The 2002 Brasil Open was a

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts in

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resort,

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, Brazil that was part of the International Series of the

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and of Tier II of the

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. The tournament ran from 9 September through 15 September 2002.

Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the list of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals f ...

and

Anastasia Myskina Anastasia Andreyevna Myskina ( ; born 8 July 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Myskina won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian woman to win a major singles title. Due to this victory, she rose to ...

won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles

defeated

Guillermo Coria Guillermo Sebastián Coria (born 13 January 1982), nicknamed ''El Mago'' (''The Magician'' in Spanish), is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP world No. 3 Singles (ten ...

6–7^(4–7), 7–5, 7–6^(7–2) * It was Kuerten's only title of the year and the 25th of his career.

Women's singles

defeated

Eleni Daniilidou Eleni Daniilidou (; ; born 19 September 1982) is a Greek former tennis player from the island of Crete. She is considered one of the best Greek tennis players of the Open Era, winning five singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tou ...

6–3, 0–6, 6–2 * It was Myskina's only title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Men's doubles

Scott Humphries Scott Humphries (born May 26, 1976), is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Humphries reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 260, achieved on 9 September 1996. He also reached a career-high doubles ranking o ...

Mark Merklein Mark Merklein (born June 28, 1972) is a Bahamian former college and professional tennis player. He played for the Bahamas Davis Cup team from 1999–2004. Merklein was born in Freeport, Bahamas. He grew up in Coral Springs, Florida, and atten ...

defeated

André Sá André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player. In singles, he was a The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP ...

6–3, 7–6^(7–1) * It was Humphries's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was Merklein's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Women's doubles

Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual (; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three WTA Tour titles as well as reaching two major quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had ...

Paola Suárez Paola Suárez (; born 23 June 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascua ...

defeated

Émilie Loit Émilie Loit (; born 9 June 1979) is a former tennis player from France. Her three career singles titles, all on clay, included Estoril and Casablanca both in 2004, and Acapulco in 2007. She also won 16 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her highes ...

Rossana de los Ríos Rossana Neffa de los Rios (born 16 September 1975) is a former tennis player from Paraguay. She was born in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, and now resides in Miami, Florida, with her daughter Ana Paula Neffa de los Ríos, who is also a profe ...

6–4, 6–1 * It was Ruano Pascual's 7th title of the year and the 20th of her career. It was Suárez's 7th title of the year and the 27th of her career.

External links

Official website

ATP Tournament Profile

Brasil Open The Brasil Open was a men's tennis tournament also known as the ATP Brasil Open. It was held annually in São Paulo, Brazil from 2001 until 2019 and was the successor event to the earlier Brazilian International Championships (1932–1969). It ...

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