2002 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

The 2002 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 18 February through 24 February 2002. Unseeded Nicolas Escudé won the singles title.

2002 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Date18 – 24 February
Edition30th
CategoryATP International Series Gold
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$713,000
SurfaceHardcourt / Indoor
LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
VenueRotterdam Ahoy
Champions
Singles
Nicolas Escudé [1]
Doubles
Roger Federer / Max Mirnyi [2]

The singles field was led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 3, reigning Estoril, Barcelona and Rome Masters champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, US Open quarterfinalist and Paris Masters finalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Australian Open finalist and Tashkent and St. Petersburg champion Marat Safin. Also present were Tennis Masters Cup finalist and Paris Masters winner Sébastien Grosjean, Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson, Tim Henman, Roger Federer and Goran Ivanišević.

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2002 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles

Nicolas Escudé defeated Tim Henman 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4

  • It was Escudé's 2nd title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was his 2nd consecutive win at the tournament. It was also Henman's third final defeat at the event in four years (Henman never won the title).

Doubles
Main article: 2002 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles

Roger Federer / Max Mirnyi defeated Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]

  • It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career. It was Mirnyi's 1st title of the year and the 11th of his career.
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References
  1. "2002 Rotterdam Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "2002 Rotterdam Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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