2002 Mercedes Cup – Singles

2002 Mercedes Cup RUS Mikhail Youzhny ARG Guillermo Cañas 6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 32 8 singles doubles Stuttgart Open 2002 Mercedes Cup Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Lars Burgsmüller. Unseeded Mikhail Youzhny won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Guillermo Cañas. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. CZE Jiří Novák (semifinals) BRA Gustavo Kuerten (second round) ARG Guillermo Cañas (final) MAR Younes El Aynaoui (quarterfinals) ROM Andrei Pavel (quarterfinals) ECU Nicolás Lapentti (second round) GER Rainer Schüttler (first round) ESP Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals) Draw NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets. Final y 5 Final 3 ARG Guillermo Cañas 3 6 6 4 4   RUS Mikhail Youzhny 6 3 3 6 6 Section 1 y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 CZE J Novák 3 6 6 Q ESP R Ramírez Hidalgo 6 0 2   BRA F Meligeni 5 6 6   HUN A Sávolt 7 3 3 Q CZE J Hernych 0 2   WC GER A Popp 6 6     CZE B Ulihrach 4 2   8 ESP T Robredo 6 6   3 ARG G Cañas 6 6     ARM S Sargsian 3 4     ESP F Mantilla 6 6   WC GER J Knippschild 3 1     ROM A Voinea 6 6     FRA A Dupuis 4 2     ESP A Martín 64 6 6 7 GER R Schüttler 77 2 3 1 CZE J Novák 6 6     BRA F Meligeni 0 2   WC GER A Popp 64 3   8 ESP T Robredo 77 6   3 ARG G Cañas 6 6     ESP F Mantilla 4 3     ROM A Voinea 4 4     ESP A Martín 6 6   1 CZE J Novák 6 6   8 ESP T Robredo 4 2   3 ARG G Cañas 1 6 77   ESP A Martín 6 2 65 1 CZE J Novák 4 0   3 ARG G Cañas 6 6   Section 2 y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 ECU N Lapentti 77 2 6   ITA A Gaudenzi 61 6 4   MAR H Arazi 2 7 4   RUS M Youzhny 6 5 6   ESP F Clavet 4 4   Q SWE J Settergren 6 6     ESP D Sánchez 6 4 4 4 MAR Y El Aynaoui 1 6 6 5 ROM A Pavel 6 1 6   SVK D Hrbatý 3 6 3   FRA J Boutter 6 6   Q FRA J Varlet 3 1   WC GER B Phau 64 4     GER L Burgsmüller 77 6     AUT S Koubek 3 3   2 BRA G Kuerten 6 6   6 ECU N Lapentti 2 4     RUS M Youzhny 6 6   Q SWE J Settergren 4 2   4 MAR Y El Aynaoui 6 6   5 ROM A Pavel 6 6     FRA J Boutter 2 1     GER L Burgsmüller 77 3 77 2 BRA G Kuerten 65 6 64   RUS M Youzhny 6 6   4 MAR Y El Aynaoui 3 2   5 ROM A Pavel 6 3 2   GER L Burgsmüller 3 6 6   RUS M Youzhny 6 4 7   GER L Burgsmüller 3 6 5 External links 2002 Mercedes Cup draw 2002 Mercedes Cup Qualifying draw Singles 2002 Stuttgart Singles