2002 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2002 Italian Open
Final
Champions	Virginia Ruano Pascual; Paola Suárez
Runners-up	Conchita Martínez; Patricia Tarabini
Score	6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	28 (2WC/1Q/1LL)
Seeds	8
Events

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 edit

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

Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals)
Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (champions)
Els Callens / Anna Kournikova (second round, withdrew due to a thigh strain on Kournikova)
Sandrine Testud / Roberta Vinci (semifinals)
Nicole Arendt / Liezel Huber (first round)
Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (final)
Silvia Farina Elia / Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Semifinals					Final

1	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	3	6	3

7	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6	3	6
					7	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	3	4

					2	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6	6
4	Sandrine Testud Roberta Vinci	1	6	4

2	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6	2	6

Top half edit

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	C Black E Likhovtseva	6	6
	H Nagyová S Reeves	4	5		WC	Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti	3	2
WC	Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti	6	7							1	C Black E Likhovtseva	7	6
	T Tanasugarn E Tatarkova	7	3	6						8	S Farina Elia B Schett	5	4
	K Grant A Spears	5	6	3		T Tanasugarn E Tatarkova	7	3	3
	ME Salerni I Selyutina	4	1		8	S Farina Elia B Schett	5	6	6
8	S Farina Elia B Schett	6	6												1	C Black E Likhovtseva	3	6	3
															7	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	3	6
					3	E Callens A Kournikova
LL	T Panova T Poutchek	5	1			R Fujiwara A Sugiyama	w/o
	R Fujiwara A Sugiyama	7	6								R Fujiwara A Sugiyama	6	3	2
	E Dementieva J Husárová	6	6							7	C Martínez P Tarabini	2	6	6
	M Matevžič K Schlukebir	2	1			E Dementieva J Husárová	4	4
	S de Beer N de Villiers	2	4		7	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
7	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6

Bottom half edit

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals

6	T Križan K Srebotnik	4	7	4
	M Oremans M Serna	6	5	6		M Oremans M Serna	6⁶	1
	Å Svensson I Tulyaganova	6	5	3	Q	R de los Ríos L Osterloh	7⁸	6
Q	R de los Ríos L Osterloh	2	7	6					Q	R de los Ríos L Osterloh	3	1
	T Garbin L Montalvo	6	4	2					4	S Testud R Vinci	6	6
	R Grande P Schnyder	3	6	6		R Grande P Schnyder	6⁴	2
					4	S Testud R Vinci	7⁷	6
													4	S Testud R Vinci	1	6	4
5	N Arendt L Huber	2	4										2	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	2	6
	N Dechy M Tu	6	6			N Dechy M Tu	1	6⁵
	M Marrero MJ Martínez	6	1	4	WC	M Navratilova N Zvereva	6	7⁷
WC	M Navratilova N Zvereva	1	6	6					WC	M Navratilova N Zvereva	3	4
	J Henin M Shaughnessy	4	6	6					2	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
	A Fusai C Vis	6	4	4		J Henin M Shaughnessy
					2	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	w/o

Qualifying edit

Seeds edit

Tatiana Panova / Tatiana Poutchek (qualifying competition, lucky losers)
Alina Jidkova / Andreea Vanc (first round)

Qualifiers edit

Rossana de los Ríos / Lilia Osterloh

Lucky losers edit

Tatiana Panova / Tatiana Poutchek

Qualifying draw edit

First round			Qualifying competition

1	Tatiana Panova Tatiana Poutchek	9⁷

WC	Maria Elena Camerin Clarisa Fernández	8³
			1	Tatiana Panova Tatiana Poutchek	6⁶	3

				Rossana de los Ríos Lilia Osterloh	7⁸	6
	Rossana de los Ríos Lilia Osterloh	9¹⁵

2	Alina Jidkova Andreea Vanc	8¹³

References edit

Official results archive (ITF) Archived 2016-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
Official results archive (WTA)