2002 RCA Championships – Doubles

Doubles
2002 RCA Championships
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi
Score	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4

Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Knowles with Daniel Nestor and MacPhie with Nenad Zimonjić.

MacPhie and Zimonjić lost in the semifinals to Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi.

Knowles and Nestor won in the final 7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(5–7), 6–4 against Bhupathi and Mirnyi.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
2. Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge (quarterfinals)
3. Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi (final)
4. Joshua Eagle / Sandon Stolle (semifinals)
5. Ellis Ferreira / Jeff Tarango (second round)
6. Robbie Koenig / David Prinosil (quarterfinals)
7. Brian MacPhie / Nenad Zimonjić (semifinals)
8. Radek Štěpánek / Pavel Vízner (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor	6	79
	4	Joshua Eagle  Sandon Stolle	4	67
								1	Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor	77	65	6
								3	Mahesh Bhupathi  Max Mirnyi	64	77	4
	3	Mahesh Bhupathi  Max Mirnyi	3	7	6
	7	Brian MacPhie Nenad Zimonjić	6	5	3

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	6
	WC	S Draper  L Hewitt	7	5	6			WC	S Draper  L Hewitt	3	3
		M Kratochvil  A Martín	5	7	3										1	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	6
		N Kiefer  A Pavel	3	7	4											W Arthurs  A Kratzmann	4	4
		W Arthurs  A Kratzmann	6	5	6				W Arthurs  A Kratzmann	64	6	6
	WC	L Jensen  M Jensen	2	4				5	E Ferreira  J Tarango	77	4	1
	5	E Ferreira  J Tarango	6	6																		1	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	79
																						4	J Eagle  S Stolle	4	67
								4	J Eagle  S Stolle	3	6	6
		F Čermák  P Luxa	77	67	6				F Čermák  P Luxa	6	2	4
		B Ellwood  P Hanley	63	79	4										4	J Eagle  S Stolle	6	3	6
		T Crichton  T Perry	1	2											6	R Koenig  D Prinosil	3	6	3
		A Florent  D Macpherson	6	6					A Florent  D Macpherson	3	62
		W Ferreira  R Leach	65	6	65			6	R Koenig  D Prinosil	6	77
	6	R Koenig  D Prinosil	77	3	77

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	R Štěpánek  P Vízner	6	6
	ALT	M Norman  S Sargsian	2	3				8	R Štěpánek  P Vízner	1	5
		M Llodra  F Santoro	6	65	4				J Morrison  G Weiner	6	7
		J Morrison  G Weiner	3	77	6											J Morrison  G Weiner	6	63	4
	WC	P Amritraj  S Amritraj	6	6											3	M Bhupathi  M Mirnyi	4	77	6
		S Koubek  R Schüttler	4	4				WC	P Amritraj  S Amritraj	2	3
								3	M Bhupathi  M Mirnyi	6	6
																						3	M Bhupathi  M Mirnyi	3	7	6
	7	B MacPhie N Zimonjić	6	77																		7	B MacPhie N Zimonjić	6	5	3
		A Clément  S Grosjean	3	63				7	B MacPhie N Zimonjić	77	6
		D Bowen  A Fisher	2	6	77				D Bowen  A Fisher	63	4
		O Fukárek  P Rosner	6	3	63										7	B MacPhie N Zimonjić	7	6
		L Friedl  T Vanhoudt	4	4											2	J Björkman  T Woodbridge	5	3
		Y El Aynaoui  I Ljubičić	6	6					Y El Aynaoui  I Ljubičić
								2	J Björkman  T Woodbridge	w/o

External links

• 2002 RCA Championships Doubles Draw