Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

China's Li Ting and Sun Tiantian defeated Spain's Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[1][2] In the bronze medal match, Argentina's Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini defeated Japan's Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–3.

Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Champions	Li Ting Sun Tiantian (CHN)
Runners-up	Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
Score	6–3, 6–3

Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Tennis Centre
Date	15 to 22 August 2004
Competitors	64 from 22 nations
Medalists
Li Ting Sun Tiantian  China Conchita Martínez Virginia Ruano Pascual  Spain Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini  Argentina
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Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece. 64 competitors (32 teams) from 22 countries participated.

Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the reigning gold medalists, but Serena chose not to participate. Venus partnered with Chanda Rubin for the United States, but the pair lost in the first round to future winners Li and Sun.

Medalists

Gold	Li Ting and Sun Tiantian  China
Silver	Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual  Spain
Bronze	Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini  Argentina

Seeds

1.  Svetlana Kuznetsova / Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) (second round)
2.  Conchita Martínez / Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) (final, silver medalists)
3.  Martina Navratilova / Lisa Raymond (USA) (quarterfinals)
4.  Alicia Molik / Rennae Stubbs (AUS) (quarterfinals)
5.  Shinobu Asagoe / Ai Sugiyama (JPN) (semifinals, fourth place)
6.  Myriam Casanova / Patty Schnyder (SUI) (second round)
7.  Paola Suárez / Patricia Tarabini (ARG) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
8.  Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (CHN) (champions, gold medalists)

Draw

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	7	Paola Suárez (ARG)  Patricia Tarabini (ARG)	2	6	7
	8	Li Ting (CHN)  Sun Tiantian (CHN)	6	2	9
								8	Li Ting (CHN)  Sun Tiantian (CHN)	6	6
								2	Conchita Martínez (ESP)  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)	3	3
	5	Shinobu Asagoe (JPN)  Ai Sugiyama (JPN)	3	0
	2	Conchita Martínez (ESP)  Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6				Bronze medal match
								7	Paola Suárez (ARG)  Patricia Tarabini (ARG)	6	6
								5	Shinobu Asagoe (JPN)  Ai Sugiyama (JPN)	3	3

Top half

	1st round							2nd round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	S Kuznetsova (RUS)  E Likhovtseva (RUS)	6	3	6
		L Průšová (CZE)  B Strýcová (CZE)	2	6	1			1	S Kuznetsova (RUS)  E Likhovtseva (RUS)	6	65	3
		N Dechy (FRA)  S Testud (FRA)	7	6					N Dechy (FRA)  S Testud (FRA)	2	7	6
		T Križan (SLO)  K Srebotnik (SLO)	5	3												N Dechy (FRA)  S Testud (FRA)	4	6	4
		A Morigami (JPN)  S Obata (JPN)	3	7	6										7	P Suárez (ARG)  P Tarabini (ARG)	6	1	6
		M Czink (HUN)  A Kapros (HUN)	6	5	3				A Morigami (JPN)  S Obata (JPN)	4	2
		A Medina Garrigues (ESP)  A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	7	5	2			7	P Suárez (ARG)  P Tarabini (ARG)	6	6
	7	P Suárez (ARG)  P Tarabini (ARG)	68	7	6																	7	P Suárez (ARG)  P Tarabini (ARG)	2	6	7
	4	A Molik (AUS)  R Stubbs (AUS)	6	6																		8	T Li (CHN)  T Sun (CHN)	6	2	9
		M Ani (EST)  K Kanepi (EST)	4	1				4	A Molik (AUS)  R Stubbs (AUS)	6	6
		A Kremer (LUX)  C Schaul (LUX)	67	6	7				C Castaño (COL)  F Zuluaga (COL)	4	2
		C Castaño (COL)  F Zuluaga (COL)	7	2	9										4	A Molik (AUS)  R Stubbs (AUS)	3	2
		S Farina Elia (ITA)  F Schiavone (ITA)	6	6											8	T Li (CHN)  T Sun (CHN)	6	6
		Ľ Kurhajcová (SVK)  M Suchá (SVK)	2	4					S Farina Elia (ITA)  F Schiavone (ITA)	1	61
		C Rubin (USA)  V Williams (USA)	5	6	3			8	T Li (CHN)  T Sun (CHN)	6	7
	8	T Li (CHN)  T Sun (CHN)	7	1	6

Bottom half

	1st round							2nd round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	S Asagoe (JPN)  A Sugiyama (JPN)	5	7	6
		E Dementieva (RUS)  A Myskina (RUS)	7	5	3			5	S Asagoe (JPN)  A Sugiyama (JPN)	6	7
		W Prakusya (INA)  A Widjaja (INA)	3	2					J Kostanić (CRO)  K Šprem (CRO)	3	5
		J Kostanić (CRO)  K Šprem (CRO)	6	6											5	S Asagoe (JPN)  A Sugiyama (JPN)	6	4	6
		E Daniilidou (GRE)  C Zachariadou (GRE)	5	1											3	M Navratilova (USA)  L Raymond (USA)	4	6	4
		A Mauresmo (FRA)  M Pierce (FRA)	7	6					A Mauresmo (FRA)  M Pierce (FRA)
		Y Beygelzimer (UKR)  T Perebiynis (UKR)	0	2				3	M Navratilova (USA)  L Raymond (USA)	w/o
	3	M Navratilova (USA)  L Raymond (USA)	6	6																		5	S Asagoe (JPN)  A Sugiyama (JPN)	3	0
	6	M Casanova (SUI)  P Schnyder (SUI)	6	6																		2	C Martínez (ESP)  V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6
		D Hantuchová (SVK)  J Husárová (SVK)	3	4				6	M Casanova (SUI)  P Schnyder (SUI)	3	3
		M Matevžič (SLO)  T Pisnik (SLO)	2	1					Z Yan (CHN)  J Zheng (CHN)	6	6
		Z Yan (CHN)  J Zheng (CHN)	6	6												Z Yan (CHN)  J Zheng (CHN)	1	1
		T Garbin (ITA)  R Vinci (ITA)	6	6											2	C Martínez (ESP)  V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6
		N Pratt (AUS)  S Stosur (AUS)	0	1					T Garbin (ITA)  R Vinci (ITA)	3	3
		P Mandula (HUN)  K Nagy (HUN)	4	0				2	C Martínez (ESP)  V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6
	2	C Martínez (ESP)  V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6