# 2004 Italian Open – Men's singles

Carlos Moyá defeated David Nalbandian in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2004 Italian Open.
Félix Mantilla was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Mariano Zabaleta.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Roger Federer (second round)
* Andy Roddick (first round)
* Rainer Schüttler (first round)
* Tim Henman (third round)
* David Nalbandian (final)
* Carlos Moyá (champion)
* Sébastien Grosjean (second round)
* Nicolás Massú (quarterfinals)
* Mark Philippoussis (first round)
* Paradorn Srichaphan (second round)
* Sjeng Schalken (second round)
* Jiří Novák (quarterfinals)
* Fernando González (second round)
* Martin Verkerk (second round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (second round)
* Juan Ignacio Chela (first 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Albert Costa | 7$^7$ | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | David Nalbandian | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | David Nalbandian | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | 5 | David Nalbandian | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | 6 | Carlos Moyá | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | Mariano Zabaleta | 3 | 4 | | 6 | Carlos Moyá | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Carlos Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| 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 |
| 1 | R Federer | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 6$^4$ | 3 | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | À Corretja | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | A Costa | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Costa | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | A Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Horna | 6 | 4 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | L Horna | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 0 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | L Horna | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Martin | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | M Verkerk | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | M Verkerk | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | A Costa | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | J Novák | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 12 | J Novák | 4 | 2 |
| | J Blake | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | J Novák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Koubek | 2 | 4 | | | M Mirnyi | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | J Novák | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | D Ferrer | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | Q | D Ferrer | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | D Sanguinetti | 3 | 6 | 3 | Q | D Ferrer | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | F López | 5 | 2 | | 7 | S Grosjean | 7$^7$ | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Grosjean | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| 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 |
| 3 | R Schüttler | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Spadea | 6 | 2 | 7 | | V Spadea | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | R Ramírez Hidalgo | 1 | 4 | | | H Arazi | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | V Spadea | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Sargsian | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | N Davydenko | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | N Davydenko | 6 | 6 | | | N Davydenko | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý | 4 | 4 | | 13 | F González | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | F González | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | V Spadea | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | S Schalken | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Nalbandian | 6 | 6 |
| Q | W Arthurs | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | S Schalken | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Volandri | 6 | 0 | 6 | | F Volandri | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kiefer | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | F Volandri | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | M Ančić | 4 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | 5 | D Nalbandian | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Saretta | 6 | 3 | 7$^8$ | | F Saretta | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Söderling | 4 | 4 | | 5 | D Nalbandian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Nalbandian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | N Massú | 6$^9$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Dell'Acqua | 7$^{11}$ | 5 | 3 | 8 | N Massú | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Labadze | 6 | 6 | | | I Labadze | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Gaudio | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | N Massú | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S Pescosolido | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | M Safin | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A di Mauro | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | 10 | P Srichaphan | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | P Srichaphan | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | N Massú | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | J I Chela | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Zabaleta | 6 | 7 |
| | M Zabaleta | 6 | 6 | | | M Zabaleta | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Mantilla | 5 | 7 | 6 | | F Mantilla | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ginepri | 7 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | M Zabaleta | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | T Henman | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević | 2 | 4 | | | R Štěpánek | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Mayer | 5 | 1 | | 4 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Henman | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Martín | 4 | 2 | | 6 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Clément | 3 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | I Ljubičić | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 6 | 2 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 6 | C Moyá | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Haas | 5 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | Q | I Karlović | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | I Karlović | 7 | 4 | 7$^7$ | Q | I Karlović | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Robredo | 6 | 4 | 6 | | T Robredo | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | M Philippoussis | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | C Moyá | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | L Hewitt | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Pavel | 1 | 2 |
| WC | A Seppi | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | L Hewitt | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 4 | 3 | | | A Pavel | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Pavel | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| Q | I Andreev | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | D Sánchez | 6$^3$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | D Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | D Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Cañas | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | G Cañas | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Roddick | 6$^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |