2004 Heineken Open – Singles

Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion of the singles event at the Heineken Open tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand, but lost in the semifinals to Dominik Hrbatý.

Singles
2004 Heineken Open
Champion Dominik Hrbatý
Runner-up Rafael Nadal
Final score4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Draw32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8

Hrbatý won in the final 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 against Rafael Nadal, on his first ATP tour level final.[1]

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Guillermo Coria (Second round; withdrew)
  2. Jiří Novák (Semifinals)
  3. Gustavo Kuerten (Semifinals)
  4. Sjeng Schalken (First round)
  5. Vince Spadea (Quarterfinals)
  6. Gastón Gaudio (Second round)
  7. Fernando González (First round)
  8. Jarkko Nieminen (First round)

Draw

Key
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 G Coria 77 6  
  N Kiefer 64 3   1 G Coria      
WC M Nielsen 3 2     D Hrbatý w/o    
  D Hrbatý 6 6     D Hrbatý 6 3 6
  L Horna 4 3   Q P Kohlschreiber 1 6 3
Q P Kohlschreiber 6 6   Q P Kohlschreiber 77 6  
  R Štěpánek 5 3   6 G Gaudio 63 1  
6 G Gaudio 7 6     D Hrbatý 6 6  
3 G Kuerten 67 77 7 3 G Kuerten 3 2  
WC À Corretja 79 63 5 3 G Kuerten 6 6  
  A Martín 6 6     A Martín 2 4  
  S Koubek 4 4   3 G Kuerten 6 77  
Q F Hemmes Jr. 6 6   5 V Spadea 2 64  
  R Söderling 2 3   Q F Hemmes Jr. 1 2  
  T Martin 3 4   5 V Spadea 6 6  
5 V Spadea 6 6     Dominik Hrbatý 4 6 7
8 J Nieminen 1 4     Rafael Nadal 6 2 5
  F Santoro 6 6     F Santoro 2 4  
  G Carraz 6 63 6   G Carraz 6 6  
  K Beck 4 77 3   G Carraz 1r  
WC S Rea 2 1     R Nadal 2    
Q M Ančić 6 6   Q M Ančić 60 66  
  R Nadal 77 6     R Nadal 77 78  
4 S Schalken 62 4     R Nadal 6 6  
7 F González 3 4   2 J Novák 1 3  
  R Sluiter 6 6     R Sluiter 77 6  
  D Sánchez 77 6   D Sánchez 63 3  
  J-M Gambill 65 3     R Sluiter 6 4 4
Q G Müller 7 63 6 2 J Novák 4 6 6
  N Lapentti 5 77 1 Q G Müller 64 2  
  X Malisse 67 77 3 2 J Novák 77 6  
2 J Novák 79 64 6

References
  1. "2004 Auckland Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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