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2002 Open Romania – Doubles
Aleksandar Kitinov and Johan Landsberg were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Kitinov with Lovro Zovko and Landsberg with Karsten Braasch. Kitinov and Zovko lost in the first round to Galo Blanco and Juan Antonio Marín. Braasch and Landsberg lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Ignacio Carrasco and Álex López Morón. Jens Knippschild and Peter Nyborg won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Emilio Benfele Álvarez and Andrés Schneiter. Seeds # Karsten Braasch / Johan Landsberg ''(quarterfinals)'' # Massimo Bertolini / Cristian Brandi ''(quarterfinals)'' # Aleksandar Kitinov / Lovro Zovko ''(first round)'' # Emilio Benfele Álvarez / Andrés Schneiter Andres Schneiter (born 8 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina and works as a coach on ATP tour. His career-high ATP Entry singles ranking was No. 219 in 1998 and No. 62 in doubles in 2003. Playing career On the futu ... ''(final)'' Draw ...
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Jens Knippschild
Jens Knippschild (born 15 February 1975) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1992. In his career, he won two doubles titles (2001, Båstad and 2002, Bucharest). The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking by the ATP ATP may refer to: Companies and organizations * Association of Tennis Professionals, men's professional tennis governing body * American Technical Publishers, employee-owned publishing company * ', a Danish pension * Armenia Tree Project, non ... on 9 August 1999, when he became the No. 76 of the world. ATP career finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 10 (5–5) Doubles: 20 (15–5) Performance timelines Singles Doubles External links * * * 1975 births Living people People from Bad Arolsen Sportspeople from Kassel (region) German male tennis players Tennis people from Hesse {{Germany-tennis-bio-stub ...
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David Sánchez Muñoz (born 20 April 1978) is a retired Spanish tennis player. He turned professional in 1997. In 2003 he won both the Open Romania and the Movistar Open. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 41 on 24 February 2003. During his third round run at the 2001 French Open, Sánchez defeated the previous year's finalist Magnus Norman and former champion Carlos Moya in five sets, and took a set off Roger Federer Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e .... ATP career finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 12 (5–7) Performance timeline Singles Wins over top 10 ranked players Wins over Top 10s per season External links * * Spanish male tennis players 1978 births Living people ...
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Gabriel Trifu (born 14 April 1975)Gabriel TRIFU
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is a former Romanian tennis player. He won one ATP doubles title, in Bucharest in 1998, with fellow Romanian Andrei Pavel. Currently Romanian Davis Cup captain.


ATP career finals


Doubles: 1 (1 title)


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals


Singles: 4 (1–3)


Doubles: 20 (13–7)


Performance timelines

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