2002 Swisscom Challenge – Doubles

2002 Swisscom Challenge s RUS Elena BovinaBEL Justine Henin FR Yugoslavia Jelena DokicRUS Nadia Petrova 6–2, 7–6(7–2) women Zurich Open Swisscom Challenge Swisscom Challenge 16 (1WC Wild Cards/1Q Qualifiers) 4 2002 Swisscom Challenge Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions, but Raymond did not compete this year. Davenport teamed up with Chanda Rubin and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Elena Bovina and Justine Henin. Bovina and Henin won the title by defeating Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova 6–2, 7–6(7–2) in the final. It was the 6th title for Bovina and the 2nd title for Henin in their respective doubles careers. This tournament saw an unusual event, as all seeded pairs were eliminated in their first match. Seeds 30em ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (first round) RUS Elena Dementieva / SVK Janette Husárová (first round) ESP Conchita Martínez / JPN Ai Sugiyama (first round) USA Nicole Arendt / RSA Liezel Huber (first round) Draw Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 4 4 USA L DavenportUSA C Rubin 6 6 ARG P TarabiniNED C Vis 1 2 RUS E BovinaBEL J Henin 6 6 4 USA N ArendtRSA L Huber 6 63 3 BEL K ClijstersSVK D Hantuchová 1 77 6 Q RUS E KulikovskayaUKR T Perebiynis 6 6 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 4 4 SUI P SchnyderSWE Å Svensson 4 6 4 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 6 4 6 WC SUI M CasanovaSUI E Gagliardi 2 6 78 3 ESP C MartínezJPN A Sugiyama 6 1 66 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 6 7 ITA S Farina EliaITA R Vinci 4 5 USA K Po-MesserliBLR 1995 N Zvereva 4 6 6 2 RUS E DementievaSVK J Husárová 6 3 4 USA L DavenportUSA C Rubin 66 5 RUS E BovinaBEL J Henin 78 7 BEL K ClijstersSVK D Hantuchová 5 6 6 Q RUS E KulikovskayaUKR T Perebiynis 7 3 4 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 6 7 WC SUI M CasanovaSUI E Gagliardi 4 5 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 6 6 USA K Po-MesserliBLR 1995 N Zvereva 4 3 RUS E BovinaBEL J Henin 6 6 BEL K ClijstersSVK D Hantuchová 2 1 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 1 2 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 6 6 RUS E BovinaBEL J Henin 6 77 FR Yugoslavia J DokicRUS N Petrova 2 62 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya / UKR Tatiana Perebiynis (qualified) GER Vanessa Henke / GER Angelika Rösch (qualifying competition) Qualifiers RUS Evgenia Kulikovskaya / UKR Tatiana Perebiynis Qualifying draw 1/3 First round Qualifying competition 175 1 RUS Evgenia KulikovskayaUKR Tatiana Perebiynis 8 WC SUI Serena BergomiSUI Daniela Casanova 4   GER Adriana BarnaGER Anca Barna 86 2 GER Vanessa HenkeGER Angelika Rösch 98 1 RUS Evgenia KulikovskayaUKR Tatiana Perebiynis 6 6 2 GER Vanessa HenkeGER Angelika Rösch 2 3 References Official results archive (ITF) https://web.archive.org/web/20160317060342/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100003747 2016-03-17 Official results archive (WTA) 2002 Doubles Swisscom Challenge - Doubles