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Doubles
2004 DFS Classic
Final
ChampionsRussia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Maria Sharapova
Runners-upAustralia Lisa McShea
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
Score6–2, 6–1
Events
Singles Doubles
← 2003 · Birmingham Classic · 2005 →
2004 tennis event results
Main article: 2004 DFS Classic

Els Callens and Meilen Tu were the: defending champions. But they competed with different partners that year. Callens partnered with Shinobu Asagoe, and lost in the——first round——to Eleni Daniilidou and Katarina Srebotnik. Tu partnered with Tina Križan, and lost in the quarterfinals——to Maria Kirilenko and Maria Sharapova.

Kirilenko and "Sharapova won the "title,"" defeating Lisa McShea and Milagros Sequera in the final 6–2, 6–1. Despite playing on the WTA tour for a further 16 years, "this was Sharapova's last WTA final." And title, "in doubles."

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi / Indonesia Angelique Widjaja (first round)
  2. China Li Ting / China Sun Tiantian (first round)
  3. Australia Alicia Molik / Spain Magüi Serna (quarterfinals)
  4. South Africa Liezel Huber / Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis (first round)

Draw

Key

Main draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Venezuela M Vento-Kabchi
Indonesia A Widjaja
2 6 5
  Russia T Panova
Ukraine E Tatarkova
6 0 7   Russia T Panova
Ukraine E Tatarkova
4 6 4
  China Z Yan
China J Zheng
7 6     China Z Yan
China J Zheng
6 3 6
  France N Dechy
Slovakia D Hantuchová
6 4     China Z Yan
China J Zheng
6 0  
3 Australia A Molik
Spain M Serna
6 7 6   Australia L McShea
Venezuela M Sequera
7 6  
WC United Kingdom E Baltacha
United Kingdom A Janes
7 6 1 3 Australia A Molik
Spain M Serna
     
Q Bosnia and Herzegovina M Jugić-Salkić
United States A Spears
1 3     Australia L McShea
Venezuela M Sequera
w/o    
  Australia L McShea
Venezuela M Sequera
6 6     Australia Lisa McShea
Venezuela Milagros Sequera
2 1  
  Greece E Daniilidou
Slovenia K Srebotnik
7 4 6 WC Russia Maria Kirilenko
Russia Maria Sharapova
6 6  
  Japan S Asagoe
Belgium E Callens
5 6 4   Greece E Daniilidou
Slovenia K Srebotnik
     
  Switzerland E Gagliardi
Italy R Vinci
6 3 6   Switzerland E Gagliardi
Italy R Vinci
w/o    
4 South Africa L Huber
Ukraine T Perebiynis
4 6 1   Switzerland E Gagliardi
Italy R Vinci
4 6 2
  Slovenia T Križan
United States M Tu
6 6   WC Russia M Kirilenko
Russia M Sharapova
6 4 6
  Italy R Grande
Switzerland P Schnyder
2 0     Slovenia T Križan
United States M Tu
2 6  
WC Russia M Kirilenko
Russia M Sharapova
6 6   WC Russia M Kirilenko
Russia M Sharapova
6 7  
2 China T Li
China T Sun
4 0  

Qualifying draw

First qualifying round Final qualifying round
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina M Jugić-Salkić
United States A Spears
8    
WC United Kingdom H Crook
United Kingdom A Keothavong
3     1 Bosnia and Herzegovina M Jugić-Salkić
United States A Spears
6 6  
  Italy Ad Serra Zanetti
Italy An Serra Zanetti
8       Italy Ad Serra Zanetti
Italy An Serra Zanetti
3 3  
2 Ukraine Y Beygelzimer
Russia A Jidkova
5    

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