The 2002 Brasil Open was a tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor hard courts

Hardcourt

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 in Salvador, Bahia

Salvador, Bahia

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 in Brazil

Brazil

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 that was part of the International Series

ATP International Series

The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....

 of the 2002 ATP Tour

2002 ATP Tour

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 and of Tier II of the 2002 WTA Tour

2002 WTA Tour

The 2002 Sanex WTA Tour was the 30th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on December 31, 2001, and concluded on November 11, 2002, after 64 events....

. The tournament ran from September 9 through September 15, 2002.

Men's Singles

  Gustavo Kuerten

Gustavo Kuerten

Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000...

defeated   Guillermo Coria

Guillermo Coria

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 6–7 (4–7), 7–5, 7–6 (7–2)

• It was Kuerten's only title of the year and the 25th of his career.

Women's Singles

  Anastasia Myskina

Anastasia Myskina

Anastasiya Andreyevna Myskina is a professional tennis player from Russia. She won the 2004 French Open singles title, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to win a Grand Slam main draw singles title. Subsequent to this victory she rose to number 3 on the WTA ranking, becoming the first...

defeated   Eleni Daniilidou

Eleni Daniilidou

Eleni Daniilidou is a Greek tennis player born in Chania, on the island of Crete.As of 2011, she has won five WTA singles titles and three doubles titles. In 2003, she reached the Australian Open mixed doubles final. Her highest singles ranking has been 14th...

 6–3, 0–6, 6–2

• It was Myskina's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Men's Doubles

  Scott Humphries

Scott Humphries

Scott Humphries , is a professional tennis player from the United States.Humphries achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 29 in 2000...

/   Mark Merklein

Mark Merklein

Mark Merklein is a former college and professional tennis player from the Bahamas.Merklein was born in Freeport, Bahamas. He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators men's tennis team in National...

defeated   Gustavo Kuerten

Gustavo Kuerten

Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000...

 /   André Sá

André Sá

André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:...

 6–3, 7–6 (7–1)

• It was Humphries's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was Merklein's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Women's Doubles

  Virginia Ruano Pascual

Virginia Ruano Pascual

Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Between 2002...

/   Paola Suárez

Paola Suárez

Paola Suárez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris."La Negra" Suárez began playing professional tennis at the...

defeated   Émilie Loit

Emilie Loit

Émilie Loit is a retired French professional female tennis player. She was born in Cherbourg, France.She rose to fame when she played against American superstar Serena Williams before losing 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 in a tough first round 2003 Australian Open match.In her career Loit has won three career...

 /   Rossana de los Ríos

Rossana de los Rios

Rossana de los Ríos born September 16, 1975 is a professional tennis player from Paraguay. As of June 14, 2010, she is ranked World No. 92 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour...

6–4, 6–1

• It was Ruano Pascual's 7th title of the year and the 20th of her career. It was Suárez's 7th title of the year and the 27th of her career.

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