The 2002 Estoril Open was a
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on
outdoor clay courts at the
Estoril Court Central
Estoril Court Central is the main tennis court in Oeiras, Portugal. Built in 2005, it currently holds 10,000 spectators. It used to host the Portugal Open
The Portugal Open (formerly named Estoril Open) was an ATP and WTA clay court tennis t ...
in
Oeiras in Portugal that was part of the
International Series of the
2002 ATP Tour
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 T ...
and of
Tier IV of the
2002 WTA Tour
The 2002 Sanex WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2002 tennis season. The WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fed ...
. The tournament ran from April 8 through April 14, 2002.
Finals
Men's singles
David Nalbandian
David Pablo Nalbandian (; born 1 January 1982) is an Argentine retired professional tennis player who played on the ATP Tour from 2000 until his retirement in 2013. He reached the highest ranking in singles of world No. 3 in March 2006. Nalban ...
defeated
Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born 23 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two ATP singles titles and five doubles titles in his caree ...
6–4, 7–6
(7–5)
* It was Nalbandian's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.
Women's singles
Magüi Serna
María Luisa ("Magüi") Serna Barrera (; born 1 March 1979) is a former tennis player from Spain.
She started competing on the ITF Circuit as from 1993, and joined the WTA Tour in 1996. On 12 January 2004, she reached her career-high singles ...
defeated
Anca Barna
Anca Barna (born 14 May 1977) is a former German tennis player. She turned professional in 1992 and retired in 2005. On 12 April 2004, Barna reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 46. Her highest doubles ranking came on 21 April 1997, whe ...
6–4, 6–2
* It was Serna's only title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Men's doubles
Karsten Braasch
Karsten Braasch (born 14 July 1967) is a German former professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 38, which he reached in June 1994. His career-high in doubles was World No. 36, achieved in November 1997. He won si ...
/
Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy (russian: Андре́й Станисла́вович Ольхо́вский; ; born 15 April 1966) is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989.
Career
Olhovskiy represented the Sovie ...
defeated
Simon Aspelin
Simon Aspelin (; born 11 May 1974) is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998. His success mainly came in doubles, winning 12 titles and reaching World No. 7 in March 2008. In men's doubles, Aspel ...
/
Andrew Kratzmann
Andrew Kratzmann (born 3 November 1971 in Murgon, Queensland, Australia) is a former professional male tennis player from Australia.
Kratzmann turned professional in 1990 and was known as a doubles specialist, often partnering his brother Mar ...
6–3, 6–3
* It was Braasch's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career. It was Olhovskiy's 2nd title of the year and the 22nd of his career.
Women's doubles
Elena Bovina
Elena Olegovna Bovina ( rus, link=no, Елена Олеговна Бовина, , ɪ̯ɪˈlʲenə ˈbovʲɪnə; born 10 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in ...
/
Zsófia Gubacsi
Zsófia Gubacsi (born 6 April 1981) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player.
She won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2001 Morocco Open in Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْب ...
defeated
Barbara Rittner
Barbara Rittner (born 25 April 1973) is a German former professional tennis player. She currently is the captain of the German Fed Cup team.
Her career-high singles ranking was No. 24 in the world, achieved on 1 February 1993.
As a junior, sh ...
/
María Vento-Kabchi
María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi (born 24 May 1974) is a former female tennis player from Venezuela. In July 2004, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 26. She won four WTA titles in doubles.
Vento-Kabchi reached the fourth roun ...
6–3, 6–1
* It was Bovina's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of her career. It was Gubacsi's only title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
External links
Official websiteATP Tournament Profile
2002 ATP Tour
2002 WTA Tour
2002 in Portuguese tennis
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