2002 Swisscom Challenge – Doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions, but Raymond did not compete this year. Davenport teamed up with Chanda Rubin and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Elena Bovina and Justine Henin.

Doubles
2002 Swisscom Challenge
Champions	Elena Bovina Justine Henin
Runners-up	Jelena Dokic Nadia Petrova
Final score	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
Draw	16 (1WC/1Q)
Seeds	4

Main article: 2002 Swisscom Challenge

Bovina and Henin won the title by defeating Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova 6–2, 7–6^(7–2) in the final. It was the 6th title for Bovina and the 2nd title for Henin in their respective doubles careers.

This tournament saw an unusual event, as all seeded pairs were eliminated in their first match.

Seeds

1. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (First round)
2. Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová (First round)
3. Conchita Martínez / Ai Sugiyama (First round)
4. Nicole Arendt / Liezel Huber (First round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Draw

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	4	4
		L Davenport C Rubin	6	6					L Davenport C Rubin	6^6	5
		P Tarabini C Vis	1	2					E Bovina J Henin	7^8	7
		E Bovina J Henin	6	6												E Bovina J Henin	6	6
	4	N Arendt L Huber	6	6^3	3											K Clijsters D Hantuchová	2	1
		K Clijsters D Hantuchová	1	7^7	6				K Clijsters D Hantuchová	5	6	6
	Q	E Kulikovskaya T Perebiynis	6	6				Q	E Kulikovskaya T Perebiynis	7	3	4
		T Križan K Srebotnik	4	4																			E Bovina J Henin	6	7^7
		P Schnyder Å Svensson	4	6	4																		J Dokic N Petrova	2	6^2
		J Lee W Prakusya	6	4	6				J Lee W Prakusya	6	7
	WC	M Casanova E Gagliardi	2	6	7^8			WC	M Casanova E Gagliardi	4	5
	3	C Martínez A Sugiyama	6	1	6^6											J Lee W Prakusya	1	2
		J Dokic N Petrova	6	7												J Dokic N Petrova	6	6
		S Farina Elia R Vinci	4	5					J Dokic N Petrova	6	6
		K Po-Messerli N Zvereva	4	6	6				K Po-Messerli N Zvereva	4	3
	2	E Dementieva J Husárová	6	3	4

Qualifying

Qualifying Seeds

1. Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Tatiana Perebiynis (Qualified)
2. Vanessa Henke / Angelika Rösch (Qualifying Competition)

Qualifiers

1. Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Tatiana Perebiynis

Qualifying Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Competition
	1	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Perebiynis	8
	WC	Serena Bergomi Daniela Casanova	4
						1	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Perebiynis	6	6
						2	Vanessa Henke Angelika Rösch	2	3
		Adriana Barna Anca Barna	8^6
	2	Vanessa Henke Angelika Rösch	9^8

References

• Official results archive (ITF)
• Official results archive (WTA)