2002 Swisscom Challenge – Doubles

Doubles
	2002 Swisscom Challenge
Champions	Elena Bovina; Justine Henin
Runners-up	Jelena Dokic; Nadia Petrova
Final score	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Draw	16 (1WC/1Q)
Seeds	4

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

Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (First round)
Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová (First round)
Conchita Martínez / Ai Sugiyama (First round)
Nicole Arendt / Liezel Huber (First round)

Draw

Key

Draw

First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	4	4
	L Davenport C Rubin	6	6			L Davenport C Rubin	6⁶	5
	P Tarabini C Vis	1	2			E Bovina J Henin	7⁸	7
	E Bovina J Henin	6	6								E Bovina J Henin	6	6
4	N Arendt L Huber	6	6³	3							K Clijsters D Hantuchová	2	1
	K Clijsters D Hantuchová	1	7⁷	6		K Clijsters D Hantuchová	5	6	6
Q	E Kulikovskaya T Perebiynis	6	6		Q	E Kulikovskaya T Perebiynis	7	3	4
	T Križan K Srebotnik	4	4												E Bovina J Henin	6	7⁷
	P Schnyder Å Svensson	4	6	4											J Dokic N Petrova	2	6²
	J Lee W Prakusya	6	4	6		J Lee W Prakusya	6	7
WC	M Casanova E Gagliardi	2	6	7⁸	WC	M Casanova E Gagliardi	4	5
3	C Martínez A Sugiyama	6	1	6⁶							J Lee W Prakusya	1	2
	J Dokic N Petrova	6	7								J Dokic N Petrova	6	6
	S Farina Elia R Vinci	4	5			J Dokic N Petrova	6	6
	K Po-Messerli N Zvereva	4	6	6		K Po-Messerli N Zvereva	4	3
2	E Dementieva J Husárová	6	3	4

Qualifying

Qualifying Seeds

Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Tatiana Perebiynis (Qualified)
Vanessa Henke / Angelika Rösch (Qualifying Competition)

Qualifiers

Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Tatiana Perebiynis

Qualifying Draw

First Round			Qualifying Competition

1	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Perebiynis	8
WC	Serena Bergomi Daniela Casanova	4
			1	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Perebiynis	6	6
			2	Vanessa Henke Angelika Rösch	2	3
	Adriana Barna Anca Barna	8⁶
2	Vanessa Henke Angelika Rösch	9⁸

References

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