2002 ATP Tour





























































2002 ATP Tour

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Lleyton Hewitt finished as No. 1 on the course of the year.

Details
Duration 31 December 2001 – 11 November 2002
Edition 33rd
Tournaments 67
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt (5)
United States Andre Agassi (5)
Most tournament finals
Australia Lleyton Hewitt (7)
Prize money leader
Australia Lleyton Hewitt ($4,619,386)
Points leader
Australia Lleyton Hewitt (4,485)
Awards
Player of the year
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Doubles Team of the year
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Most improved
player of the year

Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
Newcomer of the year
France Paul-Henri Mathieu
Comeback
player of the year

Netherlands Richard Krajicek

← 2001


2003 →


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.




Contents






  • 1 Schedule


    • 1.1 January


    • 1.2 February


    • 1.3 March


    • 1.4 April


    • 1.5 May


    • 1.6 June


    • 1.7 July


    • 1.8 August


    • 1.9 September


    • 1.10 October


    • 1.11 November




  • 2 Statistical information


  • 3 ATP entry rankings


    • 3.1 Singles




  • 4 Retirements


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Schedule


The table below shows the 2002 ATP Tour schedule.


Key








Grand Slam tournaments
ATP Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Tennis Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series
Team events


January







































































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
31 December 2001
Hopman Cup
Perth, Australia
Hopman Cup
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
International Series
$357,000
Hard


United Kingdom Tim Henman
6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3

Australia Mark Philippoussis

Spain Alberto Martín
Morocco Hicham Arazi

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Sweden Thomas Endqvist
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
United States Todd Martin

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett

7–5, 6–2

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan

2002 Tata Open
Chennai, India
International Series
$400,000
Hard

Argentina Guillermo Cañas
6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan

Slovakia Karol Kučera
Romania Andrei Pavel

Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk
France Fabrice Santoro
Spain Álex Calatrava
Sweden Tomas Johansson

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes

5–7, 6–2, 7–5

Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek

2002 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Doha, Qatar
International Series
$1,000,000
Hard

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
4–6, 6–2, 6–2

Spain Félix Mantilla

Germany Rainer Schüttler
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Spain Fernando Vicente
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer

6–3, 7–6(7–5)

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
7 January
2002 Heineken Open
Auckland, New Zealand
International Series
$357,000
Hard

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
6–7(0–7), 6–4, 7–5

France Jérôme Golmard

Switzerland Michel Kratochvil
Czech Republic Jiří Novák

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Argentina David Nalbandian
Spain Félix Mantilla
Croatia Goran Ivanišević

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge

7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7)

Argentina Martín García
Czech Republic Cyril Suk

2002 Adidas International
Sydney, Australia
International Series
$381,000
Hard

Switzerland Roger Federer
6–3, 6–3

Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela

Belarus Max Mirnyi
United States Andy Roddick

France Julien Boutter
France Nicolas Escudé
South Korea Hyung-Taik Lee
Chile Marcelo Ríos

United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer

6–4, 6–4

Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Sandon Stolle
14 January
21 January

2002 Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
$4,290,000
Hard

Sweden Thomas Johansson
3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Russia Marat Safin

Germany Tommy Haas
Czech Republic Jiří Novák

Chile Marcelo Ríos
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Austria Stefan Koubek
Sweden Jonas Björkman

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

7–6(7–4), 6–3

France Michaël Llodra
France Santoro

Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová

6–3, 6–2

Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Paola Suárez
28 January
2002 Milan Indoor
Milan, Italy
International Series
$381,000
Carpet (indoor)

Italy Davide Sanguinetti
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1

Switzerland Roger Federer

France Nicolas Escudé
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Armenia Sargis Sargsian

Germany Karsten Braasch
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy

3–6, 7–6(7–5), 12–10

France Julien Boutter
Belarus Max Mirnyi


February

























































































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
4 February
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 February
2002 Copenhagen Open
Copenhagen, Denmark
International Series
$381,000
Hard (indoor)

Germany Lars Burgsmüller
6–3, 6–3

Belgium Olivier Rochus

Sweden Magnus Larsson
Italy Davide Sanguinetti

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
United States Cecil Mamiit
Belgium Christophe Rochus
Germany Rainer Schüttler

Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann

7–6(10–8), 7–5

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

2002 Open 13
Marseille, France
International Series
$451,000
Hard (indoor)

Sweden Thomas Enqvist
6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–1

France Nicolas Escudé

France Cédric Pioline
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
France Sébastien Grosjean
Switzerland Marc Rosset

France Arnaud Clément
France Nicolas Escudé

6–4, 6–3

France Julien Boutter
Belarus Max Mirnyi

2002 Bell South Open
Viña del Mar, Chile
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Chile Fernando González
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4)

Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti

Chile Nicolás Massú
France Nicolas Coutelot

Brazil Flávio Saretta
Spain Albert Montañés
Austria Markus Hipfl
Argentina José Acasuso

Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez

6–3, 6–4

Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Luis Lobo
18 February
2002 Copa AT&T
Buenos Aires, Argentina
International Series
$425,000
Clay

Chile Nicolás Massú
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2

Argentina Agustín Calleri

Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Spain Feliciano López

Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
Argentina Franco Squillari
Argentina José Acasuso
Argentina David Nalbandian

Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez

3–6, 6–3, 10–4

Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Mark Kratzmann

2002 Kroger St. Jude
Memphis, USA
International Series Gold
$725,000
Hard (indoor)

United States Andy Roddick
6–4, 3–6, 7–5

United States James Blake

United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Belgium Xavier Malisse

Germany Tommy Haas
Germany Rainer Schüttler
United States Todd Martin
Armenia Sargis Sargsian

United States Brian MacPhie
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić

6–3, 3–6, 10–4

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan

2002 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Rotterdam, Netherlands
International Series Gold
$713,000
Hard (indoor)

France Nicolas Escudé
3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4

United Kingdom Tim Henman

France Sébastien Grosjean
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić

Switzerland Roger Federer
France Arnaud Clément
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
Switzerland Ivo Heuberger

Switzerland Roger Federer
Belarus Max Mirnyi

4–6, 6–3, 10–4

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
25 February
2002 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso
Acapulco, Mexico
International Series Gold
$725,200
Clay

Spain Carlos Moyà
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)

Brazil Fernando Meligeni

Spain Albert Montañés
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela

Spain Fernando Vicente
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
Spain David Sánchez
Spain Francisco Clavet

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan

6–1, 3–6, 10–2

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic David Rikl

2002 Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
International Series Gold
$925,000
Hard

France Fabrice Santoro
6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui

Sweden Thomas Johansson
Czech Republic Jiří Novák

Germany Rainer Schüttler
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

3–6, 6–3, 13–11

Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Sandon Stolle

2002 Siebel Open
San Jose, USA
International Series
$400,000
Hard

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)

United States Andre Agassi

United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Andy Roddick

United States Todd Martin
Australia Wayne Arthurs
United States James Blake
South Africa Wayne Ferreira

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett

6–3, 4–6, 10–5

South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
South Africa Robbie Koenig


March



























































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
4 March
2002 International Tennis Championships
Delray Beach, USA
International Series
$400,000
Hard

Italy Davide Sanguinetti
6–4, 4–6, 6–4

United States Andy Roddick

France Antony Dupuis
United States Jan-Michael Gambill

France Michaël Llodra
Spain Feliciano López
Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
Brazil André Sá

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk

6–4, 6–7(5–7), 10–5

South Africa David Adams
Australia Ben Ellwood

2002 Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic
Scottsdale, USA
International Series
$400,000
Hard

United States Andre Agassi
6–2, 7–6(7–2)

Spain Juan Balcells

Belgium Xavier Malisse
Germany Rainer Schüttler

Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Israel Noam Okun
Spain Carlos Moyà

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan

7–5, 7–6(8–6)

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
11 March
2002 Pacific Life Open
Indian Wells, USA
Masters Series
$2,950,000
Hard

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
6–1, 6–2

United Kingdom Tim Henman

United States Pete Sampras
United States Todd Martin

Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Germany Rainer Schüttler
Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

6–4, 6–4

Switzerland Roger Federer
Belarus Max Mirnyi
18 March
25 March

2002 NASDAQ-100 Open
Miami, USA
Masters Series
$3,575,000
Hard

United States Andre Agassi
6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Switzerland Roger Federer

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Chile Marcelo Ríos

Russia Marat Safin
Romania Andrei Pavel
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

6–3, 3–6, 6–1

United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer


April





































































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
1 April
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 April
2002 Grand Prix Hassan II
Casablanca, Morocco
International Series
$400,000
Clay

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Argentina Guillermo Cañas

France Julien Boutter
Russia Mikhail Youzhny

Hungary Attila Sávolt
France Jean-René Lisnard
France Antony Dupuis
France Paul-Henri Mathieu

Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Myles Wakefield

6–4, 6–2

Argentina Martín García
Argentina Luis Lobo

2002 Estoril Open
Estoril, Portugal
International Series
$525,000
Clay

Argentina David Nalbandian
6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Finland Jarkko Nieminen

Spain Carlos Moyà
Brazil Fernando Meligeni

Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Belarus Max Mirnyi
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Russia Marat Safin

Germany Karsten Braasch
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy

6–3, 6–3

Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
15 April
2002 Monte Carlo Open
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Masters Series
$2,950,000
Clay

Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
7–5, 6–3, 6–4

Spain Carlos Moyà

United Kingdom Tim Henman
France Sébastien Grosjean

Russia Marat Safin
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Spain Albert Costa
Germany Tommy Haas

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge

6–3, 3–6, 10–7

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
22 April
2002 Trofeo Conde de Godo
Barcelona, Spain
International Series Gold
$955,000
Clay

Argentina Gastón Gaudio
6–4, 6–0, 6–2

Spain Albert Costa

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Argentina Guillermo Cañas

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
Spain Alberto Martín
France Cédric Pioline
Spain Àlex Corretja

Australia Michael Hill
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek

6–4, 6–4

Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Gastón Etlis

2002 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Houston, USA
International Series
$400,000
Clay

United States Andy Roddick
7–6(11–9), 6–3

United States Pete Sampras

Argentina Guillermo Coria
United States Andre Agassi

Australia Wayne Arthurs
United States James Blake
United States Todd Martin
Denmark Kristian Pless

United States Mardy Fish
United States Andy Roddick

6–4, 6–4

United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Graydon Oliver
29 April
2002 Mallorca Open
Mallorca, Spain
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Argentina Gastón Gaudio
6–2, 6–3

Finland Jarkko Nieminen

Argentina Agustín Calleri
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Belgium Olivier Rochus
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Spain David Sánchez

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes

6–2, 6–4

Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann

2002 BMW Open
Munich, Germany
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
6–4, 6–4

Germany Rainer Schüttler

Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Russia Mikhail Youzhny

Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Spain Francisco Clavet
France Julien Boutter
Germany Tommy Haas

Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

6–0, 6–7(4–7), 11–9

Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner


May







































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
6 May
2002 Rome Masters
Rome, Italy
Masters Series
$2,578,000
Clay

United States Andre Agassi
6–3, 6–3, 6–0

Germany Tommy Haas

United States Andy Roddick
Czech Republic Jiří Novák

Spain Carlos Moyà
Spain Tommy Robredo
United States James Blake
Spain Albert Costa

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk

7–5, 7–5

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
13 May
2002 Hamburg Masters
Hamburg, Germany
Masters Series
$2,578,000
Clay

Switzerland Roger Federer
6–1, 6–3, 6–4

Russia Marat Safin

Spain Tommy Robredo
Belarus Max Mirnyi

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Austria Stefan Koubek
France Julien Boutter
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten

India Mahesh Bhupathi
United States Jan-Michael Gambill

6–2, 6–4

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
20 May
2002 World Team Cup
Düsseldorf, Germany
World Team Cup
$2,100,000
Clay

 Argentina
3–0

 Russia

 Spain
 Sweden

 Great Britain
 Germany
 France
 United States

2002 Internationaler Raiffeisen Grand Prix
St. Poelten, Austria
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
7–5, 6–4

Spain Fernando Vicente

Brazil Flávio Saretta
Belgium Olivier Rochus

Austria Markus Hipfl
Spain Albert Montañés
Spain David Sánchez
Austria Jürgen Melzer

Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic David Rikl

7–5, 6–4

United States Mike Bryan
Australia Michael Hill
27 May
3 June

2002 French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
$5,268,535
Clay

Spain Albert Costa
6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3

Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero

Spain Àlex Corretja
Russia Marat Safin

Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Romania Andrei Pavel
United States Andre Agassi
France Sébastien Grosjean

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

7–5, 6–4

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Cara Black

6–3, 6–3

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Russia Elena Bovina


June










































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
10 June
2002 Gerry Weber Open
Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
International Series
$951,000
Grass

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Germany Nicolas Kiefer

Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Switzerland Roger Federer

Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Germany Alexander Popp
Russia Mikhail Youzhny

Germany David Prinosil
Czech Republic David Rikl

4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge

2002 Stella Artois Championships
Queen's Club, London, UK
International Series
$761,000
Grass

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
4–6, 6–1, 6–4

United Kingdom Tim Henman

Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Netherlands Raemon Sluiter

United States Todd Martin
Australia Wayne Arthurs
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
South Korea Hyung-Taik Lee

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett

7–5, 6–3

India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
17 June
2002 Ordina Open
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
International Series
$381,000
Grass

Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
3–6, 6–3, 6–2

France Arnaud Clément

Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Spain Tommy Robredo

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
France Cédric Pioline
Switzerland Yves Allegro
Switzerland Roger Federer

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Cyril Suk

7–6(8–6), 6–7(6–8), 6–4

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Brian MacPhie

2002 Samsung Open
Nottingham, UK
International Series
$381,000
Grass

Sweden Jonas Björkman
6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2

Australia Wayne Arthurs

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil

Russia Andrei Stoliarov
Sweden Magnus Larsson
United Kingdom Arvind Parmar
France Fabrice Santoro

United States Mike Bryan
The Bahamas Mark Knowles

0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4

United States Donald Johnson
United States Jared Palmer
24 June
1 July

2002 Wimbledon Championships
Wimbledon, London, UK
Grand Slam
$6,061,154
Grass

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
6–1, 6–3, 6–2

Argentina David Nalbandian

United Kingdom Tim Henman
Belgium Xavier Malisse

Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Brazil André Sá
Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge

6–1, 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 7–5

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

India Mahesh Bhupathi
Russia Elena Likhovtseva

6–2, 1–6, 6–1

Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová


July






























































































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
8 July
2002 Swedish Open Båstad
Båstad, Sweden
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Spain Carlos Moyà
6–3, 2–6, 7–5

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui

Argentina Agustín Calleri
Spain Tommy Robredo

Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
Sweden Magnus Norman
Spain Albert Portas

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge

7–6(8–6), 6–4

Australia Paul Hanley
Australia Michael Hill

2002 Allianz Suisse Open
Gstaad, Switzerland
International Series
$600,000
Clay

Spain Àlex Corretja
6–3, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)

Argentina Gastón Gaudio

Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

Spain Galo Blanco
Switzerland Marc Rosset
Hungary Attila Sávolt
Spain David Sánchez

Australia Joshua Eagle
Czech Republic David Rikl

7–6(7–5), 6–4

Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Cristian Brandi

2002 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
Newport, USA
International Series
$375,000
Grass

United States Taylor Dent
6–1, 4–6, 6–4

United States James Blake

France Michaël Llodra
United States Robby Ginepri

United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Mardy Fish
Germany Alexander Popp
United Kingdom Martin Lee

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan

7–5, 6–3

Austria Jürgen Melzer
Germany Alexander Popp
15 July
2002 Energis Open
Amersfoort, Netherlands
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
6–1, 7–6(7–4)

Spain Albert Costa

Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Netherlands John van Lottum

Brazil André Sá
Finland Jarkko Nieminen
Belgium Christophe Rochus
Spain Juan Balcells

South Africa Coetzee
South Africa Haggard

7–6(7–1), 6–3

Brazil
Brazil Simoni

2002 Mercedes Cup
Stuttgart, Germany
International Series
$500,000
Clay

Russia Mikhail Youzhny
6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Argentina Guillermo Cañas

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Germany Lars Burgsmüller

Spain Tommy Robredo
Spain Alberto Martín
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
Romania Andrei Pavel

Australia Joshua Eagle
Czech Republic David Rikl

6–3, 6–4

South Africa David Adams
Argentina Gastón Etlis

2002 Croatia Open
Umag, Croatia
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Spain Carlos Moyà
6–2, 6–3

Spain David Ferrer

Croatia Zeljko Krajan
Austria Jürgen Melzer

Argentina Guillermo Coria
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Romania Victor Hănescu
Spain Fernando Vicente

Czech Republic František Čermák
Austria Julian Knowle

6–4, 6–4

Spain Albert Portas
Spain Fernando Vicente
22 July
2002 Generali Open
Kitzbühel, Austria
International Series Gold
$880,000
Clay

Spain Àlex Corretja
6–4, 6–1, 6–3

Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero

Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta

Spain Albert Costa
Chile Nicolás Massú
Romania Andrei Pavel
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela

South Africa Robbie Koenig
Japan Thomas Shimada

7–6(7–3), 6–4

Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Spain Àlex Corretja

2002 Mercedes-Benz Cup
Los Angeles, USA
International Series
$400,000
Hard

United States Andre Agassi
6–2, 6–4

United States Jan-Michael Gambill

United States Andy Roddick
Belarus Max Mirnyi

Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Belgium Xavier Malisse
France Michaël Llodra
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten

France Sébastien Grosjean
Germany Nicolas Kiefer

6–4, 6–4

United States Justin Gimelstob
France Michaël Llodra

2002 Idea Prokom Open
Sopot, Poland
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Argentina José Acasuso
2–6, 6–1, 6–3

Argentina Franco Squillari

Hungary Attila Sávolt
Spain Carlos Moyà

Russia Mikhail Youzhny
Belgium Christophe Rochus
Czech Republic Jan Vacek
Italy Stefano Galvani

Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl

7–5, 7–5

South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Australia Nathan Healey
29 July
2002 Canada Masters
Toronto, Canada
Masters Series
$2,950,000
Hard

Argentina Guillermo Cañas
6–4, 7–5

United States Andy Roddick

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Germany Tommy Haas

France Sébastien Grosjean
Argentina David Nalbandian
France Fabrice Santoro
Russia Marat Safin

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan

4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor


August











































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
5 August
2002 Cincinnati Masters
Mason, USA
Masters Series
$2,950,000
Hard

Spain Carlos Moyà
7–5, 7–6(7–5)

Australia Lleyton Hewitt

Chile Fernando González
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero

United States Andre Agassi
United States Andy Roddick
Germany Rainer Schüttler
Australia Wayne Arthurs

United States James Blake
United States Todd Martin

7–5, 6–3

India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
12 August
2002 RCA Championships
Indianapolis, USA
International Series Gold
$800,000
Hard

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4

Spain Félix Mantilla

Germany Tommy Haas
Germany Rainer Schüttler

Netherlands Martin Verkerk
France Sébastien Grosjean
France Arnaud Clément
France Arnaud di Pasquale

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4

India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi

2002 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Washington, D.C., USA
International Series Gold
$800,000
Hard

United States James Blake
1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan

United States Andre Agassi
Chile Marcelo Ríos

Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Spain Àlex Corretja
Finland Jarkko Nieminen
Brazil Fernando Meligeni

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett

3–6, 6–3, 7–5

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
19 August
2002 TD Waterhouse Cup
Long Island, USA
International Series
$480,000
Hard

Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
5–7, 6–2, 6–2

Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela

Germany Tommy Haas
Spain Àlex Corretja

Finland Jarkko Nieminen
Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
France Paul-Henri Mathieu
United States Mardy Fish

India Mahesh Bhupathi
United States Mike Bryan

6–3, 6–4

Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
26 August
2 September

2002 U.S. Open
Flushing, New York, United States
Grand Slam
$7,129,000
Hard

United States Pete Sampras
6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4

United States Andre Agassi

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui
Belarus Max Mirnyi
United States Andy Roddick
Chile Fernando González

India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi

6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek

United States Mike Bryan
United States Lisa Raymond

7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–1)

United States Bob Bryan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik


September




































































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
9 September
2002 Open Romania
Bucharest, Romania
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Spain David Ferrer
6–3, 6–2

Argentina José Acasuso

Romania Andrei Pavel
Spain David Sánchez

Spain Juan Giner
Argentina Franco Squillari
Spain Galo Blanco
France Arnaud di Pasquale

Germany Jens Knippschild
Sweden Peter Nyborg

6–3, 6–3

Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Argentina Andrés Schneiter

2002 Brasil Open
Costa do Sauipe, Brazil
International Series
$571,000
Hard

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–2)

Argentina Guillermo Coria

Paraguay Ramón Delgado
United States Cecil Mamiit

Argentina Gastón Etlis
Brazil André Sá
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Argentina Agustín Calleri

United States Scott Humphries
The Bahamas Mark Merklein

6–3, 7–6(7–1)

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Brazil André Sá

2002 President's Cup
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
International Series
$550,000
Hard

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
7–6(8–6), 7–5

Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov

Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
Italy Davide Sanguinetti

Russia Marat Safin
Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Denmark Kristian Pless
Germany Tommy Haas

South Africa David Adams
South Africa Robbie Koenig

6–2, 7–5

Netherlands Raemon Sluiter
Netherlands Martin Verkerk
16 September
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 September
2002 Salem Open
Hong Kong, China
International Series
$400,000
Hard

Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)

Spain Carlos Moyà

Sweden Jonas Björkman
France Jérôme Golmard

Spain Feliciano López
Spain Francisco Clavet
Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela
France Antony Dupuis

United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Graydon Oliver

6–7(2–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Andrew Kratzmann

2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
Palermo, Italy
International Series
$381,000
Clay

Chile Fernando González
5–7, 6–3, 6–1

Argentina José Acasuso

Chile Marcelo Ríos
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach

Spain David Sánchez
Peru Luis Horna
Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Spain Alberto Martín

Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Luis Lobo

6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
30 September
2002 Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
International Series
$1,000,000
Carpet (indoor)

France Paul-Henri Mathieu
4–6, 6–2, 6–0

Netherlands Sjeng Schalken

Russia Marat Safin
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Switzerland Roger Federer
Germany Rainer Schüttler
France Nicolas Escudé
France Cyril Saulnier

Switzerland Roger Federer
Belarus Max Mirnyi

6–4, 7–6(7–0)

Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Sandon Stolle

2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Tokyo, Japan
International Series Gold
$800,000
Hard

Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
7–6(10–8), 6–3

Sweden Magnus Norman

Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
United States Vincent Spadea

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
France Antony Dupuis
Spain Feliciano López
Sweden Magnus Larsson

South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Chris Haggard

7–6(7–4), 6–4

United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Graydon Oliver


October





























































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
7 October
2002 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
Lyon, France
International Series
$761,000
Carpet (indoor)

France Paul-Henri Mathieu
4–6, 6–3, 6–1

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten

France Arnaud Clément
Denmark Kristian Pless

Russia Marat Safin
France Sébastien Grosjean
Sweden Jonas Björkman
France Nicolas Escudé

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett

6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

2002 CA Tennis Trophy
Vienna, Austria
International Series Gold
$765,000
Hard (indoor)

Switzerland Roger Federer
6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Czech Republic Jiří Novák

Romania Andrei Pavel
Spain Carlos Moyà

Austria Jürgen Melzer
Russia Nikolay Davydenko
United States James Blake
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach

Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Sandon Stolle

6–4, 6–3

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
14 October
2002 Madrid Masters
Madrid, Spain
Masters Series
$2,578,000
Hard (indoor)

United States Andre Agassi
W/O

Czech Republic Jiří Novák

France Fabrice Santoro
France Sébastien Grosjean

Switzerland Roger Federer
Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
Argentina Agustín Calleri
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

6–3, 5–7, 6–0

India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
21 October
2002 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
Basel, Switzerland
International Series
$1,000,000
Carpet (indoor)

Argentina David Nalbandian
6–4, 6–3, 6–2

Chile Fernando González

Switzerland Roger Federer
Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero

United Kingdom Tim Henman
United States Andy Roddick
France Arnaud Clément
Spain Félix Mantilla

United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan

7–6(7–1), 7–5

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

2002 St. Petersburg Open
St. Petersburg, Russia
International Series
$1,000,000
Hard (indoor)

France Sébastien Grosjean
7–5, 6–4

Russia Mikhail Youzhny

Slovakia Karol Kučera
Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov

Argentina Gastón Gaudio
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Romania Andrei Pavel
Germany Nicolas Kiefer

South Africa David Adams
United States Jared Palmer

7–6(10–8), 6–3

Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Russia Marat Safin

2002 If Stockholm Open
Stockholm, Sweden
International Series
$650,000
Hard (indoor)

Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
6–7(2–7), 6–0, 6–3, 6–2

Chile Marcelo Ríos

Spain Tommy Robredo
Morocco Hicham Arazi

Netherlands Raemon Sluiter
France Fabrice Santoro
Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra
Chile Nicolás Massú

Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett

6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)

Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
28 October
2002 Paris Masters
Paris, France
Masters Series
$2,828,000
Carpet (indoor)

Russia Marat Safin
7–6(7–4), 6–0, 6–4

Australia Lleyton Hewitt

Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan
Spain Carlos Moyà

Switzerland Roger Federer
United States Andy Roddick
France Nicolas Escudé
United States Andre Agassi

France Nicolas Escudé
France Fabrice Santoro

6–3, 7–6(8–6)

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
France Cédric Pioline


November




































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Round Robin
4 November No tournaments scheduled.
11 November
2002 Tennis Masters Cup
Shanghai, China
Tennis Masters Cup
$3,700,000
Hard (indoor)

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4

Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero

Spain Carlos Moyà
Switzerland Roger Federer

Spain Albert Costa
Russia Marat Safin
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Sweden Thomas Johansson
United States Andre Agassi
18 November No tournaments scheduled.
25 November
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final
Paris, France – Clay (i)

 Russia 3–2

 France



Statistical information


List of players and titles won (Grand Slam and Masters Cup titles in bold), listed in order of most titles won:




  • United States Andre Agassi – Scottsdale, Miami Masters, Rome Masters, Los Angeles and Madrid Masters (5)


  • Australia Lleyton Hewitt – San Jose, Indian Wells Masters, London Queen's Club, Wimbledon and Masters Cup (5)


  • Spain Carlos Moyà – Acapulco, Båstad, Umag and Cincinnati Masters (4)


  • Morocco Younes El Aynaoui – Doha, Casablanca and Munich (3)


  • Switzerland Roger Federer – Sydney, Hamburg Masters and Vienna (3)


  • Argentina Guillermo Cañas – Chennai and Canada Masters (2)


  • Spain Àlex Corretja – Gstaad and Kitzbühel (2)


  • Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero – Monte Carlo Masters and Hong Kong (2)


  • Argentina Gastón Gaudio – Barcelona and Mallorca (2)


  • Chile Fernando González – Viña del Mar and Palermo (2)


  • Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov – Halle and Tashkent (2)


  • France Paul-Henri Mathieu – Moscow and Lyon (2)


  • Argentina David Nalbandian – Estoril and Basel (2)


  • United States Andy Roddick – Memphis and Houston (2)


  • United Kingdom Greg Rusedski – Auckland and Indianapolis (2)


  • Italy Davide Sanguinetti – Milan and Delray Beach (2)


  • Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan – Long Island and Stockholm (2)


  • Argentina José Acasuso – Sopot (1)


  • Sweden Jonas Björkman – Nottingham (1)


  • United States James Blake – Washington, D.C. (1)


  • Germany Lars Burgsmüller – Copenhagen (1)


  • Denmark Kenneth Carlsen – Tokyo (1)


  • Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela – Amersfoort (1)


  • Spain Albert Costa – French Open (1)


  • United States Taylor Dent – Newport (1)


  • Sweden Thomas Enqvist – Marseille (1)


  • France Nicolas Escudé – Rotterdam (1)


  • Spain David Ferrer – Bucharest (1)


  • France Sébastien Grosjean – St. Petersburg (1)


  • United Kingdom Tim Henman – Adelaide (1)


  • Sweden Thomas Johansson – Australian Open (1)


  • Brazil Gustavo Kuerten – Costa do Sauipe (1)


  • Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti – St. Poelten (1)


  • Chile Nicolás Massú – Buenos Aires (1)


  • Russia Marat Safin – Paris Masters (1)


  • United States Pete Sampras – US Open (1)


  • France Fabrice Santoro – Dubai (1)


  • Netherlands Sjeng Schalken – 's-Hertogenbosch (1)


  • Russia Mikhail Youzhny – Stuttgart (1)


The following players won their first title:




  • Argentina José Acasuso – Sopot


  • United States James Blake – Washington, D.C.


  • Germany Lars Burgsmüller – Copenhagen


  • United States Taylor Dent – Newport


  • Spain David Ferrer – Bucharest


  • Argentina Gastón Gaudio – Barcelona


  • Chile Nicolás Massú – Buenos Aires


  • France Paul-Henri Mathieu – Moscow


  • Argentina David Nalbandian – Estoril


  • Italy Davide Sanguinetti – Milan


  • Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan – Long Island


  • Russia Mikhail Youzhny – Stuttgart


Titles won by nation:




  • Spain Spain 10 (Acapulco, Monte Carlos Masters, French Open, Båstad, Gstaad, Umag, Kitzbühel, Cincinnati Masters, Bucharest and Hong Kong)


  • United States United States 10 (Memphis, Scottsdale, Miami Masters, Houston, Rome Masters, Newport, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., US Open and Madrid Masters)


  • Argentina Argentina 8 (Chennai, Estoril, Barcelona, Mallorca, Amersfoort, Sopot, Canada Masters and Basel)


  • Australia Australia 5 (San Jose, Indian Wells Masters, London Queen's Club, Wimbledon and Masters Cup)


  • France France 5 (Rotterdam, Dubai, Moscow, Lyon and St. Petersburg)


  • Russia Russia 4 (Halle, Stuttgart, Tashkent and Paris Masters)


  • Chile Chile 3 (Viña del Mar, Buenos Aires and Palermo)


  • Morocco Morocco 3 (Doha, Casablanca and Munich)


  • Sweden Sweden 3 (Australian Open, Marseille and Nottingham)


  • Switzerland Switzerland 3 (Sydney, Hamburg Masters and Vienna)


  • United Kingdom United Kingdom 3 (Adelaide, Auckland and Indianapolis)


  • Italy Italy 2 (Milan and Delray Beach)


  • Thailand Thailand 2 (Long Island and Stockholm)


  • Brazil Brazil 1 (Costa do Sauipe)


  • Denmark Denmark 1 (Tokyo)


  • Ecuador Ecuador 1 (St. Poelten)


  • Germany Germany 1 (Copenhagen)


  • Netherlands Netherlands 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch)



ATP entry rankings



Singles


ATP Rankings






































































































































As of 17 December 2001[1]
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

































































































































































































Final rankings as of (16 December 2002)[2]
Rk
Name
Nation
Points
High
Low
Change
1 Lleyton Hewitt
 AUS
4,485 1 1 Steady
2 Andre Agassi
 USA
3,395 2 10
Increase 1
3 Marat Safin
 RUS
2,845 2 11
Increase 8
4 Juan Carlos Ferrero
 ESP
2,740 2 11
Increase 1
5 Carlos Moyà
 ESP
2,630 5 32
Increase 14
6 Roger Federer
  SUI
2,590 6 14
Increase 7
7 Jiří Novák
 CZE
2,335 5 29
Increase 22
8 Tim Henman
 GBR
2,215 4 11
Increase 1
9 Albert Costa
 ESP
2,070 6 42
Increase 31
10 Andy Roddick
 USA
2,045 9 17
Increase 4
11 Tommy Haas
 GER
2,020 2 11
Decrease 3
12 David Nalbandian
 ARG
1,775 12 48
Increase 35
13 Pete Sampras
 USA
1,735 10 17
Decrease 3
14 Thomas Johansson
 SWE
1,725 7 18
Increase 4
15 Guillermo Cañas
 ARG
1,725 12 20 Steady
16 Paradorn Srichaphan
 THA
1,646 16 120
Increase 104
17 Sébastien Grosjean
 FRA
1,640 4 18
Decrease 11
18 Fernando González
 CHI
1,636 17 140
Increase 121
19 Àlex Corretja
 ESP
1,555 16 31
Decrease 3
20 Sjeng Schalken
 NED
1,525 15 34
Increase 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:




  •  MAR 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.[3]


  •  ESP 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.[4]


  •  SWE 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.[5]


  •  FRA 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.[6]


  •  AUS 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.[7]


  •  USA 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.


  •  NED Jan Siemerink (born 14 April 1970 in Rijnsburg, Zuid-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.[8]



See also


  • 2002 WTA Tour


References





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  3. ^ ATP Player Activity page


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  8. ^ ATP Player Activity page




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