# 2004 Hansol Korea Open – Singles

This was the tournament's first edition.
Maria Sharapova won the title, defeating Marta Domachowska in straight sets in the final. This was Sharapova's third WTA Tour title of the year and fifth of her career.

## Seeds

* Maria Sharapova (champion)
* Shinobu Asagoe (second round)
* Marlene Weingärtner (first round)
* Mashona Washington (first round)
* Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
* Ľubomíra Kurhajcová (first round)
* Saori Obata (first round)
* Samantha Stosur (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 |
| 1 | Maria Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Anne Kremer | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | Anne Kremer | 0 | 2 | 1 | Maria Sharapova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Marta Domachowska | 1 | 1 |
| | Marta Domachowska | 7 | 6 | | Marta Domachowska | 1 | 1 |
| | Abigail Spears | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi | 1 | 3 | | 1 | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Saeki | 6 | 4 | 7 | LL | M Saeki | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Rao | 3 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | 1 | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Voskoboeva | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | 8 | S Stosur | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | M Sequera | 2 | 6 | 6$^7$ | | G Voskoboeva | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-j Cho | 6$^1$ | 4 | | 8 | S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Stosur | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | M Washington | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | A Kremer | 0 | 2 |
| | C Castaño | 5 | 6 | 6 | | C Castaño | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J-h Kim | 3 | 0 | | | S Mamić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Mamić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Mamić | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| LL | R Fujiwara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Kremer | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S-j Kim | 0 | 4 | | LL | R Fujiwara | 6$^4$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kremer | 4 | 6 | 6 | | A Kremer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Ľ Kurhajcová | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 7 | S Obata | 7 | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Yoshida | 5 | 6 | 2 | | Y Yoshida | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ad Serra Zanetti | 3 | 4 | | | S Talaja | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Talaja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Talaja | 6$^2$ | 6 | 0 | | | |
| Q | C-j Chuang | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | M Domachowska | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | |
| | K Böhmová | 5 | 6 | 3 | Q | C-j Chuang | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Domachowska | 6 | 6 | | | M Domachowska | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Weingärtner | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Domachowska | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Spears | 6$^5$ | 1 |
| | An Serra Zanetti | 1 | 1 | | 5 | K Srebotnik | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Němečková | 1 | 2 | | Q | S Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | S Pe'er | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | L Skavronskaia | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Spears | 6 | 6 | | | A Spears | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Okamoto | 0 | 2 | | 2 | S Asagoe | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Asagoe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |