2004 French Open

2004 French Open
Date	24 May – 6 June 2004
Edition	103
Category	74th Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
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
Boys' singles
Gaël Monfils
Girls' singles
Sesil Karatantcheva
Boys' doubles
Pablo Andújar / Marcel Granollers
Girls' doubles
Kateřina Böhmová / Michaëlla Krajicek
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The 2004 French Open was the 108th edition of the tournament.

On the men's side, Gastón Gaudio became the first men's major champion in the Open Era to save two championship points in the final. Gaudio also became the first Argentine man since Guillermo Vilas in 1979 to win a major. Fellow Argentine Guillermo Coria, widely regarded as the favourite and the world's best clay court player coming into the tournament, was seeded 3rd for the event, whereas Gaudio was unseeded (ranked 44th^[1]). 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 tournament final after being bagelled, which occurred in the first set. The overall tournament was noted for the performance of 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 a first round match between Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clément, lasting 6 hours and 33 minutes and ending in Clement's defeat 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16–14, setting a new record for the longest singles match in the Open Era,^[2] which would stand until Wimbledon 2010. It was also the last major to feature neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal in the semifinals until the 2012 US Open.^[3]

In the women's draw, Anastasia Myskina became first Russian woman to win a major title. The next two majors were also won by Russian women (Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon and Svetlana Kuznetsova at the US Open). She also became the first French Open women's champion after saving a match point en route to the title (against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth 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 boys' singles, where Gaël Monfils won.

Juan Carlos Ferrero and Justine Henin-Hardenne were both unsuccessful in defending their 2003 titles; both being eliminated in the second round. In Henin's case, her early exit would be the last time a top seed lost within the first two rounds of any major until Ana Ivanovic lost in the second round of the 2008 US Open. Henin's loss to Tathiana Garbin in the second round was her only defeat at the tournament between 2003 and 2009 (not playing in 2008 and 2009).

Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament.

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	1000	700	450	250	150	75	35	5	12	8	4	0
Men's doubles							0	—	—	—	0	0
Women's singles	650	456	292	162	90	56	32	2	30	21	12.5	4
Women's doubles							0	—	—	—	0	0

Gastón Gaudio^[4][5] defeated 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 and only singles Grand Slam title.

Anastasia Myskina^[6] defeated Elena Dementieva, 6–1, 6–2

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

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

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

Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva, 6–0, 6–3

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

Gaël Monfils defeated Alex Kuznetsov, 6–2, 6–2

Sesil Karatantcheva defeated Mădălina Gojnea, 6–4, 6–0

Pablo Andújar / Marcel Granollers defeated Alex Kuznetsov / Mischa Zverev, 6–3, 6–2

Kateřina Böhmová / Michaëlla Krajicek defeated Irina Kotkina / Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, 6–2

Below are the lists of the wildcard awardees entering in the main draws.

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