2002 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles

Singles
2002 Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open
Final
Champion	Fabrice Santoro
Runner-up	Younes El Aynaoui
Score	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Details
Draw	32 (3WC/4Q)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Younes El Aynaoui.

Fabrice Santoro won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against El Aynaoui. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

1. Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round, retired because of a pulled abductor)
2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
3. Thomas Johansson (semifinals)
4. Sébastien Grosjean (second round)
5. Tim Henman (quarterfinals)
6. Roger Federer (second round)
7. Goran Ivanišević (first round)
8. Jiří Novák (semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J C Ferrero	7
		B Ulihrach	5	r				1	J C Ferrero	5	6	1r
		A Pavel	5	6	4				Y El Aynaoui	7	4	2
		Y El Aynaoui	7	2	6											Y El Aynaoui	63	6	6
		R Schüttler	6	6												R Schüttler	77	4	3
		T Robredo	3	2					R Schüttler	6	6
	Q	A Voinea	3	4				6	R Federer	3	1
	6	R Federer	6	6																			Y El Aynaoui	77	4	6
	3	T Johansson	6	6																		3	T Johansson	65	6	3
		A Costa	3	0				3	T Johansson	6	2
		M Youzhny	3	4					Á Calatrava	2	1r
		Á Calatrava	6	6											3	T Johansson	6	6
		M Mirnyi	77	6											5	T Henman	4	3
	Q	R Furlan	65	3					M Mirnyi	4	4
	WC	O Bahrouzyan	1	0				5	T Henman	6	6
	5	T Henman	6	6																										Younes El Aynaoui	4	6	3
	7	G Ivanišević	3	4																										Fabrice Santoro	6	3	6
		N Kiefer	6	6					N Kiefer	4	2
	WC	C Pioline	3	2					I Ljubičić	6	6
		I Ljubičić	6	6												I Ljubičić	4	65
	Q	M Kohlmann	60	6	4											F Santoro	6	77
		F Santoro	77	3	6				F Santoro	6	7
		S Koubek	2	2				4	S Grosjean	2	5
	3	S Grosjean	6	6																			F Santoro	5	6	77
	8	J Novák	6	6																		8	J Novák	7	3	64
		D Hrbatý	2	1				8	J Novák	7	6
		A Pretzsch	6	6					A Pretzsch	5	0
		J Boutter	4	4											8	J Novák	6	6
	WC	S Schalken	6	77											2	Y Kafelnikov	1	1
		A Clément	3	61				WC	S Schalken	1	65
	Q	V Mazarakis	4	5				2	Y Kafelnikov	6	77
	2	Y Kafelnikov	6	7

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

1. Adrian Voinea (qualified)
2. Karol Kučera (first round)
3. Irakli Labadze (first round)
4. Michael Kohlmann (qualified)
5. Andrei Stoliarov (qualifying competition)
6. Vladimir Voltchkov (first round)
7. Stefano Galvani (qualifying competition)
8. Oleg Ogorodov (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Adrian Voinea
2. Vasilis Mazarakis
3. Renzo Furlan
4. Michael Kohlmann

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Adrian Voinea	7	4	6
		Tuomas Ketola	5	6	3
								1	Adrian Voinea	0	77	6
								7	Stefano Galvani	6	63	3
		Ján Krošlák	5	2
	7	Stefano Galvani	7	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2/WC	Karol Kučera	4	1
		Vasilis Mazarakis	6	6
									Vasilis Mazarakis	6	6
								8	Oleg Ogorodov	4	1
	WC	Mehdi Tahiri	3	4
	8	Oleg Ogorodov	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Irakli Labadze	4	6	2
		Renzo Furlan	6	2	6
									Renzo Furlan	6	2	6
								WC	Jeff Tarango	3	6	3
	WC	Jeff Tarango	6	6
	6	Vladimir Voltchkov	1	4

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Michael Kohlmann	6	1	6
		Rogier Wassen	2	6	1
								4	Michael Kohlmann	4	6	6
								5	Andrei Stoliarov	6	4	1
		Vadim Kutsenko	2	6	4
	5	Andrei Stoliarov	6	4	6

References

1. "Santoro Wins Dubai Open". Dubai. Associated Press. 3 March 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
2. "Santoro wins Dubai tennis". Dubai. United Press International. 3 March 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
3. "Santoro beat illness to win the 2002 title". Gulf News . Dubai. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

External links

• 2002 Dubai Tennis Championships Draw
• Main draw (ATP)
• Qualifying draw (ATP)