# 2004 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Justine Henin-Hardenne was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Justine Henin-Hardenne (champion)
* Venus Williams (quarterfinals)
* Jennifer Capriati (second round)
* Anastasia Myskina (quarterfinals)
* Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
* Jelena Dokic (first round)
* Francesca Schiavone (first round)
* Conchita Martínez (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 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Meghann Shaughnessy | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | Meghann Shaughnessy | 4 | 2 | 1 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6$^3$ | 3 |
| 5 | Ai Sugiyama | 0 | 5 | | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6$^3$ | 3 |
| | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6 | 7 | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 | J Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn | 2 | 0$^r$ | | WC | S Sfar | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Sfar | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | J Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | ME Camerin | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 8 | C Martínez | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 7 | 1 | 0 | Q | ME Camerin | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Jugić-Salkić | 3 | 2 | | 8 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Henin-Hardenne | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Shaughnessy | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | A Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Dushevina | 4 | 4 | | | M Serna | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Serna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | A Myskina | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Shaughnessy | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | A Kapros | 1 | 2 | | | M Shaughnessy | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Mandula | 6 | 6 | | | P Mandula | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Dokic | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Krasnoroutskaya | 2 | 3 | | 5 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Pratt | 7 | 7 | | WC | N Pratt | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Zheng | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 5 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Pisnik | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | WC | E Daniilidou | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | E Daniilidou | 3 | 6 | 6 | WC | E Daniilidou | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | J Capriati | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Sugiyama | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | F Schiavone | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 7 |
| | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Barna | 2 | 6 | 7 | | A Barna | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Molik | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Vento-Kabchi | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | A Molik | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |