2004 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2004 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Champions	Nadia Petrova Meghann Shaughnessy
Runners-up	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
Final score	2–6, 6–3, 6–3

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions, but Kuznetsova decided not to compete this year. Navratilova teamed up with Lisa Raymond and lost in second round to Elena Likhovtseva and Anastasia Myskina.

Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title, defeating Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 in the final. It was the 8th title for Petrova and the 8th title for Shaughnessy in their respective careers. It was also the 4th title for the pair during this season.

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (Final)
2. Liezel Huber / Ai Sugiyama (Second round)
3. Martina Navratilova / Lisa Raymond (Second round)
4. Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy (Champions)
5. Cara Black / Els Callens (First round)
6. Janette Husárová / Conchita Martínez (Semifinals)
7. Li Ting / Sun Tiantian (Semifinals)
8. Marion Bartoli / Meilen Tu (First round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	6	6
	7	Li Ting   Sun Tiantian	4	2
								1	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	6	3	3
								4	Nadia Petrova   Meghann Shaughnessy	2	6	6
	4	Nadia Petrova   Meghann Shaughnessy	6	7^7
	6	Janette Husárová   Conchita Martínez	2	6^4

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	6
	R Grande   M Vento-Kabchi	6^11	2					G Dulko   M Sharapova	1	1
	G Dulko   M Sharapova	7^13	6											1	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	6
	E Bovina   N Dechy	6	7												E Bovina   N Dechy	4	0
	L McShea   M Sequera	3	5					E Bovina   N Dechy	6	6
PR	K Peschke   B Rittner	6^4	6	6			PR	K Peschke   B Rittner	1	3
5	C Black   E Callens	7^7	2	4																	1	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	6
																					7	T Li   T Sun	4	2
							3	M Navratilova   L Raymond	6^4	7^8	3
	A Jidkova   A Spears	0	7	2				E Likhovtseva   A Myskina	7^7	6^6	6
	E Likhovtseva   A Myskina	6	5	6											E Likhovtseva   A Myskina	6^3	5
WC	T Garbin   M Santangelo	6	5	0										7	T Li   T Sun	7^7	7
	B Schett   P Tarabini	3	7	6				B Schett   P Tarabini	3	2
	L Granville   T Perebiynis	2	4				7	T Li   T Sun	6	6
7	T Li   T Sun	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
8	M Bartoli   M Tu	6	5	1
	D Hantuchová   D Safina	2	7	6				D Hantuchová   D Safina	6^1	6	2
	M Ani   E Gagliardi	3	6	7				M Ani   E Gagliardi	7^7	3	6
	Z Yan   J Zheng	6	4	5											M Ani   E Gagliardi	1	3
	S Farina Elia   F Schiavone	6	3	6^5										4	N Petrova   M Shaughnessy	6	6
PR	S Testud   R Vinci	2	6	7^7			PR	S Testud   R Vinci	3	1
							4	N Petrova   M Shaughnessy	6	6
																					4	N Petrova   M Shaughnessy	6	7^7
6	J Husárová   C Martínez	6	6																		6	J Husárová   C Martínez	2	6^4
Q	ME Camerin   M Marrero	2	4				6	J Husárová   C Martínez	7	6
	A Molik   M Serna	4	4				WC	Ad Serra Zanetti   An Serra Zanetti	5	3
WC	Ad Serra Zanetti   An Serra Zanetti	6	6											6	J Husárová   C Martínez	6	6
WC	M Pierce   A Sánchez Vicario	1	6	3											E Dementieva   N Pratt	4	1
	E Dementieva   N Pratt	6	0	6				E Dementieva   N Pratt	7	7
							2	L Huber   A Sugiyama	5	5

External links

• Main and Qualifying Draws