2002 Internazionali BNL d'Italia – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2002 Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Champions Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
Runners-up Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
Final score 6–3, 6–4
Main article: 2002 Rome Masters

Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini 6–3, 6–4 in the final. It was the 13th title for Ruano Pascual and the 21st title for Suárez in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 3rd title for the pair during the season, after their wins in Bogotá and Acapulco.

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Zimbabwe Cara Black / Russia Elena Likhovtseva (Semifinals)
  2. Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez (Champions)
  3. Belgium Els Callens / Russia Anna Kournikova (Second round, withdrew due to a thigh strain on Kournikova)
  4. France Sandrine Testud / Italy Roberta Vinci (Semifinals)
  5. United States Nicole Arendt / South Africa Liezel Huber (First round)
  6. Slovenia Tina Križan / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (First round)
  7. Spain Conchita Martínez / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (Final)
  8. Italy Silvia Farina Elia / Austria Barbara Schett (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1  Zimbabwe Cara Black
 Russia Elena Likhovtseva
3 6 3  
7  Spain Conchita Martínez
 Argentina Patricia Tarabini
6 3 6  
  7  Spain Conchita Martínez
 Argentina Patricia Tarabini
3 4
  2  Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
 Argentina Paola Suárez
6 6
4  France Sandrine Testud
 Italy Roberta Vinci
1 6 4
  2  Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
 Argentina Paola Suárez
6 2 6  

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  Zimbabwe C Black
 Russia E Likhovtseva
6 6  
 Slovakia H Nagyová
 United States S Reeves
4 5     WC  Italy Ad Serra Zanetti
 Italy An Serra Zanetti
3 2  
WC  Italy Ad Serra Zanetti
 Italy An Serra Zanetti
6 7       1  Zimbabwe C Black
 Russia E Likhovtseva
7 6  
 Thailand T Tanasugarn
 Ukraine E Tatarkova
7 3 6       8  Italy S Farina Elia
 Austria B Schett
5 4  
 South Africa K Grant
 United States A Spears
5 6 3      Thailand T Tanasugarn
 Ukraine E Tatarkova
7 3 3
 Argentina ME Salerni
 Kazakhstan I Selyutina
4 1     8  Italy S Farina Elia
 Austria B Schett
5 6 6  
8  Italy S Farina Elia
 Austria B Schett
6 6       1  Zimbabwe C Black
 Russia E Likhovtseva
3 6 3
      7  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
6 3 6
    3  Belgium E Callens
 Russia A Kournikova
 
LL  Russia T Panova
 Belarus T Poutchek
5 1      Japan R Fujiwara
 Japan A Sugiyama
w/o  
 Japan R Fujiwara
 Japan A Sugiyama
7 6        Japan R Fujiwara
 Japan A Sugiyama
6 3 2
 Russia E Dementieva
 Slovakia J Husárová
6 6       7  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
2 6 6  
 Slovenia M Matevžič
 United States Katie Schlukebir
2 1      Russia E Dementieva
 Slovakia J Husárová
4 4
 South Africa S de Beer
 South Africa N de Villiers
2 4     7  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  
7  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
6  Slovenia T Križan
 Slovenia K Srebotnik
4 7 4  
 Netherlands M Oremans
 Spain M Serna
6 5 6      Netherlands M Oremans
 Spain M Serna
66 1  
 Sweden Å Svensson
 Uzbekistan I Tulyaganova
6 5 3     Q  Paraguay R de los Ríos
 United States L Osterloh
78 6  
Q  Paraguay R de los Ríos
 United States L Osterloh
2 7 6       Q  Paraguay R de los Ríos
 United States L Osterloh
3 1  
 Italy T Garbin
 Argentina L Montalvo
6 4 2       4  France S Testud
 Italy R Vinci
6 6  
 Italy R Grande
 Switzerland P Schnyder
3 6 6      Italy R Grande
 Switzerland P Schnyder
64 2
    4  France S Testud
 Italy R Vinci
77 6  
      4  France S Testud
 Italy R Vinci
1 6 4
5  United States N Arendt
 South Africa L Huber
2 4       2  Spain V Ruano Pascual
 Argentina P Suárez
6 2 6
 France N Dechy
 United States M Tu
6 6      France N Dechy
 United States M Tu
1 65  
 Spain M Marrero
 Spain MJ Martínez
6 1 4     WC  United States M Navratilova
 Belarus N Zvereva
6 77  
WC  United States M Navratilova
 Belarus N Zvereva
1 6 6       WC  United States M Navratilova
 Belarus N Zvereva
3 4
 Belgium J Henin
 United States M Shaughnessy
4 6 6       2  Spain V Ruano Pascual
 Argentina P Suárez
6 6  
 France A Fusai
 Netherlands C Vis
6 4 4      Belgium J Henin
 United States M Shaughnessy
    2  Spain V Ruano Pascual
 Argentina P Suárez
w/o  
 

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