2002 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Tennis tournament 2002 Italian Open s ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez ESP Conchita MartínezARG Patricia Tarabini 6–3, 6–4 28 (2WC Wild card/1Q Qualifier/1LL Lucky loser) 8 2002 Italian Open (tennis) Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini 6–3, 6–4 in the final. It was the 13th title for Ruano Pascual and the 21st title for Suárez in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 3rd title for the pair during the season, after their wins in Bogotá and Acapulco. Seeds The first four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em ZIM Cara Black / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (semifinals) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (champions) BEL Els Callens / RUS Anna Kournikova (second round, withdrew due to a thigh strain on Kournikova) FRA Sandrine Testud / ITA Roberta Vinci (semifinals) USA Nicole Arendt / RSA Liezel Huber (first round) SLO Tina Križan / SLO Katarina Srebotnik (first round) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (final) ITA Silvia Farina Elia / AUT Barbara Schett (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 185 1 ZIM Cara BlackRUS Elena Likhovtseva 3 6 3 7 ESP Conchita MartínezARG Patricia Tarabini 6 3 6 4 FRA Sandrine TestudITA Roberta Vinci 1 6 4 2 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 2 6 7 ESP Conchita MartínezARG Patricia Tarabini 3 4 2 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals SVK H NagyováUSA S Reeves 4 5 WC ITA Ad Serra ZanettiITA An Serra Zanetti 6 7 THA T TanasugarnUKR E Tatarkova 7 3 6 RSA K GrantUSA A Spears 5 6 3 ARG ME SalerniKAZ I Selyutina 4 1 8 ITA S Farina EliaAUT B Schett 6 6 LL RUS T PanovaBLR 1995 T Poutchek 5 1 JPN R FujiwaraJPN A Sugiyama 7 6 RUS E DementievaSVK J Husárová 6 6 SLO M MatevžičUSA K Schlukebir 2 1 RSA S de BeerRSA N de Villiers 2 4 7 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6 1 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 WC ITA Ad Serra ZanettiITA An Serra Zanetti 3 2 THA T TanasugarnUKR E Tatarkova 7 3 3 8 ITA S Farina EliaAUT B Schett 5 6 6 3 BEL E CallensRUS A Kournikova JPN R FujiwaraJPN A Sugiyama w/o RUS E DementievaSVK J Husárová 4 4 7 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6 1 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 7 6 8 ITA S Farina EliaAUT B Schett 5 4 JPN R FujiwaraJPN A Sugiyama 6 3 2 7 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 2 6 6 1 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 3 6 3 7 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 3 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 4 7 4 NED M OremansESP M Serna 6 5 6 SWE Å SvenssonUZB I Tulyaganova 6 5 3 Q PAR 1990 R de los RíosUSA L Osterloh 2 7 6 ITA T GarbinARG L Montalvo 6 4 2 ITA R GrandeSUI P Schnyder 3 6 6 5 USA N ArendtRSA L Huber 2 4 FRA N DechyUSA M Tu 6 6 ESP M MarreroESP MJ Martínez 6 1 4 WC USA M NavratilovaBLR 1995 N Zvereva 1 6 6 BEL J HeninUSA M Shaughnessy 4 6 6 FRA A FusaiNED C Vis 6 4 4 NED M OremansESP M Serna 66 1 Q PAR 1990 R de los RíosUSA L Osterloh 78 6 ITA R GrandeSUI P Schnyder 64 2 4 FRA S TestudITA R Vinci 77 6 FRA N DechyUSA M Tu 1 65 WC USA M NavratilovaBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 77 BEL J HeninUSA M Shaughnessy 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez w/o Q PAR 1990 R de los RíosUSA L Osterloh 3 1 4 FRA S TestudITA R Vinci 6 6 WC USA M NavratilovaBLR 1995 N Zvereva 3 4 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 4 FRA S TestudITA R Vinci 1 6 4 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 2 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em RUS Tatiana Panova / BLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek (qualifying competition, lucky losers) RUS Alina Jidkova / ROM Andreea Vanc (first round) Qualifiers PAR 1990 Rossana de los Ríos / USA Lilia Osterloh Lucky losers RUS Tatiana Panova / BLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek Qualifying draw 1/3 First round Qualifying competition 175 1 RUS Tatiana PanovaBLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek 97 WC ITA Maria Elena CamerinARG Clarisa Fernández 83   PAR 1990 Rossana de los RíosUSA Lilia Osterloh 915 2 RUS Alina JidkovaROM Andreea Vanc 813 1 RUS Tatiana PanovaBLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek 66 3   PAR 1990 Rossana de los RíosUSA Lilia Osterloh 78 6 References Official results archive (ITF) https://web.archive.org/web/20160225054536/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100003595 2016-02-25 Official results archive (WTA) Women's Doubles Italian Open - Doubles Category:2002 in Italian women's sport