# 2004 BNP Paribas Masters – Singles

Marat Safin defeated Radek Štěpánek in the final, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2004 Paris Masters. It was his third Paris Masters title and 14th career singles title overall. Safin also became the first man to win the final two Masters tournaments of the season, after the Madrid Masters the week before.
Tim Henman was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Mikhail Youzhny.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Andy Roddick (third round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (quarterfinals)
* Tim Henman (third round)
* Carlos Moyá (withdrew due to a shoulder injury)
* Andre Agassi (withdrew)
* Marat Safin (champion)
* Gastón Gaudio (second round)
* David Nalbandian (withdrew due to a left knee injury)
* Joachim Johansson (withdrew due to a virus)
* Tommy Robredo (second round)
* Andrei Pavel (third round)
* Dominik Hrbatý (second round)
* Guillermo Cañas (semifinals)
* Nicolás Massú (third round)
* Fernando González (second round)
* Jiří Novák (second round)
* Vincent Spadea (third round)
* Tommy Haas (third round)

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | |
| Q | Max Mirnyi | 6$^5$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Robin Söderling | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Robin Söderling | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6$^5$ | Q | Max Mirnyi | 6 | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Q | Radek Štěpánek | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Mikhail Youzhny | 6$^1$ | 3 | | Q | Radek Štěpánek | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Q | Radek Štěpánek | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Radek Štěpánek | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | Q | Radek Štěpánek | 3 | 6$^5$ | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Marat Safin | 6 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | |
| | Feliciano López | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Marat Safin | 6 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 13 | Guillermo Cañas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Guillermo Cañas | 6 | 6 | | 13 | Guillermo Cañas | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Marat Safin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Marat Safin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | 6 | Marat Safin | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Lleyton Hewitt | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 1 | A Roddick | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 5 | 2 | | S Sargsian | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sargsian | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | A Roddick | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 3 | 0 | | | | | | Q | M Mirnyi | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | Q | M Mirnyi | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 15 | F González | 6$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Mirnyi | 6$^5$ | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Söderling | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | 12 | D Hrbatý | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Horna | 6$^6$ | 6$^0$ | WC | C Saulnier | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Saulnier | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | WC | C Saulnier | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | R Söderling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Söderling | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Dent | 2 | 4 | | R Söderling | 4 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | LL | D Sanguinetti | 6 | 6$^6$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 3 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | M Zabaleta | 6$^3$ | 4 | | P Srichaphan | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Srichaphan | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | 3 | T Henman | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 2 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | M Youzhny | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 6 | 7$^7$ | | M Youzhny | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | J Novák | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 6$^1$ | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | R Štěpánek | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | 17 | V Spadea | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Davydenko | 6 | 6 | | N Davydenko | 6$^4$ | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Verdasco | 2 | 3 | | | | | 17 | V Spadea | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | R Štěpánek | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | Q | R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Llodra | 6$^2$ | 1 | Q | R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | LL | V Hănescu | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 7 | G Gaudio | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F López | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | F López | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | F López | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Fish | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 11 | A Pavel | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | D Ferrer | 3 | 6 | 2 | | M Fish | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 11 | A Pavel | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F López | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | G Cañas | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 13 | G Cañas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J-W Tsonga | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | Q | J-W Tsonga | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ančić | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | 13 | G Cañas | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| LL | X Malisse | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 18 | T Haas | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | P-H Mathieu | 5 | 4 | | LL | X Malisse | 1 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 18 | T Haas | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 6 | M Safin | 6$^1$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | I Ljubičić | 7$^7$ | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Clément | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | 6 | M Safin | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | J Melzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Melzer | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | J I Chela | 1 | 4 | | | J Melzer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | T Robredo | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Safin | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L Hewitt | 4 | 6$^2$ |
| | | | | | 14 | N Massú | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Volandri | 6 | 4 | 1$^r$ | Q | C Rochus | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Rochus | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 14 | N Massú | 3$^r$ | | | | | |
| Q | T Enqvist | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | L Hewitt | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | G Monfils | 1 | 6 | 6 | Q | G Monfils | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | L Hewitt | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |