena Williams (USA)	lost to	[7]Jennifer Capriati (USA)	Quarterfinal
3.	Amélie Mauresmo (France)	lost to	[9]Elena Dementieva (RUS)	Quarterfinal
4.	Venus Williams (USA)	lost to	[6]Anastasia Myskina (RUS)	Quarterfinal
5.	Lindsay Davenport (USA)	lost to	[9]Elena Dementieva (RUS)	4th round

[edit] Juniors

[edit] Boys' Singles

Gaël Monfils def. Alex Kuznetsov, 6-2, 6-2

[edit] Girls' Singles

Sesil Karatantcheva def. Madalina Gojnea, 6-4, 6-0

[edit] Boys' Doubles

Pablo Andújar / Marcel Granollers-Pujol def. Alex Kuznetsov / Mihail Zverev, 6-3, 6-2

[edit] Girls' Doubles

Katerina Bohmová / Michaëlla Krajicek def. Irina Kotkina / Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-3, 6-2

[edit] Notes

1. ^ This was the first ever all-Argentinean Men's Singles final.
2. ^ Gaudio became the first Argentine player since Guillermo Vilas (in 1977) to win the Men's Singles title.
3. ^ Myskina became the first female player from Russia to win a Grand Slam title.

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