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Singles, Women

Date	14 – 22 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Galatsiou, Galatsi
Participants	64 from 36 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. Top 16 seeds advanced to round three. Seeds 17-32 advanced to round two.

The favorite was the defending champion Wang Nan, who had also been World Champion in 1999, 2001, and 2003. At all three tounaments, she had defeated her teammate, Zhang Yining. But Wang was done in by the migration of her former teammates to other nations. In the quarter-finals she was defeated by Singapore’s Li Jia Wei, a former Chinese national team member, who gained revenge for her loss to Wang in the 2000 quarter-finals. Zhang had no such difficulties. In five matches she won 20 games and lost only two. Her opponent in the final was North Korean Kim Hyang-Mi, though opponent is used only loosely here. Kim was the sensation of the tournament as she had been ranked only 40th in the world prior to the Olympics, but in the final Zhang won four games in 26 minutes, 11-8, 11-7, 11-2, 11-2, the most lopsided final win in Olympic table tennis history. Wang and Zhang competed in doubles in Athina, and also won that gold medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Zhang Yining	CHN	Gold
2	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK	Silver
3	Kim Gyeong-A	KOR	Bronze
4	Li Jia Wei	SGP
=5	Tamara Boroš	CRO
=5	Tie Ya Na	HKG
=5	Zhang Xueling	SGP
=5	Wang Nan	CHN
=9	Lau Sui Fei	HKG
=9	Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR
=9	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK
=9	Ai Fukuhara	JPN
=9	Niu Jianfeng	CHN
=9	Ai Fujinuma	JPN
=9	Aya Umemura	JPN
=9	Adriana Zamfir	ROU
=17	Chunli Li	NZL
=17	Svetlana Ganina	RUS
=17	Nanthana Komwong	THA
=17	Marina Kravchenko	ISR
=17	Krisztina Tóth	HUN
=17	Jing Jun Hong	SGP
=17	Jun Gao	USA
=17	Wenling Tan Monfardini	ITA
=17	Elke Wosik	GER
=17	Mihaela Șteff	ROU
=17	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR
=17	Liu Jia	AUT
=17	Petra Cada	CAN
=17	Jie Schöpp	GER
=17	Lin Ling	HKG
=17	Kim Yun-Mi	PRK
=33	Tawny Banh	USA
=33	Laura Negrisoli	ITA
=33	Nicole Struse	GER
=33	Otilia Bădescu	ROU
=33	Funke Oshonaike	NGR
=33	Silvija Erdelji	SCG
=33	Miao Miao	AUS
=33	Huang Yi-Hua	TPE
=33	Jian-Fang Lay	AUS
=33	Mária Fazekas	HUN
=33	Jasna Reed	USA
=33	Nieves Wu	DOM
=33	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
=33	Nikoleta Stefanova	ITA
=33	Zeina Shaban	JOR
=33	Cecilia Otu	NGR
=49	Yun Ji-Hye	KOR
=49	Fabiola Ramos	VEN
=49	Mouma Das	IND
=49	Archontoula Volakaki	GRE
=49	Berta Rodríguez	CHI
=49	Nesrine Ben Kahia	TUN
=49	Marisol Espineira	PER
=49	Leila Boucetta	ALG
=49	Cornelia Vajda-Molnar	CRO
=49	Manzura Inoyatova	UZB
=49	Renáta Štrbíková	CZE
=49	Oksana Kushch-Fadeyeva	RUS
=49	Olfa Guenni	TUN
=49	Asma Menaifi	ALG
=49	Iizzwa Medina	HON
=49	Lígia da Silva	BRA

Round One (14 August 2004)

Winners advanced to round two.

Match #1	Tawny Banh	USA	4 – 3 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 16-14, 3-11, 11-8, 11-6	Yun Ji-Hye	KOR
Match #2	Laura Negrisoli	ITA	4 – 1 11-9, 11-5, 11-6, 8-11, 11-3	Fabiola Ramos	VEN
Match #3	Nanthana Komwong	THA	4 – 0 11-6, 11-7, 11-3, 12-10	Mouma Das	IND
Match #4	Marina Kravchenko	ISR	4 – 0 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5	Archontoula Volakaki	GRE
Match #5	Funke Oshonaike	NGR	4 – 0 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9	Berta Rodríguez	CHI
Match #6	Silvija Erdelji	SCG	4 – 0 11-3, 11-1, 11-3, 11-7	Nesrine Ben Kahia	TUN
Match #7	Miao Miao	AUS	4 – 2 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6	Marisol Espineira	PER
Match #8	Huang Yi-Hua	TPE	4 – 0 11-8, 11-3, 11-4, 11-8	Leila Boucetta	ALG
Match #9	Jian-Fang Lay	AUS	4 – 0 12-10, 11-5, 11-6, 13-11	Cornelia Vajda-Molnar	CRO
Match #10	Mária Fazekas	HUN	4 – 0 11-6, 11-7, 11-3, 11-7	Manzura Inoyatova	UZB
Match #11	Jasna Reed	USA	4 – 2 9-11, 6-11, 15-13, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9	Renáta Štrbíková	CZE
Match #12	Nieves Wu	DOM	4 – 1 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9	Oksana Kushch-Fadeyeva	RUS
Match #13	Petra Cada	CAN	4 – 0 11-4, 11-7, 11-4, 11-7	Olfa Guenni	TUN
Match #14	Nikoleta Stefanova	ITA	4 – 0 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6	Asma Menaifi	ALG
Match #15 1 2	Zeina Shaban	JOR 3	4 – 3 11-7, 11-13, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9	Iizzwa Medina	HON
Match #16	Cecilia Otu	NGR	4 – 1 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 12-10, 11-8	Lígia da Silva	BRA

Round Two (15 August 2004)

Winners advanced to round three.

Match #1	Chunli Li	NZL	4 – 1 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9	Tawny Banh	USA
Match #2	Svetlana Ganina	RUS	4 – 2 11-9, 14-12, 7-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-9	Laura Negrisoli	ITA
Match #3	Nanthana Komwong	THA	4 – 1 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11	Nicole Struse	GER
Match #4	Marina Kravchenko	ISR	4 – 2 11-6, 11-9, 4-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6	Otilia Bădescu	ROU
Match #5	Krisztina Tóth	HUN	4 – 2 10-12, 12-10, 14-16, 11-6, 15-13, 11-5	Funke Oshonaike	NGR
Match #6	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	4 – 2 11-3, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4, 4-11, 11-6	Silvija Erdelji	SCG
Match #7	Ai Fukuhara	JPN	4 – 3 5-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9	Miao Miao	AUS
Match #8	Wenling Tan Monfardini	ITA	4 – 2 11-2, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 13-11, 11-7	Huang Yi-Hua	TPE
Match #9	Elke Wosik	GER	4 – 2 3-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10	Jian-Fang Lay	AUS
Match #10	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK	4 – 1 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8	Mária Fazekas	HUN
Match #11	Zhang Xueling	SGP	4 – 1 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5	Jasna Reed	USA
Match #12	Ai Fujinuma	JPN	4 – 0 13-11, 11-7, 14-12, 11-5	Nieves Wu	DOM
Match #13	Petra Cada	CAN	4 – 3 11-7, 9-11, 16-18, 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
Match #14	Jie Schöpp	GER	4 – 1 11-5, 11-13, 11-5, 12-10, 11-7	Nikoleta Stefanova	ITA
Match #15	Adriana Zamfir	ROU	4 – 1 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4	Zeina Shaban	JOR
Match #16	Kim Yun-Mi	PRK	4 – 0 11-5, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8	Cecilia Otu	NGR

Round Three (17 August 2004)

Winners advanced to round four.

Match #1	Zhang Yining	CHN	4 – 0 11-8, 12-10, 11-5, 11-7	Chunli Li	NZL
Match #2	Lau Sui Fei	HKG	4 – 1 11-3, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 11-6	Svetlana Ganina	RUS
Match #3	Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR	4 – 2 11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 7-11, 11-1	Nanthana Komwong	THA
Match #4	Tamara Boroš	CRO	4 – 0 11-8, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7	Marina Kravchenko	ISR
Match #5	Tie Ya Na	HKG	4 – 1 11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 14-12, 11-6	Krisztina Tóth	HUN
Match #6	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK	4 – 2 7-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9	Jing Jun Hong	SGP
Match #7	Ai Fukuhara	JPN	4 – 0 11-3, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9	Jun Gao	USA
Match #8	Kim Gyeong-A	KOR	4 – 1 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9	Wenling Tan Monfardini	ITA
Match #9	Niu Jianfeng	CHN	4 – 3 12-14, 12-14, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6, 11-2, 11-6	Elke Wosik	GER
Match #10	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK	4 – 2 7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9	Mihaela Șteff	ROU
Match #11	Zhang Xueling	SGP	4 – 1 11-5, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR
Match #12	Ai Fujinuma	JPN	4 – 3 7-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7	Liu Jia	AUT
Match #13	Li Jia Wei	SGP	4 – 0 11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8	Petra Cada	CAN
Match #14	Aya Umemura	JPN	4 – 2 15-13, 9-11, 12-10, 4-11, 11-7, 11-3	Jie Schöpp	GER
Match #15	Adriana Zamfir	ROU	4 – 2 11-6, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10	Lin Ling	HKG
Match #16	Wang Nan	CHN	4 – 2 11-6, 13-15, 8-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-9	Kim Yun-Mi	PRK

Round Four (18 August 2004)

Winners advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match #1	Zhang Yining	CHN	4 – 1 11-5, 11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5	Lau Sui Fei	HKG
Match #2	Tamara Boroš	CRO	4 – 2 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7	Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR
Match #3	Tie Ya Na	HKG	4 – 1 11-6, 11-7, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8	Kim Hyon-Hui	PRK
Match #4	Kim Gyeong-A	KOR	4 – 1 11-8, 11-5, 7-11, 15-13, 11-6	Ai Fukuhara	JPN
Match #5	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK	4 – 0 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 11-4	Niu Jianfeng	CHN
Match #6	Zhang Xueling	SGP	4 – 2 11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9	Ai Fujinuma	JPN
Match #7	Li Jia Wei	SGP	4 – 2 14-12, 13-11, 8-11, 15-13, 9-11, 11-7	Aya Umemura	JPN
Match #8	Wang Nan	CHN	4 – 1 9-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-9, 11-4	Adriana Zamfir	ROU

Quarter-Finals (19 August 2004)

Winners advanced to the semi-finals.

Match #1	Zhang Yining	CHN	4 – 0 12-10, 15-13, 13-11, 11-3	Tamara Boroš	CRO
Match #2	Kim Gyeong-A	KOR	4 – 1 11-6, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7	Tie Ya Na	HKG
Match #3	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK	4 – 2 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10	Zhang Xueling	SGP
Match #4	Li Jia Wei	SGP	4 – 1 11-7, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9, 11-8	Wang Nan	CHN

Semi-Finals (21 August 2004)

Winners advanced to the final match. Runners-up advanced to bronze medal match.

Match #1	Zhang Yining	CHN	4 – 1 13-11, 11-8, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8	Kim Gyeong-A	KOR
Match #2	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK	4 – 3 8-11, 11-6, 0-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9	Li Jia Wei	SGP

Final Round (22 August 2004)

Match 1/2	Zhang Yining	CHN	4 – 0 11-8, 11-7, 11-2, 11-2	Kim Hyang-Mi	PRK
Match 3/4	Kim Gyeong-A	KOR	4 – 1 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8	Li Jia Wei	SGP