2002 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament
2002 Wimbledon Championships
Date24 June – 7 July
Edition116th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S/64D/64XD
Prize money£8,825,320
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Sweden Jonas Björkman / Australia Todd Woodbridge
Women's doubles
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
India Mahesh Bhupathi / Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Boys' singles
Australia Todd Reid
Girls' singles
Russia Vera Dushevina
Boys' doubles
Romania Florin Mergea / Romania Horia Tecău
Girls' doubles
Belgium Elke Clijsters / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
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The 2002 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It was the 116th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 24 June to 7 July 2002. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Goran Ivanišević did not defend his title this year. Lleyton Hewitt, the World No.1, defeated David Nalbandian in the final in straight sets to win his second Grand Slam title and first Wimbledon title. He became the first Australian since Pat Cash in 1987 to win Wimbledon. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated in the final by her younger sister Serena in the women's final.

Prize money

The total prize money for 2002 championships was £8,825,320. The winner of the men's title earned £525,000 while the women's singles champion earned £486,000.[3][4]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Men's singles £525,000
Women's singles £486,000
Men's doubles * £210,000 —
Women's doubles * £194,250 —
Mixed doubles * £88,500 —

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Australia Lleyton Hewitt defeated Argentina David Nalbandian, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 [5]

  • It was Hewitt's 4th title of the year, and his 16th overall. It was his 2nd career Grand Slam title, and his 1st Wimbledon title.

Women's singles

United States Serena Williams defeated United States Venus Williams, 7–6(7-4), 6–3 [6]

  • It was Serena's 5th title of the year, and her 16th overall. It was her 3rd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

Sweden Jonas Björkman / Australia Todd Woodbridge defeated The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor, 6–1, 6–2, 6–7(7-9), 7–5 [7]

Women's doubles

United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams defeated Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez, 6–2, 7–5 [8]

Mixed doubles

India Mahesh Bhupathi / Russia Elena Likhovtseva defeated Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett / Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 [9]

Juniors

Boys' singles

Australia Todd Reid defeated Algeria Lamine Ouahab, 7–6(7-5), 6–4 [10]

Girls' singles

Russia Vera Dushevina defeated Russia Maria Sharapova, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 [11]

Boys' doubles

Romania Florin Mergea / Romania Horia Tecău defeated United States Brian Baker / United States Rajeev Ram, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 [12]

Girls' doubles

Belgium Elke Clijsters / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová defeated United States Ally Baker / Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld, 6–4, 5–7, 8–6 [13]

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Australia Lleyton Hewitt (champion)
  2. Russia Marat Safin (second round, lost to Olivier Rochus)
  3. United States Andre Agassi (second round, lost to Paradorn Srichaphan)
  4. United Kingdom Tim Henman (semifinals, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  5. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round, lost to Xavier Malisse)
  6. United States Pete Sampras (second round, lost to George Bastl)
  7. Switzerland Roger Federer (first round, lost to Mario Ančić)
  8. Sweden Thomas Johansson (first round, lost to Flávio Saretta)
  9. Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round, lost to Jeff Morrison)
  10. Argentina Guillermo Cañas (second round, lost to Feliciano López)
  11. United States Andy Roddick (third round, lost to Greg Rusedski)
  12. Czech Republic Jiří Novák (second round, lost to Wayne Arthurs)
  13. Morocco Younes El Aynaoui (first round, lost to Irakli Labadze)
  14. Sweden Thomas Enqvist (second round, lost to Mark Philippoussis)
  15. Romania Andrei Pavel (third round, lost to Nicolás Lapentti)
  16. France Nicolas Escudé (third round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny)
  17. Germany Rainer Schüttler (third round, lost to Feliciano López)
  18. Netherlands Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  19. Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela (first round, lost to Fernando González)
  20. Spain Tommy Robredo (first round, lost to Raemon Sluiter)
  21. Belarus Max Mirnyi (first round, lost to Taylor Dent)
  22. Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti (quarterfinals, lost to David Nalbandian)
  23. United Kingdom Greg Rusedski (fourth round, lost to Xavier Malisse)
  24. Argentina Gastón Gaudio (second round, lost to Mikhail Youzhny)
  25. France Fabrice Santoro (second round, lost to Adrian Voinea)
  26. United States Todd Martin (second round, lost to Arnaud Clément)
  27. Belgium Xavier Malisse (semifinals, lost to David Nalbandian)
  28. Argentina David Nalbandian (final, lost to Lleyton Hewitt)
  29. United States James Blake (second round, lost to Richard Krajicek)
  30. Croatia Ivan Ljubičić (second round, lost to Wayne Ferreira)
  31. Austria Stefan Koubek (second round, lost to André Sá)
  32. Finland Jarkko Nieminen (second round, lost to Julian Knowle)

Women's singles

  1. United States Venus Williams (final, lost to Serena Williams)
  2. United States Serena Williams (champion)
  3. United States Jennifer Capriati (quarterfinals, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  4. United States Monica Seles (quarterfinals, lost to Justine Henin)
  5. Belgium Kim Clijsters (second round, lost to Elena Likhovtseva)
  6. Belgium Justine Henin (semifinals, lost to Venus Williams)
  7. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić (fourth round, lost to Daniela Hantuchová)
  8. France Sandrine Testud (second round, lost to Mary Pierce)
  9. France Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals, lost to Serena Williams)
  10. Italy Silvia Farina Elia (third round, lost to Magdalena Maleeva)
  11. Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová (quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams)
  12. Russia Elena Dementieva (fourth round, lost to Justine Henin)
  13. United States Meghann Shaughnessy (second round, lost to Miriam Oremans)
  14. Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova (second round, lost to Chanda Rubin)
  15. Israel Anna Smashnova (first round, lost to Angelique Widjaja)
  16. United States Lisa Raymond (fourth round, lost to Venus Williams)
  17. Switzerland Patty Schnyder (second round, lost to Conchita Martínez)
  18. Russia Anastasia Myskina (third round, lost to Amélie Mauresmo)
  19. Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva (fourth round, lost to Elena Likhovtseva)
  20. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn (fourth round, lost to Monica Seles)
  21. Russia Tatiana Panova (third round, lost to Chanda Rubin)
  22. Luxembourg Anne Kremer (second round, lost to Maja Matevžič)
  23. Croatia Iva Majoli (third round, lost to Elena Dementieva)
  24. United States Alexandra Stevenson (first round, lost to Saori Obata)
  25. France Nathalie Dechy (third round, lost to Jelena Dokić)
  26. Czech Republic Dája Bedáňová (third round, lost to Jennifer Capriati)
  27. Japan Ai Sugiyama (third round, lost to Monica Seles)
  28. Argentina Paola Suárez (first round, lost to Jill Craybas)
  29. Austria Barbara Schett (second round, lost to Myriam Casanova)
  30. Argentina Clarisa Fernández (second round, lost to Els Callens)
  31. Australia Nicole Pratt (first round, lost to Laura Granville)
  32. South Africa Amanda Coetzer (second round, lost to Elena Baltacha)

References

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  3. ^ Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. p. 327–334. ISBN 978-1899039401.
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  7. ^ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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  • Official Wimbledon Championships website
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