WTA: Apr 5-11 2004 Bausch & Lomb Champ's, Amelia Island, FL Tier II $585,000 - 48 players - outdoor: green clay Live Scores draws & schedule .pdf results draw, .html schedule Amelia Island-Jacksonville Area:     forecast - weather radar - map Florida Times-Union:     Bausch & Lomb Tourney Coverage Photos: Mon - Tues - Weds - Thurs # 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne, # 6 Serena Williams # 3 Amelie Mauresmo, # 4 Lindsay Davenport Grand Prix La Princesse, Casablanca, MAR Tier V $110,000 - 32 players - outdoor: red clay draws & schedule .pdf .html: qual. draw - singles draw - schedule # 40 Emilie Loit, # 51 Marion Bartoli # 56 Katarina Srebotnik, # 59 Ludmilla Cervanova

Tourney pages: Amelia Island: 2006 - 2005 Rabat: 2006 - 2005 previous other tourney pages next Amelia Island: #3 Amelie Mauresmo 5' 9", 152 lbs, RH, 1H-BH Amelia Island: #4 Lindsay Davenport 6' 2½", 175 lbs, RH, 2H-BH

    On Sunday in the final at Amelia Island (in northern Florida, near Jacksonville), 4th-seeded Lindsay Davenport of the US defeated 3rd-seeded # 3 Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-4, 6-4 (the photos are from on Saturday: Amelie is shown during her SF victory over Justine Henin-Hardenne; Lindsay is shown after match point in her SF win over Nadia Petrova).

    Lindsay said: "I came out with the game plan of wanting to be aggressive, to try to dictate the points and not get into long rallies... I figured I was going to have a lot of unforced errors because I just wanted to go for it, keeping the points short and looking to attack. I felt like I did that well... I think mentally and physically [Amelie's SF win over Justine Henin-Hardenne] took a lot out of her. I knew going in that that would be the case... I just tried to take advantage of that." story
    Amelie said: "I was very tired, plus [Lindsay] was very aggressive and didn't give me much time to do what I wanted to do... But it give me a lot of confidence to play as well as I did. I just want to keep improving." Amelie later withdrew from the following week's Family Circle Cup, citing a back strain.

    Lindsay now leads Amelie 8-3 in career matches, and has won the last 4 in a row.
    27-year-old Californian Lindsay has now won a total of 40 WTA singles titles (if you include the 1996 Olympic title), including 3 Grand Slam tourneys. Lindsay wears Nike and hits with a Wilson "H Tour" (the same model # 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne is using; unlike the Williams sisters who use "Hammer" models). Earlier this year Lindsay was saying she might retire soon because she hasn't been reaching enough finals; that was just before she won the Tokyo Toray Pan Pacific title for the 4th time.
    24-year-old Amelie is 10-12 in WTA singles finals, she most recently won in Philadelphia last October. Amelie wields a Dunlop "300G" bat, and is coached by Loic Courteau. Like Lindsay, she wears Nike attire and shoes; they probably know nothing about Bill Bowerman's wife's waffle iron.

    Just a coincidence: While Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo lost at Amelia, top-seeded Frenchwoman # 40 Emilie Loit won the first WTA singles title of her career at Casablanca (in the former French colony of Morocco), defeating Slovak 4th seed # 59 Ludmila Cervanova 6-2, 6-2.

Amelia Island:
    The main draw for Amelia Island had 16 seeds, with 8 1st-round byes. There were 4 qualifiers, 1 Lucky Loser, and 4 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals were on Sunday.
    Amelia Island time is GMT (UCT, ZULU) -4 hours (=US Eastern Dayight Time, PDT +3). Amelia Island has live scoring by points. TV coverage is on ESPN and ESPN2 (click for schedule).

Casablanca:
    The main draw for Casablanca had 8 seeds, with NO 1st-round byes. There were 4 qualifiers and 2 wild cards in the main draw. Qualifying finals were on Monday.
    Casablanca time is the same as GMT (UCT, ZULU) (US Pacific Daylight Time +7, EDT +4). Casablanca does not appear to have live scoring.

WTA SCOREBOARD: Amelia Island & Casablanca s=seed, #=rank, *=upset, LL=lucky loser ranks are for the previous week How do players get into the "draw"?

Amelia Island, 1st Round, Mon 10am loser's prize: $1,730 US; points: 1 #18 s12 Patty Schnyder SUI d #60 Claudine Schaul LUX 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 Patty Schnyder *#58 Arantxa Parra ESP d #21 s14 Francesca Schiavone ITA 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-0 #22 s15 Magdalena Maleeva BUL d #102 q Dally Randriantefy MAD 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3 #24 s16 Conchita Martinez ESP v #37 Lina Krasnoroutskaya RUS 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 Conchita said: "I think I started playing a little bit of tennis out there, started changing a little bit of rhythm. I was moving her a little bit. I was not playing very smart tennis out there at the beginning. [Lina's] got great groundstrokes. She hits really hard. I was hitting her pace. Once I started playing a little bit more to her forehand and trying to move her around, then everything changed... At the end I was starting to do things, using my angles, using my high balls, my slice. Those things started working." story *#31 Tina Pisnik SLO d SR26 Anne Kremer LUX 6-2, 6-4 #32 Dinara Safina RUS d #54 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 6-1, 6-3 *#61 Akiko Morigami JPN d #39 Maria Vento-Kabchi VEN 6-4, 6-1 #43 Petra Mandula HUN d #49 Anca Barna GER 6-2, 6-3 *#86 Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP d #47 Laura Granville USA 6-1, 6-3 #50 Shinobu Asagoe JPN d #95 Samantha Reeves USA 6-3, 7-5 *#123 q Tian Tian Sun CHN d #53 Cara Black ZIM 7-6(8), 6-3 *#82 wc Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian SUI d #63 Jie Zheng CHN 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 #64 Jelena Kostanic CRO d #67 Marlene Weingartner GER 6-4, 6-2 *#97 q Barbara Strycova CZE d #66 Melinda Czink HUN 7-6(1), 6-1 *#74 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP d #73 Jill Craybas USA 6-4, 6-2 *#128 q Mariana Castano ARG d SR78 Mariana Diaz-Oliva ARG 6-3, 6-3 Amelia Island, 1st Round, Tues #13 s9 Paola Suarez ARG d #84 LL Mara Santangelo ITA 6-2, 6-3 #15 s10 Silvia Farina Elia ITA d #42 Elena Likhovtseva RUS 6-4, 6-4 *#44 Amy Frazier USA d #16 s11 Jelena Dokic SCG 6-4, 7-5 #19 s13 A Smashnova Pistolesi ISR d #144 wc Jennifer Hopkins USA 6-0, 6-0 *#29 Mary Pierce FRA d #27 Meghann Shaughnessy USA 6-1, 6-2 #30 Alicia Molik AUS d #72 Jelena Jankovic SCG 6-0, 6-0 #38 Karolina Sprem CRO d #118 wc Marissa Irvin USA 6-3, 6-2 #89 LL Milagros Sequera VEN d NR wc Martina Navratilova USA 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 About falling behind early, Milagros said: "I just told myself to fight. It can go either way. I wanted to stay in the match and have fun out there." story Martina said: "Where I lost it was mentally. It was hard to keep the concentration going for such a long period of time. If I was able to sustain it the way I played in the first set, I would have done better. That's where you have to build up. Never mind the physical stamina, the mental stamina." Amelia Island, 2nd Round, Tues loser's prize: $3,360 US; points: 14 #1 s1 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #32 Dinara Safina RUS 6-4, 7-6(6) Justine Henin-Hardenne Justine said: "I had a little bit of trouble with my first serve. It's been a little bit strange today. When I was feeling pressure, I wasn't being aggressive anymore on my second serve... "You need this kind of match to get used to the surface. I'm going to be in this kind of situation very often this year, playing someone who has nothing to lose, especially a young player who is improving so much. I need to live with that. That's not easy every day." article Dinara said: "Today, I showed I can play against the No. 1 player in the world." #4 4 Lindsay Davenport USA d #123 q Tian Tian Sun CHN 6-2, 7-5 #12 s8 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #31 Tina Pisnik SLO 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 #18 s12 Patty Schnyder SUI d #82 wc Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian SUI 6-1, 6-0

Amelia Island, 2nd Round, Weds #3 s3 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #61 Akiko Morigami JPN 6-0, 6-3 #6 s2 Serena Williams USA d #29 Mary Pierce FRA 6-3, 6-1 Serena said: "[Mary] was hitting a lot of winners, and I don't think I played as well as I could have. But she played really well. I wasn't as focused as I would like to be. My next round, I'm obviously going to pick it up." article Mary said: "I think [Serena] served pretty well at times. She returned extremely well. On the baseline, she's very solid. She hits the ball very deep... I just feel like I have a lot of room for improvement. I think today's match really showed me that." *#64 Jelena Kostanic CRO d #8 s5 Elena Dementieva RUS 7-6(5), 1-0 retired-- right hip strain Elena injured her hip at the previous tourney in Key Biscayne, but reached the final there anyway. She aggravated the injury at Amelia Island. Elena said: "It was too painful today on the court, and it was getting worse. I couldn't move at all... I had a good draw here this year, and that makes me feel so upset, because I think I had a very good chance to play [well]." article Jelena said: "It was tough. If [Elena had] won the first set, I don't think she would have retired. I could not overpower her. I tried to mix it up." #10 s6 Ai Sugiyama JPN d #128 q Mariana Castano ARG 7-5, 6-4 #11 s7 Nadia Petrova RUS d #89 LL Milagros Sequera VEN 6-1, 6-0 #13 s9 Paola Suarez ARG d #50 Shinobu Asagoe JPN 6-4, 6-3 #15 s10 Silvia Farina Elia ITA d #86 Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP 6-1, 6-1 *#97 q Barbara Strycova CZE d #19 s13 A Smashnova Pistolesi ISR 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(1) *#38 Karolina Sprem CRO d #22 s15 Magdalena Maleeva BUL 6-2, 6-4 #24 s16 Conchita Martinez ESP d #74 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 6-3, 6-4 #30 Alicia Molik AUS d #58 Arantxa Parra ESP 6-3, 6-4 #43 Petra Mandula HUN d #44 Amy Frazier USA 7-6(1), 7-6(3) Amelia Island, 3rd Round, Thurs loser's prize: $6,520 US; points: 25 #1 s1 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #24 s16 Conchita Martinez ESP 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 Justine Henin-Hardenne #3 s3 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #97 q Barbara Strycova CZE 6-3, 6-4 #4 s4 Lindsay Davenport USA d #30 Alicia Molik AUS 6-4, 7-5 finished Friday #6 s2 Serena Williams USA d #38 Karolina Sprem CRO 6-1, 7-5 *#13 s9 Paola Suarez ARG d #10 s6 Ai Sugiyama JPN 7-5, 7-6(8) #11 s7 Nadia Petrova RUS d #43 Petra Mandula HUN 6-1, 6-4 #12 s8 Vera Zvonareva RUS d #18 s12 Patty Schnyder SUI 6-2, 6-3 #15 s10 Silvia Farina Elia ITA d #64 Jelena Kostanic CRO 6-2, 6-2

Amelia Island, QFs, Fri loser's prize: $12,700 US; points: 49 #1 s1 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL d #12 s8 Vera Zvonareva RUS 6-4, 6-3 Justine Henin-Hardenne #3 s3 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #15 s10 Silvia Farina Elia ITA 6-4, 6-3 #4 s4 Lindsay Davenport USA v #13 s9 Paola Suarez ARG 6-4, 6-1 Lindsay Davenport *#11 s7 Nadia Petrova RUS d #6 s2 Serena Williams USA 6-2, 6-3 Nadia Petrova

Amelia Island, SFs, Sat loser's prize: $24,550 US; points: 88 *#3 s3 Amelie Mauresmo FRA d #1 s1 Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL 6(4)-7, 7-5, 6-3 #4 s4 Lindsay Davenport USA d #11 s7 Nadia Petrova RUS 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Amelia Island, Final, Sun loser's prize: $49,800 US; points: 137 winner's prize: $93,000 US; points: 195 *#4 s4 Lindsay Davenport USA d #3 s3 Amelie Mauresmo FRA 6-4, 6-4

Amelia Island, Doubles Final, Sun loser's prize: $15,500 US winner's prize: $29,000 US Nadia Petrova & Meghann Shaughnessy d Alicia Molik & Myriam Casanova 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 Nadia Petrova & Meghann Shaughnessy after winning their 2nd straight doubles title Amelia Island, Qualifying Finals, Sun *#123 Tian Tian Sun CHN d #84 Mara Santangelo ITA 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 #97 Barbara Strycova CZE d #120 Alexandra Stevenson USA 6-3, 6-1 #102 Dally Randriantefy MAD d #90 Myriam Casanova SUI 6-1, 7-6(5) #128 Mariana Castano ARG d #89 Milagros Sequera VEN 6-0, 6-3 Amelia Island, Withdrawals #48 Kristina Brandi PUR left foot plantar fascitis

Casablanca, 1st Round, Mon loser's prize: $800 US; points: 1 #40 s1 Emilie Loit FRA d #466 wc Sania Mirza IND 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 *#83 Marta Marrero ESP d #62 s5 Iveta Benesova CZE 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 #91 Klara Koukalova CZE d SR105 Barbara Schwartz AUT 6-3, 6-3 #92 Silvija Talaja CRO d #115 Antonella Serra Zanetti ITA 6-2, 6-3 Casablanca, 1st Round, Tues *#100 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA d #51 s2 Marion Bartoli FRA 7-5, 6-3 *#239 wc Bahia Mouhtassine MAR d #56 s3 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 6-3, 7-5 #59 s4 Ludmila Cervanova SVK d #77 Els Callens BEL 6-2, 6-1 *#181 q Marta Domachowska POL d #70 s6 Julia Vakulenko UKR 7-5, 6-0 #71 s7 Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK d #114 Virginie Razzano FRA 6-2, 6-2 Lubomira Kurhajcova #76 s8 Maria Elena Camerin ITA d #112 q Roberta Vinci ITA 6-4, 6-2 *#87 Rita Grande ITA d #78 Martina Sucha SVK 7-5, 6-1 #80 Flavia Pennetta ITA d #143 LL Michaela Pastikova CZE 7-6(0), 6-1 #88 Gala Leon Garcia ESP d #180 q Kyra Nagy HUN 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 *#105 Eva Birnerova CZE d #104 Anna-Lena Groenfeld GER 7-6(3), 7-5 #108 Conchita Martinez Granados ESP d #109 Julia Schruff GER 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 *#216 q Zsofia Gubacsi HUN d #154 Abigail Spears USA 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4

Casablanca, 2nd Round, Weds loser's prize: $1,450 US; points: 10 #40 s1 Emilie Loit FRA d #92 Silvija Talaja CRO 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 #76 s8 Maria Elena Camerin ITA d #108 Conchita Martinez Granados ESP 6-3, 7-5 #83 Marta Marrero ESP d #216 q Zsofia Gubacsi HUN 6-2, 6-1 #91 Klara Koukalova CZE d #100 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro FRA 6-3, 6-4 Casablanca, 2nd Round, Thurs #59 s4 Ludmila Cervanova SVK d #105 Eva Birnerova CZE 6-3, 6-3 #71 s7 Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK d #80 Flavia Pennetta ITA 6-4, 6-3 #87 Rita Grande ITA d #239 wc Bahia Mouhtassine MAR 6-3, 6-3 *#181 q Marta Domachowska POL d #88 Gala Leon Garcia ESP 6-1, retired-- right hip

Casablanca, QFs, Fri loser's prize: $2,600 US; points: 20 #40 s1 Emilie Loit FRA d #83 Marta Marrero ESP 7-5, 6-4 *#91 Klara Koukalova CZE d #76 s8 Maria Elena Camerin ITA 6-3, 6-2 *#87 Rita Grande ITA d #71 s7 Lubomira Kurhajcova SVK 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 #59 s4 Ludmila Cervanova SVK d #181 q Marta Domachowska POL 7-5, 6-2

Casablanca, SFs, Sat loser's prize: $4,800 US; points: 36 #40 s1 Emilie Loit FRA d #87 Rita Grande ITA 7-6(1), 6-3 Emilie Loit #59 s4 Ludmila Cervanova SVK v #91 Klara Koukalova CZE 7-5, 6-4

Casablanca, Final, Sun loser's prize: $9,000 US; points: 56 winner's prize: $16,000 US; points: 80 #40 s1 Emilie Loit FRA d #59 s4 Ludmila Cervanova SVK 6-2, 6-2

Casablanca, Doubles Final loser's prize: $3,000 US winner's prize: $5,500 US Emilie Loit & Marion Bartoli d Els Callens & Katarina Srebotnik 6-4, 6-2 Casablanca, Qualifying Finals, Mon #112 Roberta Vinci ITA d #153 Lubomira Bacheva BUL 6-1, 6-3 *#181 Marta Domachowska POL d #143 Michaela Pastikova CZE 7-6(2), 6-4 *#180 Kyra Nagy HUN d #152 Cristina Torrens Valero ESP 7-5, 6-2 #216 Zsofia Gubacsi HUN d #283 Rosa Maria Andres ESP 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 Casablanca, Withdrawals #98 Zuzana Ondraskova CZE fever

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