2004 French Open

TennisEventInfo|2004|French Open
date=24 May - 6 June
edition=103rd
champms = flagicon|ARG Gastón Gaudio
champws = flagicon|RUS Anastasia Myskina
champmd = flagicon|BEL Xavier Malisse / flagicon|BEL Olivier Rochus
champwd = flagicon|ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / flagicon|ARG Paola Suárez
champxd = flagicon|FRA Tatiana Golovin / flagicon|FRA Richard GasquetThe 2004 French Open was the 103rd edition of the tournament. Gastón Gaudio became the first men's Open Era Grand Slam title winner to save match points (2) in the final; the last time it had happened was 70 years ago. Gaudio also became the first Argentine man since Guillermo Vilas to win a grand slam, in 1979. Fellow Argentine Coria, widely regarded as the favourite and best clay court player in the world coming in to the tournament, was seeded 3rd for the event, whereas Gaudio was unseeded and with only two titles to his name, both of which he had won over two years ago. After winning the first two-sets convincingly, Coria began suffering from leg cramps. Gaudio won the next two sets; however, Coria came back and was up two breaks of serve in the final set. Coria had two match points at 6-5 before Gaudio prevailed 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6. Gaudio also became the first man to win a Grand Slam after being bagelled in the first set. The tournament was noted for the excellent performance of the Argentine players - in addition to the two finalists, there were a semifinalist (David Nalbandian) and a quarterfinalist (Juan Ignacio Chela). It was also highlighted by the longest singles match in the open era, when Fabrice Santoro defeated fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clement in a 6h 33m 1st round match 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16–14.

In the women's draw, Anastasia Myskina became first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam title. The next two Grand Slams were also won by Russian women (Maria Sharapova, Wimbledon; Svetlana Kuznetsova, U.S. Open). She also became the first French Open women's title winner after having saved match point en route to the title (against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 4th round).

In the mixed doubles, French players Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet (aged 16 and 17 respectively) won the tournament after entering as wildcards. France also saw success in the boy's singles, where Gaël Monfils won.

eniors

Men's singles

flagicon|Argentina Gastón Gaudio def. flagicon|Argentina Guillermo Coria, 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6

Women's singles

flagicon|Russia Anastasia Myskina def. flagicon|Russia Elena Dementieva, 6-1, 6-2

Men's doubles

flagicon|BEL Xavier Malisse / flagicon|BEL Olivier Rochus def. flagicon|FRA Michaël Llodra / flagicon|FRA Fabrice Santoro, 7-5, 7-5

Women's doubles

flagicon|ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / flagicon|ARG Paola Suárez def. flagicon|RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / flagicon|RUS Elena Likhovtseva, 6-0, 6-3

Mixed doubles

flagicon|FRA Tatiana Golovin / flagicon|FRA Richard Gasquet def. flagicon|ZIM Cara Black / flagicon|ZIM Wayne Black, 6-3, 6-4

Top 5 Seeds

Juniors

Boys' Singles

flagicon|FRA Gaël Monfils def. flagicon|USA Alex Kuznetsov, 6-2, 6-2

Girls' Singles

flagicon|BUL Sesil Karatantcheva def. flagicon|ROU Madalina Gojnea, 6-4, 6-0

Boys' Doubles

flagicon|ESP Pablo Andújar / flagicon|ESP Marcel Granollers-Pujol def. flagicon|USA Alex Kuznetsov / flagicon|DEU Mihail Zverev, 6-3, 6-2

Girls' Doubles

flagicon|CZE Katerina Bohmová / flagicon|NED Michaëlla Krajicek def. flagicon|RUS Irina Kotkina / flagicon|RUS Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-3, 6-2