# 2004 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Roger Federer was the defending champion and won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 against Feliciano López.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Roger Federer (champion)
* Guillermo Coria (first round)
* Rainer Schüttler (first round)
* David Nalbandian (first round)
* Mark Philippoussis (first round)
* Tim Henman (first round)
* Paradorn Srichaphan (second round)
* Sjeng Schalken (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
| 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | R Federer | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Safin | 6$^2$ | 6$^4$ | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Robredo | 6 | 6 | | | T Robredo | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | A Pavel | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 1 | 6 | 5 | | A Pavel | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Zíb | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | Q | T Zíb | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | T Henman | 4 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Nalbandian | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Nieminen | 6$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 6 | 6 | | | J Nieminen | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Carraz | 6 | 6 | | | G Carraz | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Bahrouzyan | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | J Nieminen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 8 | S Schalken | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Martín | 3 | 7$^9$ | 4 | | F Santoro | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sargsian | 3 | 1 | | 8 | S Schalken | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Roger Federer | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | P Srichaphan | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Feliciano López | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| | D Hrbatý | 3$^r$ | | | 7 | P Srichaphan | 6$^6$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Dell'Acqua | 3 | 6 | 4 | | I Ljubičić | 7$^8$ | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | I Ljubičić | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F López | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Davydenko | 4 | 3 | | | F López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Kohlschreiber | 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | P Kohlschreiber | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Schüttler | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | F López | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | M Philippoussis | 2 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | O Rochus | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | | O Rochus | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | R Nadal | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Nadal | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | R Nadal | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Ghareeb | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D van Scheppingen | 7$^7$ | 3 | 7$^8$ | Q | D van Scheppingen | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Youzhny | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Coria | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |