Tennis
China won its first Olympic tennis medal, a Gold, in Women's Doubles Tennis. With this win, China became the only country to win Gold medals in all three Olympic racquet sports (badminton, table tennis, tennis), and to also win the Women's Doubles events in all three sports.
- Women
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Rank | ||||||||
Zheng Jie | Singles | Sugiyama (JPN) L 6–4, 3–6, 6–8 |
Did not advance | |||||
Li Ting Sun Tiantian |
Doubles | Rubin/Williams (USA) W 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 |
Elia/Schiavone (ITA) W 6–1, 77–61 |
Molik/Stubbs (AUS) W 6–3, 6–2 |
Suárez/Tarabini (ARG) W 6–2, 2–6, 9–7 |
Gold Medal Final Martínez/ Ruano Pascual (ESP) W 6–3, 6–3 |
1 ! | |
Yan Zi Zheng Jie |
Matevžič/Pisnik (SLO) W 6–2, 6–1 |
Casanova/Schnyder (SUI) W 6–3, 6–3 |
Martínez/Ruano Pascual (ESP) L 1–6, 1–6 |
Did not advance |
Read more about this topic: China At The 2004 Summer Olympics
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