2002 Open Romania – Doubles

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Doubles
2002 Open Romania
Final
Champions
Runners-up
Score6–3, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
  2001  · Open Romania ·  2003  

Aleksandar Kitinov and Johan Landsberg were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Kitinov with Lovro Zovko and Landsberg with Karsten Braasch.

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Kitinov and Zovko lost in the first round to Galo Blanco and Juan Antonio Marín.

Braasch and Landsberg lost in the quarterfinals to Juan Ignacio Carrasco and Álex López Morón.

Jens Knippschild and Peter Nyborg won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Emilio Benfele Álvarez and Andrés Schneiter.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Germany.svg Karsten Braasch / Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Landsberg (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Bertolini / Flag of Italy.svg Cristian Brandi (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of North Macedonia.svg Aleksandar Kitinov / Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko (first round)
  4. Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Benfele Álvarez / Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Schneiter (final)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 66 
 3 4  1 4 64 
 76  677 
WC 5 2   64 4
4 w/o  4 1 66
    4 4 677
 3 61  63 65
 60 64 3 3  
 66  66 
 4 4   66 
ALT 67 ALT 3 3  
3 3 5   w/o  
 677     
WC 3 65  66 
 3 60 2 4 1  
2 63 6

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