title: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
text: # Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
  
  These are the results of the women's singles competition, one of two events for female competitors in table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
  
  ## Qualifying Athletes
  
  | Athletes | Country |
  | - | - |
  | Yoon Ji he | South Korea |
  | Tawny Banh | United States |
  | Fabiola Ramos | Venezuela |
  | Laura Negrisoli | Italy |
  | Nanthana Komwong | Thailand |
  | Mouma Das | India |
  | Marina Kravchenko | Israel |
  | ARchontoula Volakaki | Greece |
  | Olufunke Oshonaike | Nigeria |
  | Berta Rodriguez | Chile |
  | Silvija Erdelji | Serbia and Montenegro |
  | Nesrine Ben Kahia | Tunisia |
  | Marisol Espineira | Peru |
  | Miao Miao | Australia |
  | Leila Boucetta | Algeria |
  | Huang I-hua | Chinese Taipei |
  | Cornelia Vaida | Croatia |
  | Lay Jian Fang | Australia |
  | Manzura Inoyatova | Uzbekistan |
  | Maria Fazakas | Hungary |
  | Jasna Reed | United States |
  | Renata Strbikova | Czech Republic |
  | Oksana Fadeyeva | Russia |
  | Wu Xue | Dominican Republic |
  | Petra Cada | Canada |
  | Olfa Guenni | Tunisia |
  | Asma Menaifi | Algeria |
  | Nikoleta Stefanova | Italy |
  | Zeina Shaban | Jordan |
  | Iizzwa Medina | Honduras |
  | Cicilia Offiong | Nigeria |
  | Ligia Silva Santos | Brazil |
  | Chunli Li | New Zealand |
  | Svetlana Ganina | Russia |
  | Nicole Struse | Germany |
  | Otilia Badescu | Romania |
  | Krisztina Tóth | Hungary |
  | Jing Junhong | Singapore |
  | Ai Fukuhara | Japan |
  | Wenling Tan Monfardini | Italy |
  | Elke Wosik | Germany |
  | Kim Hyang-Mi | North Korea |
  | Zhang Xueling | Singapore |
  | Ai Fujinuma | Japan |
  | Csilia Bátorfi | Hungary |
  | Jie Schöpp | Germany |
  | Adriana Zamfir | Romania |
  | Kim Yun-Mi | Puerto Rico |
  | Zhang Yining | China |
  | Lau Sui-fei | Hong Kong |
  | Viktoria Pavlovich | Belarus |
  | Tamara Boroš | Croatia |
  | Tie Ya Na | Hong Kong |
  | Kim Hyon-hui | Puerto Rico |
  | Gao Jun | United States |
  | Kim Kyung-Ah | South Korea |
  | Niu Jianfeng | China |
  | Mihaela Steff | Romania |
  | Lee Eun-Sil | South Korea |
  | Liu Jia | Austria |
  | LI Jiawei | Singapore |
  | Aya Umemura | Japan |
  | Lin Ling | Hong Kong |
  | Wang Nan | China |
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.
  
  * Zhang Yining (CHN) (champion, gold medalist)
  * Wang Nan (CHN) (quarterfinals)
  * Niu Jianfeng (CHN) (fourth round)
  * Kim Kyung-ah (KOR) (semifinals, bronze medalist)
  * Tamara Boroš (CRO) (quarterfinals)
  * Li Jiawei (SIN) (semifinals, fourth place)
  * Tie Ya Na (HKG) (quarterfinals)
  * Liu Jia (AUT) (third round)
  * Lin Ling (HKG) (third round)
  * Gao Jun (USA) (third round)
  * Lau Sui Fei (HKG) (fourth round)
  * Mihaela Steff (ROU) (third round)
  * Aya Umemura (JPN) (fourth round)
  * Lee Eun-sil (KOR) (third round)
  * Kim Hyon-hui (PRK) (fourth round)
  * Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR) (fourth round)
  
  The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.
  
  * Krisztina Tóth (HUN) (third round)
  * Ai Fukuhara (JPN) (fourth round)
  * Nicole Struse (GER) (second round)
  * Jie Schöpp (GER) (third round)
  * Jing Junhong (SIN) (third round)
  * Wenling Tan Monfardini (ITA) (third round)
  * Ai Fujinuma (JPN) (second round)
  * Otilia Bădescu (ROU) (second round)
  * Kim Hyang-mi (PRK) (final, silver medalist)
  * Csilla Bátorfi (HUN) (second round)
  * Chunli Li (NZL) (third round)
  * Elke Wosik (GER) (third round)
  * Zhang Xueling (SIN) (quarterfinals)
  * Svetlana Ganina (RUS) (third round)
  * Kim Yun-mi (PRK) (third round)
  * Adriana Zamfir (ROU) (fourth round)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
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  | 1 | Zhang Yining (CHN) | 13 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | Kim Kyung-ah (KOR) | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | Kim Kyung-ah (KOR) | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8 | | | 1 | Zhang Yining (CHN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 25 | Kim Hyang-mi (PRK) | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | |
  | 25 | Kim Hyang-mi (PRK) | 8 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 25 | Kim Hyang-mi (PRK) | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | |
  | 6 | Li Jiawei (SIN) | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
  | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Kim Kyung-ah (KOR) | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Li Jiawei (SIN) | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
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  | | | | | | | | | 1 | Zhang Y (CHN) | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 27 | C Li (NZL) | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | | 27 | C Li (NZL) | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 48 | T Banh (USA) | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Zhang Y (CHN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | Lau SF (HKG) | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | 11 | Lau SF (HKG) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 30 | S Ganina (RUS) | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 30 | S Ganina (RUS) | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 36 | L Negrisoli (ITA) | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Zhang Y (CHN) | 12 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Boroš (CRO) | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 |
  | | | | | | | | | 16 | V Pavlovich (BLR) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 19 | N Struse (GER) | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | | 43 | N Komwong (THA) | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 43 | N Komwong (THA) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | 16 | V Pavlovich (BLR) | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Boroš (CRO) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Boroš (CRO) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 24 | O Badescu (ROU) | 6 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 44 | M Kravchenko (ISR) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 44 | M Kravchenko (ISR) | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 2**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
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  | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Tie YN (HKG) | 11 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 17 | K Tóth (HUN) | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 11 | | 17 | K Tóth (HUN) | 6 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 52 | O Oshonaike (NGR) | 12 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Tie YN (HKG) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Kim H-h (PRK) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Kim H-h (PRK) | 7 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 21 | Jing J (SIN) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 11 | | 21 | Jing J (SIN) | 11 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 38 | S Erdelji (SCG) | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Tie YN (HKG) | 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Kim K-a (KOR) | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Gao J (USA) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 18 | A Fukuhara (JPN) | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 18 | A Fukuhara (JPN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 39 | M Miao (AUS) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | 18 | A Fukuhara (JPN) | 8 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Kim K-a (KOR) | 11 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 11 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Kim K-a (KOR) | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 22 | W Tan Monfardini (ITA) | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | | 22 | W Tan Monfardini (ITA) | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 42 | Huang I-h (TPE) | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
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  | | | | | | | | | 3 | Niu J (CHN) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 28 | E Wosik (GER) | 3 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 28 | E Wosik (GER) | 14 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 41 | JF Lay (AUS) | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Niu J (CHN) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | Kim H-m (PRK) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | 12 | M Steff (ROU) | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 25 | Kim H-m (PRK) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | | 25 | Kim H-m (PRK) | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 34 | M Fazekas (HUN) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | Kim H-m (PRK) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | Zhang X (SIN) | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
  | | | | | | | | | 14 | Lee E-s (KOR) | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 29 | Zhang X (SIN) | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | | 29 | Zhang X (SIN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 45 | J Reed (USA) | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | Zhang X (SIN) | 11 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | A Fujinuma (JPN) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | 8 | Liu J (AUT) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 23 | A Fujinuma (JPN) | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | | | 23 | A Fujinuma (JPN) | 7 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 46 | Wu X (DOM) | 11 | 7 | 12 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 4**
  
  | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
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  | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Li J (SIN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 26 | C Bátorfi (HUN) | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 50 | P Cada (CAN) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 50 | P Cada (CAN) | 11 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | | 6 | Li J (SIN) | 14 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | A Umemura (JPN) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 13 | A Umemura (JPN) | 15 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 20 | J Schöpp (GER) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | | | 20 | J Schöpp (GER) | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 33 | N Stefanova (ITA) | 5 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Li J (SIN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wang N (CHN) | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Lin L (HKG) | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 32 | A Zamfir (ROU) | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | 32 | A Zamfir (ROU) | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 56 | Z Shaban (JOR) | 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 32 | A Zamfir (ROU) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wang N (CHN) | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Wang N (CHN) | 11 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 31 | Kim Y-m (PRK) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | 31 | Kim Y-m (PRK) | 6 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 60 | C Offiong (NGR) | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  