The 2004 Estoril Open was a
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
tournament played on
outdoor clay courts at the
Estoril Court Central in
Oeiras in Portugal that was part of the
International Series of the men's
2004 ATP Tour
The 2004 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2004 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP T ...
and of
Tier IV of the women's
2004 WTA Tour
The 2004 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2004 season. The 2004 WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federatio ...
. It was the 15th edition of the tournament for the men (the 8th for the women) and was held from 12 April until 18 April 2004.
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela (; born 30 August 1979), nicknamed as “El Flaco” or “Liliano,” is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Chela was given a three-month ban from the professional tour in 2001 for failing a drugs test. Post- ...
and
Émilie Loit
Émilie Loit (; born 9 June 1979) is a retired tennis player from France.
Besides her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007, she won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her h ...
won the singles titles.
Finals
Men's singles
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela (; born 30 August 1979), nicknamed as “El Flaco” or “Liliano,” is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Chela was given a three-month ban from the professional tour in 2001 for failing a drugs test. Post- ...
defeated
Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; tt-Cyrl, Марат Мөбин улы Сафин; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian retired world No. 1 tennis player an ...
6–7
(2–7), 6–3, 6–3
* It was Chela's 2nd title of the year and the 4th of his career.
Women's singles
Émilie Loit
Émilie Loit (; born 9 June 1979) is a retired tennis player from France.
Besides her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007, she won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her h ...
defeated
Iveta Benešová
Iveta Benešová () (formerly Melzer, cs, Melzerová; born 1 February 1983) is a Czech former tennis player. She began playing tennis at age of seven and turned professional in 1998. She won two WTA Tour singles and 14 doubles tournaments, and ...
7–5, 7–6
(7–1)
* It was Loit's 3rd title of the year and the 10th of her career.
Men's doubles
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela (; born 30 August 1979), nicknamed as “El Flaco” or “Liliano,” is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Chela was given a three-month ban from the professional tour in 2001 for failing a drugs test. Post- ...
/
Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Norberto Gaudio (; born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine retired tennis player. He won eight singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 in April 2005. Gaudio's most significant title win came at the 2004 ...
defeated
František Čermák
František Čermák (born 14 November 1976) is a Czech retired tennis player.
Career
In his career, Čermák won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour and he was a finalist 24 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 14 in ...
/
Leoš Friedl
Leoš Friedl (born 1 January 1977) is a retired Czech tennis player.
Friedl's career-high ATP doubles ranking was No. 14, achieved on 8 August 2005. He often partnered in doubles with František Čermák. His career-high ATP singles ranking was ...
6–2, 6–1
* It was Chela's 3rd title of the year and the 5th of his career. It was Gaudio's 2nd title of the year and the 4th of his career.
Women's doubles
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Emmanuelle Gagliardi (born 9 July 1976) is a retired Swiss tennis player.
She was coached by Marco Tarelli and her preferred surface was hardcourt.
Gagliardi never won a WTA Tour singles title, but reached the semifinals of the 2002 Indian Well ...
/
Janette Husárová
Janette Husárová (; born 4 June 1974) is a Slovak former tennis player.
On 13 January 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 31. On 21 April 2003, she peaked at No. 3 in the doubles rankings.
She won the WTA Tour Championship ...
defeated
Olga Blahotova /
Gabriela Navrátilová 6–3, 6–2
* It was Gagliardi's 1st title of the year and the 1st of her career. It was Husárová's 2nd title of the year and the 17th of her career.
References
External links
Official websiteATP Tournament Profile
Estoril Open
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Portugal Open
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