Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2002 Tennis Masters Cup.[1] With the victory, Hewitt secured the year-end number 1 ranking for the second successive year, becoming one of only seven men (at the time) to achieve this feat.[2]
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 2002 Tennis Masters Cup | |
| Champion |  Lleyton Hewitt |
| Runner-up |  Juan Carlos Ferrero |
| Score | 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Draw | 8 |
Future six-time champion Roger Federer made his tournament debut; he was defeated by Hewitt in the semifinals.
Seeds edit
Lleyton Hewitt (champion)
Andre Agassi (round robin, withdrew due to a hip injury)
Marat Safin (round robin)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (final)- Carlos Moyá (semifinals)
Roger Federer (semifinals)
Jiří Novák (round robin)- Albert Costa (round robin)
Alternate edit
Thomas Johansson (replaced Agassi, round robin)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Carlos Moyá
| 78 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Juan Carlos Ferrero
| 66 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Juan Carlos Ferrero
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1 | Lleyton Hewitt
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 6 |  Roger Federer
| 5 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Lleyton Hewitt
| 7 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||
Red group edit
| Hewitt
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 Safin
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Moyá
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Costa
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RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 1 | Lleyton Hewitt
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6–4, 2–6, 6–4 | 4–6, 5–7 | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 39–38 | 2 | |
| 3 | Marat Safin
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4–6, 6–2, 4–6 | 4–6, 5–7 | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 36–42 | 4 | |
| 5 | Carlos Moyá
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6–4, 7–5 | 6–4, 7–5 | 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 42–34 | 1 | |
| 8 | Albert Costa
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2–6, 6–4, 3–6 | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 | 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 4–6 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 42–45 | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
Gold group edit
 Agassi Johansson
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Ferrero
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Federer
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 Novák
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RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings | ||
| 2 9 |
Andre Agassi Thomas Johansson
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5–7, 6–2, 6–7(6–8) (w/ Agassi) |
3–6, 5–7 (w/ Johansson) |
5–7, 1–6 (w/ Agassi) |
0–2 0–1 |
1–4 0–2 |
23–29 8–13 |
4 5 | |
| 4 | Juan Carlos Ferrero
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7–5, 2–6, 7–6(8–6) (w/ Agassi) |
3–6, 4–6 | 7–5, 6–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 36–37 | 2 | |
| 6 | Roger Federer
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6–3, 7–5 (w/ Johansson) |
6–3, 6–4 | 6–0, 4–6, 6–2 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 41–23 | 1 | |
| 7 | Jiří Novák
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7–5, 6–1 (w/ Agassi) |
5–7, 3–6 | 0–6, 6–4, 2–6 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 29–35 | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2002 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ How Good Was Prime Lleyton Hewitt 🙌, 09:58 minutes in, retrieved 2024-02-25