The 2004 WTA Tour Championships was a women's round robin tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, United States. It was the 34th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 29th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2004 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between November 10 and November 15, 2004. Sixth-seeded Maria Sharapova won the singles event, the first, and so far only, Russian to win the tournament, and earned $1,000,000 first-prize money as well as 485 ranking points.
Justine Henin-Hardenne had qualified for the tournament but withdrew due to illness (cytomegalovirus).
Finals
Singles
Maria Sharapova defeated Serena Williams, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.
Doubles
Nadia Petrova / Meghann Shaughnessy defeated Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs, 7–5, 6–2.
Singles Championship Race
Singles Players in gold have qualified for Los Angeles. Players in brown withdrawn. The low-ranked players in blue after them would be played as alternates in Los Angeles.
Rank Player1234567891011121314151617 Total points Tourn1W300+161SF292+164SF292+132W220+193W195+201W300+63W195+158W195+87QF162+108F228+42W120+55SF135+31SF88+78F85+51R1690+32QF75+184,546162W300+151SF292+148W300+101W300+94S174+112F137+147W195+88W195+77QF162+94F154+100QF162+92F137+89QF162+54SF88+25QF49+15R321+04,195163W650+436W300+176F210+105QF162+140W195+87SF146+64SF135+54SF94+56SF99+38R3256+36QF75+10QF49+30SF66+12QF49+23QF49+2R6432+8R321+03,646183R161+03,646184W650+366F137+140F137+127W195+63F137+62F137+60W145+49SF99+46QF75+62QF75+53QF81+29QF62+45R1690+16QF49+38QF75+2QF30+45R3256+123,558214R1642+15R1645+8R1282+0R321+03,558215F456+386F456+350F228+152F210+112SF135+58SF135+48W120+43SF88+68SF88+18QF49+27QF49+4R1642+8R1642+4R1282+0R1282+0R641+0R161+03,386215R321+0R321+0R321+0R321+03,386216W650+372F210+100QF162+88W120+52SF88+50W120+17W95+17SF88+14R3256+36R1642+47QF75+10R1645+33R1642+30R3256+16SF55+16R1642+8R1645+52,947196R1642+2R161+02,947197W650+308W325+152G248+187W195+133W195+55SF88+73R1690+38SF88+25R6432+22,88498F456+248W325+103W195+128QF162+116F137+101QF162+48SF135+49QF75+33QF49+30R1642+2R161+02,597119F137+103SF135+68SF135+63SF135+53W120+54R1690+46R1690+44R1690+32QF75+46F85+31SF88+25SF88+23QF75+27SF88+14QF49+38R3256+24QF49+232,531259R1645+12QF49+8R1625+10R3228+4R3225+4R1616+4R161+0R321+02,5312510 Venus WilliamsW300+74W195+116F210+76QF162+112F137+50R1690+64SF88+37QF81+41QF75+25QF75+12QF75+10R3256+28QF49+19QF49+15R6432+8R1634+52,4001611 Jennifer CapriatiSF292+252SF292+250F210+143QF162+122SF135+75SF88+36QF75+19QF49+15QF49+10R1642+10R3228+4R161+02,35912
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WTA tournament draws