2004 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Roger Federer was the defending champion and won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 against Feliciano López.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1)  Roger Federer (champion)
 * 2) 🇦🇷 Guillermo Coria (first round)
 * 3) 🇩🇪 Rainer Schüttler (first round)
 * 4) 🇦🇷 David Nalbandian (first round)
 * 5) 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis (first round)
 * 6) 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (first round)
 * 7) 🇹🇭 Paradorn Srichaphan (second round)
 * 8)  Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals)