2002 WTA German Open – Doubles

Doubles
2002 WTA German Open
Champions	Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová
Runners-up	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final score	0–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2

Els Callens and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but chose to play on separate teams for this year. Callens played alongside Chanda Rubin and were eliminated in Quarterfinals, while Shaughnessy teamd up with Magdalena Maleeva and lost in First Round.

Elena Dementieva and Janette Husárová won the title by defeating Daniela Hantuchová and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2 in the final. It was the 1st title for Dementieva and the 11th title for Husárová in their respective doubles careers.

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (Semifinals)
2. Daniela Hantuchová / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Final)
3. Liezel Huber / Conchita Martínez (Second round)
4. Paola Suárez / Patricia Tarabini (Semifinals)
5. Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (First round)
6. Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová (Champions)
7. Amanda Coetzer / Lori McNeil (First round, withdrew due to a thigh strain for Coetzer)
8. Els Callens / Chanda Rubin (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

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

Finals

	Semifinal							Final
	1	Cara Black   Elena Likhovtseva	2	2
	6	Elena Dementieva   Janette Husárová	6	6
								6	Elena Dementieva   Janette Husárová	0	7^7	6
								2	Daniela Hantuchová   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6^3	2
	4	Paola Suárez   Patricia Tarabini	6^5	5
	2	Daniela Hantuchová   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7^7	7

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	C Black   E Likhovtseva	6	6
	An Barna   V Henke	6	6^5	6				An Barna   V Henke	4	2
	M Palaveršić   A Rodionova	4	7^7	4										1	C Black   E Likhovtseva	4	6	6
Q	Ad Barna   A Roesch	6	6											8	E Callens   C Rubin	6	2	3
LL	G Arn   L Osterloh	4	3				Q	Ad Barna   A Roesch	1	6	4
	M Marrero   R de los Ríos	7^7	5	1			8	E Callens   C Rubin	6	3	6
8	E Callens   C Rubin	6^4	7	6																	1	C Black   E Likhovtseva	2	2
																					6	E Dementieva   J Husárová	6	6
							3	L Huber   C Martínez	4	6	4
	N Dechy   M Tu	6	4	0				J Capriati   B Schett	6	3	6
	J Capriati   B Schett	4	6	6											J Capriati   B Schett	3	7	3
	A Fusai   C Vis	6	6											6	E Dementieva   J Husárová	6	5	6
LL	J Hopkins   A Myskina	2	4					A Fusai   C Vis	1	0
	Surina de Beer   N de Villiers	3	3				6	E Dementieva   J Husárová	6	6
6	E Dementieva   J Husárová	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	T Križan   K Srebotnik	3	3
	Å Svensson   I Tulyaganova	6	6					Å Svensson   I Tulyaganova	6	6
	K Boogert   M Oremans	6	6					K Boogert   M Oremans	4	2
	E Dyrberg   A Kremer	4	1												Å Svensson   I Tulyaganova	3	3
	M Maleeva   M Shaughnessy	6	6											4	P Suárez   P Tarabini	6	6
	C Barclay   T Tamasugarn	4	1					M Maleeva   M Shaughnessy	6	5	5
							4	P Suárez   P Tarabini	4	7	7
																					4	P Suárez   P Tarabini	6^5	5
7	A Coetzer   L McNeil																				2	D Hantuchová   A Sánchez Vicario	7^7	7
	M Navratilova   N Zvereva	w/o						M Navratilova   N Zvereva	3	4
	D Bedáňová   F Schiavone	6^7	7^7	6				D Bedáňová   F Schiavone	6	6
	T Panova   M Serna	7^9	6^5	2											D Bedáňová   F Schiavone	2	3
WC	A Glass   Syna Schmidle	7	6											2	D Hantuchová   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	S Farina Elia   R Grande	5	2				WC	A Glass   Syna Schmidle	3	5
							2	D Hantuchová   A Sánchez Vicario	6	7

External links

• Main and Qualifying Draws