2002 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
2002 Italian Open
Final
ChampionsSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
Runners-upSpain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw28 (2WC/1Q/1LL)
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini 6–3, 6–4 in the final. It was the 13th title for Ruano Pascual and the 21st title for Suárez in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 3rd title for the pair during the season, after their wins in Bogotá and Acapulco.

Seeds

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

  1. Zimbabwe Cara Black / Russia Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals)
  2. Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez (champions)
  3. Belgium Els Callens / Russia Anna Kournikova (second round, withdrew due to a thigh strain on Kournikova)
  4. France Sandrine Testud / Italy Roberta Vinci (semifinals)
  5. United States Nicole Arendt / South Africa Liezel Huber (first round)
  6. Slovenia Tina Križan / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
  7. Spain Conchita Martínez / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (final)
  8. Italy Silvia Farina Elia / Austria Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Zimbabwe Cara Black
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
3 6 3
7 Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6 3 6
7 Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
3 4
2 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6 6
4 France Sandrine Testud
Italy Roberta Vinci
1 6 4
2 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6 2 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Zimbabwe C Black
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 6
Slovakia H Nagyová
United States S Reeves
4 5 WC Italy Ad Serra Zanetti
Italy An Serra Zanetti
3 2
WC Italy Ad Serra Zanetti
Italy An Serra Zanetti
6 7 1 Zimbabwe C Black
Russia E Likhovtseva
7 6
Thailand T Tanasugarn
Ukraine E Tatarkova
7 3 6 8 Italy S Farina Elia
Austria B Schett
5 4
South Africa K Grant
United States A Spears
5 6 3 Thailand T Tanasugarn
Ukraine E Tatarkova
7 3 3
Argentina ME Salerni
Kazakhstan I Selyutina
4 1 8 Italy S Farina Elia
Austria B Schett
5 6 6
8 Italy S Farina Elia
Austria B Schett
6 6 1 Zimbabwe C Black
Russia E Likhovtseva
3 6 3
7 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 3 6
3 Belgium E Callens
Russia A Kournikova
LL Russia T Panova
Belarus T Poutchek
5 1 Japan R Fujiwara
Japan A Sugiyama
w/o
Japan R Fujiwara
Japan A Sugiyama
7 6 Japan R Fujiwara
Japan A Sugiyama
6 3 2
Russia E Dementieva
Slovakia J Husárová
6 6 7 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
2 6 6
Slovenia M Matevžič
United States K Schlukebir
2 1 Russia E Dementieva
Slovakia J Husárová
4 4
South Africa S de Beer
South Africa N de Villiers
2 4 7 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6
7 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik
4 7 4
Netherlands M Oremans
Spain M Serna
6 5 6 Netherlands M Oremans
Spain M Serna
66 1
Sweden Å Svensson
Uzbekistan I Tulyaganova
6 5 3 Q Paraguay R de los Ríos
United States L Osterloh
78 6
Q Paraguay R de los Ríos
United States L Osterloh
2 7 6 Q Paraguay R de los Ríos
United States L Osterloh
3 1
Italy T Garbin
Argentina L Montalvo
6 4 2 4 France S Testud
Italy R Vinci
6 6
Italy R Grande
Switzerland P Schnyder
3 6 6 Italy R Grande
Switzerland P Schnyder
64 2
4 France S Testud
Italy R Vinci
77 6
4 France S Testud
Italy R Vinci
1 6 4
5 United States N Arendt
South Africa L Huber
2 4 2 Spain V Ruano Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
6 2 6
France N Dechy
United States M Tu
6 6 France N Dechy
United States M Tu
1 65
Spain M Marrero
Spain MJ Martínez
6 1 4 WC United States M Navratilova
Belarus N Zvereva
6 77
WC United States M Navratilova
Belarus N Zvereva
1 6 6 WC United States M Navratilova
Belarus N Zvereva
3 4
Belgium J Henin
United States M Shaughnessy
4 6 6 2 Spain V Ruano Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
6 6
France A Fusai
Netherlands C Vis
6 4 4 Belgium J Henin
United States M Shaughnessy
2 Spain V Ruano Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
w/o

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Russia Tatiana Panova / Belarus Tatiana Poutchek (qualifying competition, lucky losers)
  2. Russia Alina Jidkova / Romania Andreea Vanc (first round)

Qualifiers

  1. Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos / United States Lilia Osterloh

Lucky losers

  1. Russia Tatiana Panova / Belarus Tatiana Poutchek

Qualifying draw

First round Qualifying competition
        
1 Russia Tatiana Panova
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
97
WC Italy Maria Elena Camerin
Argentina Clarisa Fernández
83
1 Russia Tatiana Panova
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
66 3
  Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos
United States Lilia Osterloh
78 6
  Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos
United States Lilia Osterloh
915
2 Russia Alina Jidkova
Romania Andreea Vanc
813

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