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.

Seeds
The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.


 * 1)   (champion, gold medalist) 
 * 2)  (quarterfinals)
 * 3)  (fourth round)
 * 4)  (semifinals, bronze medalist)
 * 5)   (quarterfinals)
 * 6)  (semifinals, fourth place)
 * 7)  (quarterfinals)
 * 8)  (third round)
 * 9)  (third round)
 * 10)  (third round)
 * 11)  (fourth round)
 * 12)   (third round)
 * 13)  (fourth round)
 * 14)   (third round)
 * 15)  (fourth round)
 * 16)  (fourth round)

The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.

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