2002 Budapest Grand Prix

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2002 Budapest Grand Prix
Date 15–21 April
Edition 8th
Category Tier V
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $110,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Budapest, Hungary
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Martina Müller
Doubles
Flag of Australia.svg Catherine Barclay / Flag of France.svg Émilie Loit
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The 2002 Budapest Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Budapest, Hungary that was part of the Tier V category of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 15 April until 21 April 2002. Unseeded Martina Müller won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Clay court type of tennis court

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone, brick, or other unbound mineral aggregates. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness.

Budapest Capital city in Hungary

Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city had an estimated population of 1,752,704 in 2016 distributed over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 percent of the population of Hungary.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Germany.svg Martina Müller defeated Flag of Switzerland.svg Myriam Casanova 6–2, 3–6, 6–4

Martina Müller (tennis) German tennis player

Martina Müller-Skibbe is a former professional tennis player from Germany. On April 2, 2007 she reached a career high WTA-ranking of World No. 33.

Myriam Casanova is a former professional female tennis player from Switzerland.

Doubles

Flag of Australia.svg Catherine Barclay / Flag of France.svg Émilie Loit defeated Flag of Russia.svg Elena Bovina / Flag of Hungary.svg Zsófia Gubacsi 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

Catherine Barclay is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Émilie Loit French tennis player

Émilie Loit is a retired female tennis player from France.

Elena Bovina Russian tennis player

Elena Olegovna Bovina is a professional tennis player from Russia. She reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 14 in April 2005. Her best performance at a Grand Slam came when she got to the quarter finals of the 2002 US Open, defeating Clarisa Fernández, Jelena Dokic, Stéphanie Foretz and Francesca Schiavone before losing to Lindsay Davenport.

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