Roger Federer defeated
Marat Safin in the final, 7–6
(7–3), 6–4, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2004 Australian Open.
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 was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Safin. This ended his streak of 26 match wins at the Australian Open.
This was the only time in
Andy Roddick'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
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.
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