2004 China Open – Mixed Doubles

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.

Mixed Doubles
2004 China Open
Champions Tripp Phillips
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Runners-up Justin Gimelstob
Jill Craybas
Final score6–1, 6–2
Draw16
Seeds4

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

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

  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.
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