2004 Pacific Life Open – Women's singles


Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6-1, 6-4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2004 Indian Wells Masters.
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but withdrew before her third round match against Laura Granville due to a wrist injury that would ultimately sideline her for the remainder of the season.

Seeds

All seeded players received a bye for the first round.
  1. Justine Henin-Hardenne
  2. Kim Clijsters '
  3. Lindsay Davenport '
  4. Anastasia Myskina '
  5. Chanda Rubin '
  6. Vera Zvonareva '
  7. Nadia Petrova '
  8. Paola Suárez '
  9. Jelena Dokić '
  10. Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi '
  11. Conchita Martínez '
  12. Svetlana Kuznetsova '
  13. Magdalena Maleeva '
  14. Francesca Schiavone '
  15. Fabiola Zuluaga '
  16. Maria Sharapova '
  17. Magüi Serna '
  18. Lisa Raymond '
  19. Nathalie Dechy '
  20. Meghann Shaughnessy '
  21. Tina Pisnik '
  22. Alicia Molik '
  23. Eleni Daniilidou '
  24. Daniela Hantuchová '
  25. María Sánchez Lorenzo '
  26. Karolina Šprem '
  27. Petra Mandula '
  28. Saori Obata '
  29. Elena Likhovtseva '
  30. Émilie Loit '
  31. María Vento-Kabchi '
  32. Cara Black
  33. Amy Frazier ''''