Men's tennis circuit
The 2002 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2002 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.
Season summary
The 2002 ATP Tour season saw Pete Sampras win his 14th Grand Slam singles title, breaking his own record of 13 in the process, by defeating longtime rival Andre Agassi 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 in the final of the US Open.[1] This would be Sampras’s last tournament before retirement with him officially announcing his retirement at the next year's US Open.[2] Sampras finished up with a 20–14 lead over Agassi in head to head, ending a rivalry that defined the 1990’s and early 2000’s in tennis.
Young Australian Lleyton Hewitt ended the year No. 1 for the second season in a row, having captured his second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon by defeating David Nalbandian in a crushing straight set victory.[3] Hewitt captured 5 titles in 2002 overall, including winning the title at the Indian Wells Masters and then successfully defending the title at the Tennis Masters Cup by defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4 in the final.
Despite not winning a Grand Slam in 2002, Andre Agassi would win multiple ATP Masters Series events by capturing the title in Miami, Rome and at the first edition of the Madrid Masters. He won 5 titles overall throughout 2002 and ended the year ranked world No. 2. Swede Thomas Johansson won his maiden and only Grand Slam title by defeating Marat Safin in the final of the Australian Open from a set down 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4). The tournament had been rife with upsets that saw no top 6 seed reach the quarterfinals and saw both top 2 seeds Lleyton Hewitt and Gustavo Kuerten lose in their first round matches. Albert Costa also became a maiden Grand Slam champion after he defeated fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3 in the final of the French Open. Like Johansson, he would also never win another Grand Slam title after this.
2002 saw the emergence of future 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer as a top 10 player. The young Swiss won his first Masters Series title in Hamburg by defeating Marat Safin in the final in straight sets.[4] Federer would go on to end the year as world no. 6. Safin would also have a strong season, bouncing back inside the top 3 after dropping out of the top 10 of the ATP rankings in 2001. Having reached the Australian Open final, Safin would reach the semifinals of the French Open and win the Paris Masters. Youngster Juan Carlos Ferrero also solidified himself as a top player, ending the year inside the top 5 for the second season in a row. Jiří Novák, Tim Henman, Albert Costa and Andy Roddick rounded out the year-end top 10.
Russia won the 2002 Davis Cup title after beating France 3–2. Mikhail Youzhny defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu from 2 sets down in the final rubber to give Russia their first Davis Cup title.
Schedule
The table below shows the 2002 ATP Tour schedule.
- Key
Grand Slam |
Tennis Masters Cup |
Tennis Masters Series |
ATP International Series Gold |
ATP International Series |
Team Events |
January
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
31 Dec 2001 | Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Team Championships Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR) | Spain 2–1 | United States | Round Robin losers (Group A) Australia
Switzerland
Argentina | Round Robin losers (Group B) Italy
Belgium
France |
2002 AAPT Championships Adelaide, Australia ATP International Series $357,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Tim Henman 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 | Mark Philippoussis | Alberto Martín
Hicham Arazi | Greg Rusedski
Thomas Endqvist
Ivan Ljubičić
Todd Martin |
Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett 7–5, 6–2 | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
2002 Tata Open Chennai, India ATP International Series $400,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Guillermo Cañas 6–4, 7–6(7–2) | Paradorn Srichaphan | Karol Kučera
Andrei Pavel | Jiří Vaněk
Fabrice Santoro
Álex Calatrava
Tomas Johansson |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes 5–7, 6–2, 7–5 | Tomáš Cibulec
Ota Fukárek |
2002 Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha, Qatar ATP International Series $1,000,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Younes El Aynaoui 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | Félix Mantilla | Rainer Schüttler
Bohdan Ulihrach | Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Jiří Novák
Fernando Vicente
Radek Štěpánek |
Donald Johnson
Jared Palmer 6–3, 7–6(7–5) | Jiří Novák
David Rikl |
7 Jan | 2002 Heineken Open Auckland, New Zealand ATP International Series $357,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Greg Rusedski 6–7(0–7), 6–4, 7–5 | Jérôme Golmard | Michel Kratochvil
Jiří Novák | Jonas Björkman
David Nalbandian
Félix Mantilla
Goran Ivanišević |
Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge 7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7) | Martín García
Cyril Suk |
2002 Adidas International Sydney, Australia ATP International Series $381,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Roger Federer 6–3, 6–3 | Juan Ignacio Chela | Max Mirnyi
Andy Roddick | Julien Boutter
Nicolas Escudé
Hyung-Taik Lee
Marcelo Ríos |
Donald Johnson
Jared Palmer 6–4, 6–4 | Joshua Eagle
Sandon Stolle |
14 Jan 21 Jan | 2002 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $4,290,000 – hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | Thomas Johansson 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | Marat Safin | Tommy Haas
Jiří Novák | Marcelo Ríos
Wayne Ferreira
Stefan Koubek
Jonas Björkman |
Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor' 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | Michaël Llodra
Fabrice Santoro |
Kevin Ullyett
Daniela Hantuchová 6–3, 6–2 | Gastón Etlis
Paola Suárez |
28 Jan | 2002 Milan Indoor Milan, Italy ATP International Series $381,000 – carpet (i) Singles – Doubles | Davide Sanguinetti 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1 | Roger Federer | Nicolas Escudé
Greg Rusedski | Younes El Aynaoui
Max Mirnyi
Sjeng Schalken
Sargis Sargsian |
Karsten Braasch
Andrei Olhovskiy 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [12–10] | Julien Boutter
Max Mirnyi |
February
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
4 Feb | Davis Cup by BNP Paribas First Round Metz, France – hard (i) Ostrava, Czech Republic – carpet (i) Zaragoza, Spain – clay (i) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA – hard (i) Moscow, Russia – clay (i) Birmingham, Great Britain – carpet (i) Zagreb, Croatia – carpet (i) Buenos Aires, Argentina – clay | First-round winners France 3–2
Czech Republic 4–1
Spain 3–2
United States 5–0
Russia 3–2 Sweden 3–2
Croatia 4–1
Argentina 5–0 | First-round losers Netherlands
Brazil
Morocco
Slovakia
Switzerland
Great Britain
Germany
Australia | | |
11 Feb | Copenhagen Open Copenhagen, Denmark ATP International Series $381,000 – hard (i) Singles – Doubles | Lars Burgsmüller 6–3, 6–3 | Olivier Rochus | Magnus Larsson
Davide Sanguinetti | Jiří Novák
Cecil Mamiit
Christophe Rochus
Rainer Schüttler |
Julian Knowle
Michael Kohlmann 7–6(10–8), 7–5 | Jiří Novák
Radek Štěpánek |
Open 13 Marseille, France ATP International Series $451,000 – Hard (i) Singles – Doubles | Thomas Enqvist 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–1 | Nicolas Escudé | Cédric Pioline
Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Juan Carlos Ferrero
Greg Rusedski
Sébastien Grosjean
Marc Rosset |
Arnaud Clément
Nicolas Escudé 6–4, 6–3 | Julien Boutter
Max Mirnyi |
Bell South Open Viña del Mar, Chile ATP International Series $381,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Fernando González 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4) | Nicolás Lapentti | Nicolás Massú
Nicolas Coutelot | Flávio Saretta
Albert Montañés
Markus Hipfl
José Acasuso |
Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez 6–3, 6–4 | Lucas Arnold Ker
Luis Lobo |
18 Feb | Kroger St. Jude Memphis, TN, USA ATP International Series Gold $725,000 – hard (i) Sinlges | Andy Roddick 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 | James Blake | Jan-Michael Gambill
Xavier Malisse | Tommy Haas
Rainer Schüttler
Todd Martin
Sargis Sargsian |
Brian MacPhie
Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 3–6, [10–4] | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, Netherlands ATP International Series Gold $713,000 – hard (i) Singles – Doubles | Nicolas Escudé 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 | Tim Henman | Sébastien Grosjean
Ivan Ljubičić | Roger Federer
Arnaud Clément
Bohdan Ulihrach
Ivo Heuberger |
Roger Federer
Max Mirnyi 4–6, 6–3, [10–4] | Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor |
Copa AT&T Buenos Aires, Argentina ATP International Series $425,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Nicolás Massú 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | Agustín Calleri | Juan Ignacio Chela
Feliciano López | Mariano Zabaleta
Franco Squillari
José Acasuso
David Nalbandian |
Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez 3–6, 6–3, [10–4] | Simon Aspelin
Mark Kratzmann |
25 Feb | Abierto Mexicano Pegaso Acapulco, Mexico ATP International Series Gold $725,200 – clay Singles | Carlos Moyà 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4) | Fernando Meligeni | Albert Montañés
Juan Ignacio Chela | Fernando Vicente
Mariano Zabaleta
David Sánchez
Francisco Clavet |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan 6–1, 3–6, [10–2] | Martin Damm
David Rikl |
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates ATP International Series Gold $925,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | Younes El Aynaoui | Thomas Johansson
Jiří Novák | Rainer Schüttler
Tim Henman
Ivan Ljubičić
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor 3–6, 6–3, [13–11] | Joshua Eagle
Sandon Stolle |
Siebel Open San Jose, CA, USA ATP International Series $400,000 – hard (i) Singles | Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) | Andre Agassi | Jan-Michael Gambill
Andy Roddick | Todd Martin
Wayne Arthurs
James Blake
Wayne Ferreira |
Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett 6–3, 4–6, [10–5] | John-Laffnie de Jager
Robbie Koenig |
March
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
4 Mar | 2002 International Tennis Championships Delray Beach, FL, USA ATP International Series $400,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Davide Sanguinetti 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | Andy Roddick | Antony Dupuis
Jan-Michael Gambill | Michaël Llodra Feliciano López
Paradorn Srichaphan André Sá |
Martin Damm
Cyril Suk 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5] | David Adams
Ben Ellwood |
2002 Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic Scottsdale, AZ, USA ATP International Series $400,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Andre Agassi 6–2, 7–6(7–2) | Juan Balcells | Xavier Malisse
Rainer Schüttler | Juan Ignacio Chela Wayne Ferreira
Noam Okun Carlos Moyà |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan 7–5, 7–6(8–6) | Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor |
11 Mar | 2002 Pacific Life Open Indian Wells, CA, USA Tennis Masters Series $2,950,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Lleyton Hewitt 6–1, 6–2 | Tim Henman | Pete Sampras
Todd Martin | Thomas Enqvist Rainer Schüttler
Gastón Gaudio Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor 6–4, 6–4 | Roger Federer
Max Mirnyi |
18 Mar 25 Mar | 2002 NASDAQ-100 Open Key Biscayne, FL, USA Tennis Masters Series $3,575,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Andre Agassi 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 | Roger Federer | Lleyton Hewitt
Marcelo Ríos | Marat Safin Andrei Pavel
Juan Ignacio Chela Nicolás Lapentti |
Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 | Donald Johnson
Jared Palmer |
April
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
1 Apr | Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Quarterfinals Pau, France – carpet (i) Houston, United States – grass Moscow, Russia – clay (i) Buenos Aires, Argentina – clay (red) | Quarterfinal winners France 3–1
United States 3–1
Russia 4–1
Argentina 4–1 | Quarterfinal losers Czech Republic
Spain
Sweden
Croatia | | |
8 Apr | 2002 Grand Prix Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco ATP International Series $400,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Younes El Aynaoui 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | Guillermo Cañas | Julien Boutter
Mikhail Youzhny | Attila Sávolt Jean-René Lisnard
Antony Dupuis Paul-Henri Mathieu |
Stephen Huss
Myles Wakefield 6–4, 6–2 | Martín García
Luis Lobo |
2002 Estoril Open Oeiras, Portugal ATP International Series $525,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | David Nalbandian 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | Jarkko Nieminen | Carlos Moyà
Fernando Meligeni | Sjeng Schalken Max Mirnyi
Radek Štěpánek Marat Safin |
Karsten Braasch
Andrei Olhovskiy 6–3, 6–3 | Simon Aspelin
Andrew Kratzmann |
15 Apr | 2002 Monte Carlo Open Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Tennis Masters Series $2,950,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Juan Carlos Ferrero 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 | Carlos Moyà | Tim Henman
Sébastien Grosjean | Marat Safin Thomas Johansson
Albert Costa Tommy Haas |
Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge 6–3, 3–6, [10–7] | Paul Haarhuis
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
22 Apr | 2002 Trofeo Conde de Godo Barcelona, Spain ATP International Series Gold $955,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Gastón Gaudio 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 | Albert Costa | Lleyton Hewitt
Guillermo Cañas | Younes El Aynaoui Alberto Martín
Cédric Pioline Àlex Corretja |
Michael Hill
Daniel Vacek 6–4, 6–4 | Lucas Arnold Ker
Gastón Etlis |
2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships Houston, TX, USA ATP International Series $400,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Andy Roddick 7–6(11–9), 6–3 | Pete Sampras | Guillermo Coria
Andre Agassi | Wayne Arthurs James Blake
Todd Martin Kristian Pless |
Mardy Fish
Andy Roddick 6–4, 6–4 | Jan-Michael Gambill
Graydon Oliver |
29 Apr | 2002 Mallorca Open Mallorca, Spain ATP International Series $381,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Gastón Gaudio 6–2, 6–3 | Jarkko Nieminen | Agustín Calleri
Mariano Zabaleta | Gustavo Kuerten Olivier Rochus
Dominik Hrbatý David Sánchez |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes 6–2, 6–4 | Julian Knowle
Michael Kohlmann |
2002 BMW Open Munich, Germany ATP International Series $381,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Younes El Aynaoui 6–4, 6–4 | Rainer Schüttler | Radek Štěpánek
Mikhail Youzhny | Nicolás Lapentti Francisco Clavet
Julien Boutter Tommy Haas |
Petr Luxa
Radek Štěpánek 6–0, 6–7(4–7), [11–9] | Petr Pála
Pavel Vízner |
May
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
6 May | 2002 Rome Masters Rome, Italy Tennis Masters Series $2,578,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Andre Agassi 6–3, 6–3, 6–0 | Tommy Haas | Andy Roddick
Jiří Novák | Carlos Moyà Tommy Robredo
James Blake Albert Costa |
Martin Damm
Cyril Suk 7–5, 7–5 | Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett |
13 May | 2002 Hamburg Masters Hamburg, Germany Tennis Masters Series $2,578,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 | Marat Safin | Tommy Robredo
Max Mirnyi | Lleyton Hewitt Stefan Koubek
Julien Boutter Gustavo Kuerten |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Jan-Michael Gambill 6–2, 6–4 | Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge |
20 May | 2002 ARAG World Team Cup Düsseldorf, Germany World Team Cup $2,100,000 – clay | Argentina 3–0 | Russia | Round Robin losers (Red Group) Sweden France United States | Round Robin losers (Blue Group) Spain Great Britain Germany |
2002 Internationaler Raiffeisen Grand Prix St. Poelten, Austria ATP International Series $381,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Nicolás Lapentti 7–5, 6–4 | Fernando Vicente | Flávio Saretta
Olivier Rochus | Markus Hipfl Albert Montañés
David Sánchez Jürgen Melzer |
Petr Pála
David Rikl 7–5, 6–4 | Mike Bryan
Michael Hill |
27 May 3 Jun | 2002 French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $5,268,535 – clay 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | Albert Costa 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Àlex Corretja
Marat Safin | Guillermo Cañas
Andrei Pavel
Andre Agassi
Sébastien Grosjean |
Paul Haarhuis
Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7–5, 6–4 | Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor |
Wayne Black
Cara Black 6–3, 6–3 | Mark Knowles
Elena Bovina |
June
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
10 Jun | 2002 Gerry Weber Open Halle, NRW, Germany ATP International Series $951,000 – grass Singles – Doubles | Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | Nicolas Kiefer | Kenneth Carlsen
Roger Federer | Bohdan Ulihrach Thomas Johansson
Alexander Popp Mikhail Youzhny |
David Prinosil
David Rikl 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5 | Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge |
2002 Stella Artois Championships London, United Kingdom ATP International Series $761,000 – grass Singles – Doubles | Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | Tim Henman | Sjeng Schalken
Raemon Sluiter | Todd Martin Wayne Arthurs
Wayne Ferreira Hyung-Taik Lee |
Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett 7–5, 6–3 | Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi |
17 Jun | 2002 Ordina Open 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands ATP International Series $381,000 – grass Singles – Doubles | Sjeng Schalken 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | Arnaud Clément | Guillermo Cañas
Tommy Robredo | Lleyton Hewitt Cédric Pioline
Yves Allegro Roger Federer |
Martin Damm
Cyril Suk 7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–4 | Paul Haarhuis
Brian MacPhie |
2002 Samsung Open Nottingham, United Kingdom ATP International Series $381,000 – grass | Jonas Björkman 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 | Wayne Arthurs | Greg Rusedski
Michel Kratochvil | Andrei Stoliarov Magnus Larsson
Arvind Parmar Fabrice Santoro |
Mike Bryan
Mark Knowles 0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | Donald Johnson
Jared Palmer |
24 Jun 1 Jul | 2002 Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam $6,061,154 – grass 128S/128Q/64D/64X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | Lleyton Hewitt 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 | David Nalbandian | Tim Henman
Xavier Malisse | Sjeng Schalken
André Sá
Richard Krajicek
Nicolás Lapentti |
Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge 6–1, 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 7–5 | Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Elena Likhovtseva 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 | Kevin Ullyett
Daniela Hantuchová |
July
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
8 Jul | 2002 Swedish Open Båstad Båstad, Sweden ATP International Series $381,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Carlos Moyà 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 | Younes El Aynaoui | Agustín Calleri
Tommy Robredo | Guillermo Cañas Nikolay Davydenko
Magnus Norman Albert Portas |
Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | Paul Hanley
Michael Hill |
2002 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Switzerland ATP International Series $600,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Àlex Corretja 6–3, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) | Gastón Gaudio | Ivan Ljubičić
Radek Štěpánek | Galo Blanco Marc Rosset
Attila Sávolt David Sánchez |
Joshua Eagle
David Rikl 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | Massimo Bertolini
Cristian Brandi |
2002 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Newport, RI, USA ATP International Series $375,000 – grass Singles – Doubles | Taylor Dent 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 | James Blake | Michaël Llodra
Robby Ginepri | Justin Gimelstob Mardy Fish
Alexander Popp Martin Lee |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan 7–5, 6–3 | Jürgen Melzer
Alexander Popp |
15 Jul | 2002 Energis Open Amersfoort, Netherlands ATP International Series $381,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Juan Ignacio Chela 6–1, 7–6(7–4) | Albert Costa | Gastón Gaudio
John van Lottum | André Sá Jarkko Nieminen
Christophe Rochus Juan Balcells |
Jeff Coetzee
Chris Haggard 7–6(7–1), 6–3 | André Sá
Alexandre Simoni |
2002 Mercedes Cup Stuttgart, Germany ATP International Series $500,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Mikhail Youzhny 6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | Guillermo Cañas | Jiří Novák
Lars Burgsmüller | Tommy Robredo Alberto Martín
Younes El Aynaoui Andrei Pavel |
Joshua Eagle
David Rikl 6–3, 6–4 | David Adams
Gastón Etlis |
2002 Croatia Open Umag, Croatia ATP International Series $381,000 – clay | Carlos Moyà 6–2, 6–3 | David Ferrer | Zeljko Krajan
Jürgen Melzer | Guillermo Coria Ivan Ljubičić
Victor Hănescu Fernando Vicente |
František Čermák
Julian Knowle 6–4, 6–4 | Albert Portas
Fernando Vicente |
22 Jul | 2002 Generali Open Kitzbühel, Austria ATP International Series Gold $880,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Àlex Corretja 6–4, 6–1, 6–3 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | Gastón Gaudio
Mariano Zabaleta | Albert Costa Nicolás Massú
Andrei Pavel Juan Ignacio Chela |
Robbie Koenig
Thomas Shimada 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | Lucas Arnold Ker
Àlex Corretja |
2002 Mercedes-Benz Cup Los Angeles, CA, USA ATP International Series $400,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Andre Agassi 6–2, 6–4 | Jan-Michael Gambill | Andy Roddick
Max Mirnyi | Nicolas Kiefer Xavier Malisse
Michaël Llodra Gustavo Kuerten |
Sébastien Grosjean
Nicolas Kiefer 6–4, 6–4 | Justin Gimelstob
Michaël Llodra |
2002 Idea Prokom Open Sopot, Poland ATP International Series $381,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | José Acasuso 2–6, 6–1, 6–3 | Franco Squillari | Attila Sávolt
Carlos Moyà | Mikhail Youzhny Christophe Rochus
Jan Vacek Stefano Galvani |
František Čermák
Leoš Friedl 7–5, 7–5 | Jeff Coetzee
Nathan Healey |
29 Jul | 2002 Canada Masters Toronto, Canada Tennis Masters Series $2,950,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Guillermo Cañas 6–4, 7–5 | Andy Roddick | Jiří Novák
Tommy Haas | Sébastien Grosjean David Nalbandian
Fabrice Santoro Marat Safin |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 | Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor |
August
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
5 Aug | 2002 Cincinnati Masters Mason, OH, USA Tennis Masters Series $2,950,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Carlos Moyà 7–5, 7–6(7–5) | Lleyton Hewitt | Fernando González
Juan Carlos Ferrero | Andre Agassi Andy Roddick
Rainer Schüttler Wayne Arthurs |
James Blake
Todd Martin 7–5, 6–3 | Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi |
12 Aug | 2002 RCA Championships Indianapolis, IN, USA ATP International Series Gold $800,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Greg Rusedski 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4 | Félix Mantilla | Tommy Haas
Rainer Schüttler | Martin Verkerk Sébastien Grosjean
Arnaud Clément Arnaud di Pasquale |
Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4 | Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi |
2002 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Washington, D.C., USA ATP International Series Gold $800,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | James Blake 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | Paradorn Srichaphan | Andre Agassi
Marcelo Ríos | Thomas Enqvist Àlex Corretja
Jarkko Nieminen Fernando Meligeni |
Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 | Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan |
19 Aug | 2002 TD Waterhouse Cup Long Island, NY, USA ATP International Series $480,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Paradorn Srichaphan 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 | Juan Ignacio Chela | Tommy Haas
Àlex Corretja | Jarkko Nieminen Younes El Aynaoui
Paul-Henri Mathieu Mardy Fish |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Mike Bryan 6–3, 6–4 | Petr Pála
Pavel Vízner |
26 Aug 2 Sep | 2002 U.S. Open New York City, NY, USA Grand Slam $7,129,000 – hard 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | Pete Sampras 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 | Andre Agassi | Lleyton Hewitt
Sjeng Schalken | Younes El Aynaoui
Max Mirnyi
Andy Roddick
Fernando González |
Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 | Jiří Novák
Radek Štěpánek |
Mike Bryan
Lisa Raymond 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–1) | Bob Bryan
Katarina Srebotnik |
September
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
9 Sep | 2002 Open Romania Bucharest, Romania ATP International Series $381,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | David Ferrer 6–3, 6–2 | José Acasuso | Andrei Pavel
David Sánchez | Juan Giner Franco Squillari
Galo Blanco Arnaud di Pasquale |
Jens Knippschild
Peter Nyborg 6–3, 6–3 | Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Andrés Schneiter |
2002 Brasil Open Costa do Sauipe, Brazil ATP International Series $571,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Gustavo Kuerten 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–2) | Guillermo Coria | Ramón Delgado
Cecil Mamiit | Gastón Etlis André Sá
Dominik Hrbatý Agustín Calleri |
Scott Humphries
Mark Merklein 6–3, 7–6(7–1) | Gustavo Kuerten
André Sá |
2002 President's Cup Tashkent, Uzbekistan ATP International Series $550,000 – hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7–6(8–6), 7–5 | Vladimir Voltchkov | Paradorn Srichaphan
Davide Sanguinetti | Marat Safin Ivan Ljubičić
Kristian Pless Tommy Haas |
David Adams
Robbie Koenig 6–2, 7–5 | Raemon Sluiter
Martin Verkerk |
16 Sep | Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Semifinals Paris, France – clay Moscow, Russia – carpet (i) | Semifinal winners France 3–2
Russia 3–2 | Semifinal losers United States
Argentina | | |
23 Sep | 2002 Salem Open Hong Kong, China ATP International Series $400,000 – hard | Juan Carlos Ferrero 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–4) | Carlos Moyà | Jonas Björkman
Jérôme Golmard | Feliciano López Francisco Clavet
Juan Ignacio Chela Antony Dupuis |
Jan-Michael Gambill
Graydon Oliver 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | Wayne Arthurs
Andrew Kratzmann |
2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia Palermo, Italy ATP International Series $381,000 – clay Singles – Doubles | Fernando González 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 | José Acasuso | Marcelo Ríos
Bohdan Ulihrach | David Sánchez Luis Horna
Sargis Sargsian Alberto Martín |
Lucas Arnold Ker
Luis Lobo 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | František Čermák
Leoš Friedl |
30 Sep | 2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan ATP International Series Gold $800,000 – hard Singles – Doubles | Kenneth Carlsen 7–6(10–8), 6–3 | Magnus Norman | Paradorn Srichaphan
Vincent Spadea | Lleyton Hewitt Antony Dupuis
Feliciano López Magnus Larsson |
Jeff Coetzee
Chris Haggard 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | Jan-Michael Gambill
Graydon Oliver |
2002 Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia ATP International Series $1,000,000 – carpet (i) Singles – Doubles | Paul-Henri Mathieu 4–6, 6–2, 6–0 | Sjeng Schalken | Marat Safin
Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Roger Federer Rainer Schüttler
Nicolas Escudé Cyril Saulnier |
Roger Federer
Max Mirnyi 6–4, 7–6(7–0) | Joshua Eagle
Sandon Stolle |
October
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
7 Oct | 2002 CA Tennis Trophy Vienna, Austria ATP International Series Gold $765,000 – hard (i) Singles – Doubles | Roger Federer 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 | Jiří Novák | Andrei Pavel
Carlos Moyà | Jürgen Melzer Nikolay Davydenko
James Blake Bohdan Ulihrach |
Joshua Eagle
Sandon Stolle 6–4, 6–3 | Jiří Novák
Radek Štěpánek |
2002 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon Lyon, France ATP International Series $761,000 – carpet (i) Singles – Doubles | Paul-Henri Mathieu 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 | Gustavo Kuerten | Arnaud Clément
Kristian Pless | Marat Safin Sébastien Grosjean
Jonas Björkman Nicolas Escudé |
Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) | Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor |
14 Oct | 2002 Madrid Masters Madrid, Spain Tennis Masters Series $2,578,000 – hard (i) Singles – Doubles | Andre Agassi W/O | Jiří Novák | Fabrice Santoro
Sébastien Grosjean | Roger Federer Paradorn Srichaphan
Agustín Calleri Juan Carlos Ferrero |
Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 | Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi |
21 Oct | 2002 Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP International Series $1,000,000 – carpet (i) Singles – Doubles | David Nalbandian 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 | Fernando González | Roger Federer
Juan Carlos Ferrero | Tim Henman Andy Roddick
Arnaud Clément Félix Mantilla |
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan 7–6(7–1), 7–5 | Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor |
2002 St. Petersburg Open St. Petersburg, Russia ATP International Series $1,000,000 – hard (i) Singles – Doubles | Sébastien Grosjean 7–5, 6–4 | Mikhail Youzhny | Karol Kučera
Vladimir Voltchkov | Gastón Gaudio Dominik Hrbatý
Andrei Pavel Nicolas Kiefer |
David Adams
Jared Palmer 7–6(10–8), 6–3 | Irakli Labadze
Marat Safin |
2002 If Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden ATP International Series $650,000 – hard (i) Singles – Doubles | Paradorn Srichaphan 6–7(2–7), 6–0, 6–3, 6–2 | Marcelo Ríos | Tommy Robredo
Hicham Arazi | Raemon Sluiter Fabrice Santoro
Andreas Vinciguerra Nicolás Massú |
Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4) | Wayne Arthurs
Paul Hanley |
28 Oct | 2002 Paris Masters Paris, France Tennis Masters Series $2,828,000 – carpet (i) Singles – Doubles | Marat Safin 7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4 | Lleyton Hewitt | Paradorn Srichaphan
Carlos Moyà | Roger Federer Andy Roddick
Nicolas Escudé Andre Agassi |
Nicolas Escudé
Fabrice Santoro 6–3, 7–6(8–6) | Gustavo Kuerten
Cédric Pioline |
November
Statistical information
List of players and titles won (Grand Slam and Masters Cup titles in bold), listed in order of most titles won:
Andre Agassi – Scottsdale, Miami Masters, Rome Masters, Los Angeles and Madrid Masters (5)
Lleyton Hewitt – San Jose, Indian Wells Masters, London Queen's Club, Wimbledon and Masters Cup (5)
Carlos Moyà – Acapulco, Båstad, Umag and Cincinnati Masters (4)
Younes El Aynaoui – Doha, Casablanca and Munich (3)
Roger Federer – Sydney, Hamburg Masters and Vienna (3)
Guillermo Cañas – Chennai and Canada Masters (2)
Àlex Corretja – Gstaad and Kitzbühel (2)
Juan Carlos Ferrero – Monte Carlo Masters and Hong Kong (2)
Gastón Gaudio – Barcelona and Mallorca (2)
Fernando González – Viña del Mar and Palermo (2)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov – Halle and Tashkent (2)
Paul-Henri Mathieu – Moscow and Lyon (2)
David Nalbandian – Estoril and Basel (2)
Andy Roddick – Memphis and Houston (2)
Greg Rusedski – Auckland and Indianapolis (2)
Davide Sanguinetti – Milan and Delray Beach (2)
Paradorn Srichaphan – Long Island and Stockholm (2)
José Acasuso – Sopot (1)
Jonas Björkman – Nottingham (1)
James Blake – Washington, D.C. (1)
Lars Burgsmüller – Copenhagen (1)
Kenneth Carlsen – Tokyo (1)
Juan Ignacio Chela – Amersfoort (1)
Albert Costa – French Open (1)
Taylor Dent – Newport (1)
Thomas Enqvist – Marseille (1)
Nicolas Escudé – Rotterdam (1)
David Ferrer – Bucharest (1)
Sébastien Grosjean – St. Petersburg (1)
Tim Henman – Adelaide (1)
Thomas Johansson – Australian Open (1)
Gustavo Kuerten – Costa do Sauipe (1)
Nicolás Lapentti – St. Poelten (1)
Nicolás Massú – Buenos Aires (1)
Marat Safin – Paris Masters (1)
Pete Sampras – US Open (1)
Fabrice Santoro – Dubai (1)
Sjeng Schalken – 's-Hertogenbosch (1)
Mikhail Youzhny – Stuttgart (1)
The following players won their first title:
Titles won by nation:
Spain 10 (Acapulco, Monte Carlos Masters, French Open, Båstad, Gstaad, Umag, Kitzbühel, Cincinnati Masters, Bucharest and Hong Kong)
United States 10 (Memphis, Scottsdale, Miami Masters, Houston, Rome Masters, Newport, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., US Open and Madrid Masters)
Argentina 8 (Chennai, Estoril, Barcelona, Mallorca, Amersfoort, Sopot, Canada Masters and Basel)
Australia 5 (San Jose, Indian Wells Masters, London Queen's Club, Wimbledon and Masters Cup)
France 5 (Rotterdam, Dubai, Moscow, Lyon and St. Petersburg)
Russia 4 (Halle, Stuttgart, Tashkent and Paris Masters)
Chile 3 (Viña del Mar, Buenos Aires and Palermo)
Morocco 3 (Doha, Casablanca and Munich)
Sweden 3 (Australian Open, Marseille and Nottingham)
Switzerland 3 (Sydney, Hamburg Masters and Vienna)
United Kingdom 3 (Adelaide, Auckland and Indianapolis)
Italy 2 (Milan and Delray Beach)
Thailand 2 (Long Island and Stockholm)
Brazil 1 (Costa do Sauipe)
Denmark 1 (Tokyo)
Ecuador 1 (St. Poelten)
Germany 1 (Copenhagen)
Netherlands 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch)
ATP entry rankings
Singles
As of 31 December 2001 | Rk | Name | Nation | Points | 1 | Lleyton Hewitt | AUS | 4,365 | 2 | Gustavo Kuerten | BRA | 3,855 | 3 | Andre Agassi | USA | 3,520 | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | RUS | 3,090 | 5 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | ESP | 3,040 | 6 | Sébastien Grosjean | FRA | 2,790 | 7 | Patrick Rafter | AUS | 2,785 | 8 | Tommy Haas | GER | 2,285 | 9 | Tim Henman | GBR | 2,100 | 10 | Pete Sampras | USA | 1,940 | 11 | Marat Safin | RUS | 1,920 | 12 | Goran Ivanišević | CRO | 1,761 | 13 | Roger Federer | SUI | 1,745 | 14 | Andy Roddick | USA | 1,573 | 15 | Guillermo Cañas | ARG | 1,572 | 16 | Àlex Corretja | ESP | 1,525 | 17 | Arnaud Clément | FRA | 1,475 | 18 | Thomas Johansson | SWE | 1,375 | 19 | Carlos Moyà | ESP | 1,310 | 20 | Albert Portas | ESP | 1,220 | | Year-end rankings 2002 (30 December 2002)[5] | Rk | Name | Nation | Points | High | Low | Change | 1 | Lleyton Hewitt | AUS | 4,485 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | Andre Agassi | USA | 3,395 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | Marat Safin | RUS | 2,845 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | ESP | 2,740 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | Carlos Moyà | ESP | 2,630 | 5 | 32 | 14 | 6 | Roger Federer | SUI | 2,590 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | Jiří Novák | CZE | 2,335 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | Tim Henman | GBR | 2,215 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | Albert Costa | ESP | 2,070 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 10 | Andy Roddick | USA | 2,045 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 11 | Tommy Haas | GER | 2,020 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 12 | David Nalbandian | ARG | 1,775 | 12 | 48 | 35 | 13 | Pete Sampras | USA | 1,735 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 14 | Thomas Johansson | SWE | 1,725 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 15 | Guillermo Cañas | ARG | 1,725 | 12 | 20 | | 16 | Paradorn Srichaphan | THA | 1,646 | 16 | 120 | 104 | 17 | Sébastien Grosjean | FRA | 1,640 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 18 | Fernando González | CHI | 1,636 | 17 | 140 | 121 | 19 | Àlex Corretja | ESP | 1,555 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 20 | Sjeng Schalken | NED | 1,525 | 15 | 34 | 6 | |
Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2002 season:
Karim Alami (born May 24, 1973, in Casablanca, Morocco) He turned professional in 1990 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 25 in 2000. He earned two career singles titles and one doubles title. He played his last career match in Trani, Italy in August against Potito Starace.[6]
Sergi Bruguera (born 16 January 1971, in Barcelona, Spain) He turned professional in 1988 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 3. He won the French Open in 1993 and 1994 and was a semifinalist at the year-end finals in 1994. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics. In doubles, he earned 3 titles and achieved a career-high ranking of world no. 49, reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open. He played his last career match in Segovia in July against Lovro Zovko.[7]
Magnus Gustafsson (born 3 January 1967 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden) He turned professional in 1986 and reached his career-high ranking of world no. 10 in 1991. He reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1994 and earned 14 career titles. His last match was in Stockholm in October 2001 against Jan Vacek.[8]
Cédric Pioline (born 15 June 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) He turned professional in 1989 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 5. He was a finalist at the US Open in 1993 and at Wimbledon in 1997. He also won one Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo in 2000. He played his last match in October in Basel against Tim Henman.[9]
Patrick Rafter (born 28 December 1972) He turned professional in 1991 and reached a ranking of world no. 1 in 1999. He won the US Open in 1997 and 1998 and was a finalist at Wimbledon and a semifinalist at the Australian Open and French Open. He won 11 career ATP titles. He played his last match in Davis Cup competition in November 2001 against France.[10]
Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971, in Lake Sherwood, California) Sampras debuted on the professional tour in 1988 and played his last top-level tournament in 2002 when he won the US Open, defeating rival Andre Agassi in the final. He was the year-end world no. 1 for six consecutive years (1993–1998) and won seven Wimbledon singles championships.
Jan Siemerink (born 14 April 1970 in Rijnsburg, South Holland, Netherlands) He turned professional in 1989 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 14 in 1998. He reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1998 and earned four career singles titles. In doubles, he was ranked no. 16 in 1996 and earned 10 career titles. He played his last match in Valencia, Spain in May partnering Dennis van Scheppingen.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "Sampras Wins U.S. Open". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "How Pete Sampras Came To His Retirement Decision After 2002 U.S. Open Win". World Tennis Magazine. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ ""Winning The Title Is An Amazing Feeling - Lleyton Hewitt On His 2002 Wimbledon Glory". The Sportsman. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Looking back at Roger Federer's 28 Masters 1000 triumphs". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Alami
- ^ Bruguera
- ^ Gustafsson
- ^ ATP Player Activity page
- ^ ATP Player Activity page
- ^ ATP Player Activity page
External links
- Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) official website
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