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2004 Ladies German Open – Singles

2004 tennis event results

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ4017250 ↗
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Amélie Mauresmo won the singles tennis title at the 2004 WTA German Open by walkover, as her opponent Venus Williams withdrew due to a left ankle strain. It was the first title of the year for Mauresmo, and the 11th title of her career.

Justine Henin-Hardenne was the two-time reigning champion, but did not compete this year due to a cytomegalovirus.

Seeds

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

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The public source identifies “2004 Ladies German Open – Singles” as 2004 tennis event results. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ladies, German and Singles.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ladies, German and Singles providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “2004 Ladies German Open – Singles”, the useful work is to connect “2004 tennis event results” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4017250. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “2004 Ladies German Open – Singles” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.