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.[1]
The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.[2]
Zhang Yining (CHN) (champion, gold medalist) Wang Nan (CHN) (quarterfinals) Niu Jianfeng (CHN) (fourth round).svg/1280px-Flag_of_South_Korea_(1997%E2%80%932011).svg.png){kind=small}
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).svg/1280px-Flag_of_Belarus_(1995%E2%80%932012).svg.png){kind=small}
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).svg/1280px-Flag_of_Italy_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png){kind=small}
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)