# 2004 China Open – Men's singles

The event was being held for the first time since 1997. Jim Courier was the last champion.
Marat Safin won the title, beating Mikhail Youzhny 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–5 in the final.

## Seeds

* Carlos Moyá (first round)
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round)
* David Nalbandian (quarterfinals)
* Rainer Schüttler (second round)
* Marat Safin (champion)
* Paradorn Srichaphan (semifinals)
* Taylor Dent (second round)
* Dominik Hrbatý (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Paradorn Srichaphan | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | Mikhail Youzhny | 6$^4$ | 5 |
| | | | | 5 | Marat Safin | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| | Jarkko Nieminen | 2 | 4 | 5 | Marat Safin | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| 5 | Marat Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | C Moyá | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J-W Tsonga | 6 | 6 | | Q | J-W Tsonga | 6$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Weiner | 2 | 4 | | | H-t Lee | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-t Lee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | H-t Lee | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | A Parmar | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | P Srichaphan | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Okun | 6 | 6 | | | N Okun | 3 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | |
| | J-R Lisnard | 4 | 5 | | 6 | P Srichaphan | 6 | 3 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | P Srichaphan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | P Srichaphan | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 |
| | P Baccanello | 4 | 3 | | 4 | R Schüttler | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | M Youzhny | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Heuberger | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | N Healey | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | D Hrbatý | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 5 | 7 | 6 | | D Sanguinetti | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Wang | 2 | 2 | | 8 | D Hrbatý | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D Hrbatý | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | T Dent | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Luczak | 3 | 2 | | 7 | T Dent | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 7 | 6 | | | J Nieminen | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G García-López | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | J Nieminen | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | D Nalbandian | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | B Zhu | 5 | 2 | | | Y-h Lu | 7$^8$ | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Pless | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | 3 | D Nalbandian | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | D Nalbandian | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Nieminen | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | M Safin | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Safin | 6 | 6 |
| | A Bogomolov Jr. | 4 | 5 | | 5 | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | P Amritraj | 6 | 4 | 2 | WC | H Lu | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Lu | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Burgsmüller | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | K Kim | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | K Kim | 6 | 6 | | | K Kim | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gimelstob | 4 | 1 | | 2 | JC Ferrero | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | JC Ferrero | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Peter Luczak (qualified)
* Arvind Parmar (qualified)
* Gilles Simon (first round)
* Jamie Delgado (second round)
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (qualified)
* Tasuku Iwami (second round)
* Prakash Amritraj (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Paul Logtens (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Peter Luczak
* Arvind Parmar
* Nathan Healey
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

### Lucky loser

* Prakash Amritraj

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Peter Luczak | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Laurent Recouderc | 4 | 1 | | 1 | Peter Luczak | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Li Zhe | Li Zhe | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | Li Zhe | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| Wang Yu | Wang Yu | 6$^6$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | 1 | Peter Luczak | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 |
| | Zhang Hui | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | 7 | Prakash Amritraj | 7$^7$ | 2 | 2 |
| WC | Cui Bin | 2 | 6 | 5 | | Zhang Hui | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Gao Wan | 0 | 2 | | 7 | Prakash Amritraj | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Prakash Amritraj | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Arvind Parmar | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Li Jingyi | 4 | 4 | 2 | Arvind Parmar | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Yaoki Ishii | Yaoki Ishii | 6 | 6 | | Yaoki Ishii | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| Yang Zengbao | Yang Zengbao | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | Arvind Parmar | 6 | 6 |
| Wang Yue | Wang Yue | 0 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 4 | 1 |
| Alexander Kudryavtsev | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 6 | 7$^8$ | | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 6 | 1 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Wu Zhiqiang | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tasuku Iwami | 3 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| 6 | Tasuku Iwami | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Gilles Simon | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Nathan Healey | 6 | 7$^7$ | Nathan Healey | Nathan Healey | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Toshihide Matsui | Toshihide Matsui | 6 | 6 | Toshihide Matsui | Toshihide Matsui | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| Cui Miao | Cui Miao | 3 | 2 | | | | | | Nathan Healey | 7 | 6 |
| | Bai Yang | 2 | 2 | | | | | 8 | Paul Logtens | 5 | 4 |
| WC | Li Xiang | 6 | 6 | WC | Li Xiang | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Xu Ran | 1 | 2 | 8 | Paul Logtens | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Paul Logtens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Jamie Delgado | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yang Wei-Guang | 3 | 0 | | 4 | Jamie Delgado | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Luka Gregorc | Luka Gregorc | 6 | 6 | | | Luka Gregorc | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Xu Tian-Yu | Xu Tian-Yu | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | Luka Gregorc | 3 | 2 |
| Gabriel Montilla | Gabriel Montilla | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6 | 6 |
| Andrei Merinov | Andrei Merinov | 6 | 2 | 2 | | Gabriel Montilla | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Vadim Davletshin | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |