2002 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

2002 Mercedes Cup ARG Guillermo Cañas GER Rainer Schüttler AUS Joshua Eagle CZE David Rikl RSA David Adams ARG Gastón Etlis 6–3, 6–4 16 4 singles doubles Stuttgart Open 2002 Mercedes Cup Guillermo Cañas and Rainer Schüttler were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Cañas with Younes El Aynaoui and Schüttler with Mikhail Youzhny. Schüttler and Youzhny lost in the first round to Juan Ignacio Carrasco and Álex López Morón. Cañas and El Aynaoui lost in the quarterfinals to Nicolás Lapentti and Jeff Tarango. Joshua Eagle and David Rikl won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against David Adams and Gastón Etlis. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. AUS Joshua Eagle / CZE David Rikl (champions) RSA David Adams / ARG Gastón Etlis (final) CZE Petr Luxa / CZE Cyril Suk (quarterfinals) CZE Leoš Friedl / CZE Jiří Novák (first round) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 AUS J EagleCZE D Rikl 6 63 6   FRA J BoutterBUL O Stanoytchev 4 77 2   AUS B EllwoodMKD A Kitinov 6 6     GER M-K GoellnerARG M Rodríguez 3 3   4 CZE L FriedlCZE J Novák 4 6 64   ARG G CañasMAR Y El Aynaoui 6 1 77   GER K BraaschGER J Knippschild 5 4     ECU N LapenttiUSA J Tarango 7 6     GER R SchüttlerRUS M Youzhny 4 2     ESP J I CarrascoESP Á López Morón 6 6   WC GER P PetzschnerGER S Stadler 60 2   3 CZE P LuxaCZE C Suk 77 6   WC IRN M BahramiROM A Pavel 4 6 6   MAR H AraziESP T Robredo 6 1 4 WC GER L BurgsmüllerSVK D Hrbatý 3 6 1 2 RSA D AdamsARG G Etlis 6 3 6 1 AUS J EagleCZE D Rikl 6 6     AUS B EllwoodMKD A Kitinov 3 4     ARG G CañasMAR Y El Aynaoui 6 4 1   ECU N LapenttiUSA J Tarango 1 6 6   ESP J I CarrascoESP Á López Morón 77 63 6 3 CZE P LuxaCZE C Suk 65 77 3 WC IRN M BahramiROM A Pavel 65 3   2 RSA D AdamsARG G Etlis 77 6   1 AUS J EagleCZE D Rikl 4 6 6   ECU N LapenttiUSA J Tarango 6 1 2   ESP J I CarrascoESP Á López Morón 64 3   2 RSA D AdamsARG G Etlis 77 6   1 AUS Joshua EagleCZE David Rikl 6 6   2 RSA David AdamsARG Gastón Etlis 3 4   External links 2002 Mercedes Cup Doubles draw Doubles 2002 Stuttgart Open Doubles