2004 ATP Buenos Aires
Encyclopedia
The 2004 ATP Buenos Aires was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
in Buenos Aires
in Argentina
and was part of the International Series
of the 2004 ATP Tour
. The tournament ran from February 16 through February 22, 2004.
Guillermo Coria
defeated
Carlos Moyá
6–4, 6–1
Lucas Arnold
/ Mariano Hood
defeated Federico Browne / Diego Veronelli 7–5, 6–7 (2–7), 6–4
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
The Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club is a private tennis club located in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club is the host of the Copa Telmex, an ATP Tour tournament. The main stadium court has a capacity of 5,500 spectators...
in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and was part of the International Series
ATP International Series
The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....
of the 2004 ATP Tour
2004 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...
. The tournament ran from February 16 through February 22, 2004.
Men's Singles
Guillermo CoriaGuillermo Coria
Guillermo Sebastián Coria , nicknames include El Mago , is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina who was runner-up in the 2004 French Open...
defeated
Carlos MoyáCarlos Moyá
Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...
6–4, 6–1
- It was Coria's 1st title of the year and the 7th of his career.
Men's Doubles
Lucas ArnoldLucas Arnold Ker
Lucas Arnold Ker is a professional tennis player from Argentina.Arnold Ker started playing tennis in the Olivos Tenis Club of Buenos Aires, under coach Malcolm Campbell....
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Mariano HoodMariano Hood
Mariano Hood is a retire left-handed professional Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles.In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and currently resides in his city of birth, Buenos Aires. He won $US806,888 in earnings...
defeated
Federico Browne / Diego Veronelli 7–5, 6–7 (2–7), 6–4
- It was Arnold's 1st title of the year and the 12th of his career. It was Hood's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.