2004 Generali Ladies Linz
# 2004 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2004 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2004 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held from October 23–30, 2004 at the TipsArena Linz. Amélie Mauresmo won the singles title.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 11.75 | 6.75 | 4 | 1 |
| Doubles | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 1 | — | 11.75 | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $95,500 | $51,000 | $27,300 | $14,600 | $7,820 | $4,175 | $2,230 | $1,195 | $640 |
| Doubles * | $30,000 | $16,120 | $8,620 | $4,610 | $2,465 | — | — | — | — |

$_{*perteam}$

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| FRA | Amélie Mauresmo | 2 | 1 |
| RUS | Anastasia Myskina | 8 | 2 |
| USA | Serena Williams | 9 | 3 |
| RUS | Vera Zvonareva | 12 | 4 |
| RUS | Nadia Petrova | 13 | 5 |
| JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 14 | 6 |
| SUI | Patty Schnyder | 15 | 7 |
| CRO | Karolina Šprem | 17 | 8 |
| RUS | Elena Bovina | 24 | 9 |

Rankings are as of 18 October 2004.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Sybille Bammer
* Amélie Mauresmo
* Barbara Schett

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Vera Dushevina
* Alina Jidkova
* Julia Schruff
* Martina Suchá

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Marta Domachowska
* Lindsay Lee-Waters

### Withdrawals

* Anastasia Myskina → replaced by Marta Domachowska
* Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Lindsay Lee-Waters

### Retirements

* Conchita Martínez (Achilles tendon strain)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Player 1 Rank | Player 2 Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SVK | Janette Husárová | RUS | Elena Likhovtseva | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| RSA | Liezel Huber | JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| ESP | Magüi Serna | VEN | María Vento-Kabchi | 45 | 22 | 3 |
| FRA | Marion Bartoli | SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 29 | 78 | 4 |

Rankings are as of 18 October 2004

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Daniela Kix / Yvonne Meusburger
* Karolina Šprem / Vera Zvonareva

The following pair received entry into the main draw via a protected ranking:

* Julia Schruff / Åsa Svensson

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Jelena Janković / Caroline Schneider

## Champions

### Singles

* Amélie Mauresmo defeated Elena Bovina, 6–2, 6–0.

It was Mauresmo's 14th WTA singles title, and fourth title of the year.

### Doubles

* Janette Husárová / Elena Likhovtseva defeated Nathalie Dechy / Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 7–5.

It was Husárová's 18th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. It was Likhovtseva's 20th WTA doubles title, and third of the year. This was the first of two doubles titles they won together as a pair.

