2002 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

Doubles
2002 Mercedes Cup
2001 Champion	Guillermo Cañas Rainer Schüttler
Champion	Joshua Eagle David Rikl
Runner-up	David Adams Gastón Etlis
Score	6–3, 6–4

Main article: 2002 Mercedes Cup

Guillermo Cañas and Rainer Schüttler were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Cañas with Younes El Aynaoui and Schüttler with Mikhail Youzhny.

Schüttler and Youzhny lost in the first round to Juan Ignacio Carrasco and Álex López Morón.

Cañas and El Aynaoui lost in the quarterfinals to Nicolás Lapentti and Jeff Tarango.

Joshua Eagle and David Rikl won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against David Adams and Gastón Etlis.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Joshua Eagle / David Rikl (champions)
2. David Adams / Gastón Etlis (final)
3. Petr Luxa / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
4. Leoš Friedl / Jiří Novák (first 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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J Eagle D Rikl	6	63	6
		J Boutter O Stanoytchev	4	77	2			1	J Eagle D Rikl	6	6
		B Ellwood A Kitinov	6	6					B Ellwood A Kitinov	3	4
		M-K Goellner M Rodríguez	3	3											1	J Eagle D Rikl	4	6	6
	4	L Friedl J Novák	4	6	64											N Lapentti J Tarango	6	1	2
		G Cañas Y El Aynaoui	6	1	77				G Cañas Y El Aynaoui	6	4	1
		K Braasch J Knippschild	5	4					N Lapentti J Tarango	1	6	6
		N Lapentti J Tarango	7	6																		1	Joshua Eagle David Rikl	6	6
		R Schüttler M Youzhny	4	2																		2	David Adams Gastón Etlis	3	4
		J I Carrasco Á López Morón	6	6					J I Carrasco Á López Morón	77	63	6
	WC	P Petzschner S Stadler	60	2				3	P Luxa C Suk	65	77	3
	3	P Luxa C Suk	77	6												J I Carrasco Á López Morón	64	3
	WC	M Bahrami A Pavel	4	6	6										2	D Adams G Etlis	77	6
		H Arazi T Robredo	6	1	4			WC	M Bahrami A Pavel	65	3
	WC	L Burgsmüller D Hrbatý	3	6	1			2	D Adams G Etlis	77	6
	2	D Adams G Etlis	6	3	6

External links

• 2002 Mercedes Cup Doubles draw