2002 Hamburg Masters

The 2002 Hamburg Masters was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 96th edition of the Hamburg Masters and was part of the Tennis Masters Series of the 2002 ATP Tour. It took place at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg in Germany from 13 May through 19 May 2002.

2002 Hamburg Masters
Date13 – 19 May
Edition96th
CategoryTennis Masters Series
Draw64S / 32D
Prize money$2,328,000
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
LocationHamburg, Germany
VenueAm Rothenbaum
Champions
Singles
Roger Federer [1][2]
Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi / Jan-Michael Gambill [3][4]

The men's singles event field was headlined by World no.1 Lleyton Hewitt. Other top seeds competing were (in order) Gustavo Kuerten, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Ninth-seeded Andre Agassi withdrew just before the tournament and was replaced by lucky loser Fernando Meligeni.[5] Roger Federer, seeded 11th, won the singles title.[6]

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2002 Hamburg Masters – Singles

Roger Federer defeated Marat Safin 6–1, 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Federer's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was his 1st Masters title of the year and his 1st overall.

Doubles
Main article: 2002 Hamburg Masters – Doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi / Jan-Michael Gambill defeated Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Bhupathi's 3rd title of the year and the 24th of his career. It was Gambill's 1st title of the year and the 5th of his career.

References
  1. "ATP – 2002 Hamburg Men's Singles draw" (PDF). www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
  2. "2002 Hamburg Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. "ATP – 2002 Hamburg Men's Doubles draw" (PDF). www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
  4. "2002 Hamburg Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  5. "Agassi Withdraws And Sampras Loses". The New York Times. 14 May 2002.
  6. "Federer masters Hamburg". www.swissinfo.ch. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). 20 May 2002.
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