2002 French Open

2002 French Open
Date 27 May – 9 June
Edition 101st
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Clay
Location Paris (XVIe), France
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Spain Albert Costa
Women's Singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis / Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Women's Doubles
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez
Mixed Doubles
Zimbabwe Cara Black / Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Boys' Singles
France Richard Gasquet

The 2002 French Open was the second Grand Slam event of 2002 and the 101st edition of the French Open. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from late May through early June, 2002.

Both Gustavo Kuerten and Jennifer Capriati were unsuccessful in defending their 2001 titles; Kuerten was defeated in the fourth round by eventual champion Albert Costa, and Capriati was defeated by eventual champion Serena Williams in the semi-finals. Costa won his first and only Grand Slam title, defeating compatriot Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final. Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus to win her second Grand Slam title, her first French Open title and the first of four consecutive Grand Slams in what was to be called the "Serena Slam".

Seniors

Men's singles

Spain Albert Costa defeated Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3

Women's singles

United States Serena Williams defeated United States Venus Williams, 7–5, 6–3[lower-alpha 1]

Men's doubles

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis / Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor, 7–5, 6–4

Women's doubles

Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez defeated United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs, 6–4, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Zimbabwe Cara Black / Zimbabwe Wayne Black defeated Russia Elena Bovina / The Bahamas Mark Knowles, 6–3, 6–3

Juniors

Boys' singles

France Richard Gasquet[lower-alpha 2] defeated France Laurent Recouderc, 6–0, 6–1

Girls' singles

Indonesia Angelique Widjaja defeated United States Ashley Harkleroad, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Germany Markus Bayer / Germany Philipp Petzschner defeated Australia Ryan Henry / Australia Todd Reid, 7–5, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová defeated Chinese Taipei Su-Wei Hsieh / Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova[lower-alpha 3] 7–5, 7–5

Notes

  1. It was the first all-American women's singles final since 1986 when Chris Evert beat Martina Navratilova.
  2. Gasquet reached in the mixed doubles final in 2004 and eventually won the match.
  3. Kuznetsova reached in the final in 2006 before losing to Justine Henin and again in 2009, and became champion.

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Preceded by
2002 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
2002 Wimbledon Championships
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