Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
defeated
Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
in the final, 7–6
(7–3), 6–4, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the
2004 Australian Open
The 2004 Australian Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 January to 1 February 2004.
Andre Agassi was unsuccessful in defending his 2003 title, being defeated in the semi-finals by Mara ...
.
It was his first
Australian Open
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title and second
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title overall. With the win, Federer gained the
world No. 1 ranking for the first time in his career, and would hold the position for
a record
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237 consecutive weeks.
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 ...
was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Safin. This ended his streak of 26 straight match wins at the Australian Open.
This was the only time in
Andy Roddick
Andrew Stephen Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 13 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in ...
's career where he was seeded first at a major. He lost to Safin in the quarterfinals.
13 seeded players lost in the first round, the most at a major since the 32-seed draw was adopted at the
2001 Wimbledon Championships.
Seeds
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 2004 Australian Open Men's Singles draw2004 Australian Open – Men's draws and resultsat the
International Tennis Federation
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Mens singles
Australian Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles