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 (champion)
 * 2) 🇧🇪 Kim Clijsters (third round, withdrew)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (final)
 * 4) 🇷🇺 Anastasia Myskina (semifinals)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Chanda Rubin (withdrew)
 * 6) 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva (fourth round)
 * 7) 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (third round)
 * 8) 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez (third round)
 * 9)  Jelena Dokić (second round)
 * 10) 🇮🇱 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (third round)
 * 11) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
 * 12) 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals)
 * 13) 🇧🇬 Magdalena Maleeva (second round)
 * 14) 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (second round)
 * 15) 🇨🇴 Fabiola Zuluaga (quarterfinals)
 * 16) 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova (fourth round)
 * 17) 🇪🇸 Magüi Serna (second round)
 * 18) 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (third round)
 * 19) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Dechy (semifinals)
 * 20) 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy (fourth round)
 * 21)  Tina Pisnik (second round)
 * 22) 🇦🇺 Alicia Molik (third round)
 * 23)  Eleni Daniilidou (second round)
 * 24) 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová (second round)
 * 25) 🇪🇸 María Sánchez Lorenzo (second round)
 * 26)  Karolina Šprem (second round)
 * 27) 🇭🇺 Petra Mandula (second round)
 * 28) 🇯🇵 Saori Obata (second round)
 * 29) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
 * 30) 🇫🇷 Émilie Loit (second round)
 * 31) 🇻🇪 María Vento-Kabchi (third round)
 * 32)  Cara Black (second round)
 * 33) 🇺🇸 Amy Frazier (fourth round)

Seeds
• # 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko (qualified)

• # 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (moved to Main Draw but withdrew)

• # Silvija Talaja (qualified)

• # 🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)

• # 🇨🇿 Eva Birnerová (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)

• # 🇧🇦 Mervana Jugić-Salkić (first round)

• # 🇷🇺 Alina Jidkova (qualified)

• # 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez Granados (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld (qualified)

• # 🇪🇸 Marta Marrero (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Tara Snyder (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Antonella Serra Zanetti (qualified)

• # Dally Randriantefy (moved to Main Draw)

• # 🇩🇪 Julia Schruff (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová (qualified)

• # 🇨🇦 Maureen Drake (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Adriana Serra Zanetti (first round)

• # 🇺🇦 Yuliya Beygelzimer (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇴 Catalina Castaño (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Teryn Ashley (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Meilen Tu (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Séverine Beltrame (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Camille Pin (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Shenay Perry (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Foretz (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇦🇷 Gisela Dulko

• # 🇩🇪 Angelika Rösch

• # Silvija Talaja

• # 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur

• # 🇦🇹 Sybille Bammer

• # 🇺🇸 Marissa Irvin

• # 🇷🇺 Alina Jidkova

• # 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová

• # 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Grönefeld

• # 🇪🇸 Marta Marrero

• # 🇺🇸 Shenay Perry

• # 🇮🇹 Antonella Serra Zanetti

Lucky losers
• # 🇨🇿 Iveta Benešová

• # 🇨🇿 Eva Birnerová