2002 Dutch Open (tennis) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2002 Energis Open was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on outdoor clay courts

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

in Amersfoort

Amersfoort

Amersfoort is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly but has a well-preserved and protected medieval centre. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway junctions in the country, because of its location on two of the...

in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

and 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

The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...

. The tournament ran from July 15 through July 21, 2002.

Men's Singles

Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela
Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...

defeated

Albert Costa

Albert Costa i Casals is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002.-Tennis career:...

6–1, 7–6 (7–4)

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

Men's Doubles

Jeff Coetzee
Jeff Coetzee
Jeff Coetzee is a South African professional tennis player and competes regularly on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist....

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Chris Haggard
Chris Haggard
Chris Haggard is a professional tennis player from South Africa.After finishing runner-up in the NAIA national men's tennis championship singles draw in 1991 while playing for Auburn University-Montgomery, Haggard turned pro in 1993. He has won six ATP Tour doubles titles and finished runner-up a...

defeated

André Sá

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

Alexandre Simoni

Alexandre Torres Simoni is a retired professional Brazilian tennis player. After being ranked as high as #23 in the ITF World Junior Ranking, he turned professional in 1997....

7–6 (7–1), 6–3

It was Coetzee's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Haggard's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

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