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2002 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

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Edition
  
30th

Location
  
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Surface
  
Hardcourt / Indoor

Venue
  
Ahoy Rotterdam

Date
  
February 18 – February 24

Category
  
ATP International Series Gold

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

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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.

Men's 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).

    • Men's 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.

    • References

    2002 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Wikipedia
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