The 2004 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It was part of the International Series Gold of the 2004 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from February 16 through February 22, 2004.
The singles line up was led by new World No. 1, Tennis Masters Cup, Wimbledon and Australian Open winner Roger Federer, reigning French Open champion, US Open runner-up and Australian Open semifinalist Juan Carlos Ferrero and Tokyo and Lyon champion Rainer Schüttler. Other contenders were Chennai runner-up Paradorn Srichaphan, Paris Masters winner Tim Henman, Lleyton Hewitt, Sjeng Schalken and Martin Verkerk.
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