The 2004 Italian Open (also as 2004 Rome Masters or sponsored title 2004 Telecom Italia Masters) was a

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 61st edition of the Italian Open and was part of the Masters Series of the

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and of

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of the

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. Both the men's and women's events took place at the

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. The men's tournament was played from 3 May through 9 May 2004 while the women's tournament was played from 10 May through 16 May 2004.

Finals

Men's singles

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defeated

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6–3, 6–3, 6–1 * It was Moyá's 3rd title of the year and the 17th of his career. It was his 1st Masters title of the year and his 3rd overall.

Women's singles

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defeated

Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 17 weeks. Capriati won 14 WTA Tour-level singles t ...

3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(8–6) * It was Mauresmo's 2nd title of the year and the 13th of her career. It was her 2nd Tier I title of the year and her 4th overall.

Men's doubles

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Max Mirnyi Maksim Mikalaevich "Max" Mirnyi (born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished ...

defeated Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 * It was Bhupathi's 3rd title of the year and the 34th of his career. It was Mirnyi's only title of the year and the 21st of his career.

Women's doubles

Nadia Petrova Nadezhda Viktorovna "Nadia" Petrova ( ; born 8 June 1982) is a Russian former professional tennis player. A former top-five player in both singles and doubles, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world in both disciplines (doing s ...

Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy (born April 13, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in 2001 and won six titles on the WTA Tour. Her best doubles ranking was world No. 4, and she ...

defeated

Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual (; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three WTA Tour titles as well as reaching two major quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had ...

Paola Suárez Paola Suárez (; born 23 June 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascua ...

2–6, 6–3, 6–3 * It was Petrova's 4th title of the year and the 8th of her career. It was Shaughnessy's 4th title of the year and the 11th of her career.

References

External links

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ATP tournament profile

WTA tournament profile
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