 :see also: 2004 in sports, 2003 in tennis, 2005 in tennis. this is a summary of the 2004 tennis season. ==notable stories== ===russian breakthrough=== the year 2004 was well known for the breakthrough of russian players into the wta tour.the (re)renaissance of russian women's tennis - tennisgrandstand at the french open, anastasia myskina became the first woman from russia to win a grand slam singles title, by defeating compatriot elena dementieva in the final, 6&ndash;1, 6&ndash;2.bbc sport | tennis | myskina takes french title a mere four weeks later, at wimbledon, 17-year-old maria sharapova became the nation's second female grand slam winner, defeating two-time champion serena williams in the final, 6&ndash;1, 6&ndash;4 and becoming the third-youngest woman (after lottie dod and martina hingis) to win wimbledon.bbc sport | tennis | sharapova storms to wimbledon glory finally, at the us open, svetlana kuznetsova became the nation's third consecutive winner of a grand slam singles title, defeating dementieva in the final, 6&ndash;3, 7&ndash;5.bbc sport | tennis | kuznetsova takes us title there were other russian players who also made an impact on the wta tour that year. nadia petrova cracked the wta's top 10 for the first time, and also achieved her biggest result that year, defeating defending us open champion justine henin-hardenne in the fourth round, before losing to kuznetsova in the quarter-finals.bbc sport | tennis | petrova knocks out henin vera zvonareva also continued to improve on the tour before injuries started to briefly derail her career the following year. the conclusion of the season culminated in sharapova winning the 2004 wta tour championships by repeating her wimbledon victory over serena williams in the final, 4&ndash;6, 6&ndash;2, 6&ndash;4, after coming from 0&ndash;4 down in the final set.sharapova takes out wta champs - abc news (australian broadcasting corporation) ==itf== ===grand slam events=== {| class="wikitable" width=100% |- ! discipline ! 2004 australian open ! 2004 french open ! 2004 wimbledon ! 2004 us open |- | men's singles | roger federerdef. marat safin | [[gastÃ³n ga
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