2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt defeated David Nalbandian in the final, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was Hewitt's second Grand Slam title, after winning the 2001 US Open. Hewitt was also the first Australian to win the title since Pat Cash in 1987. Goran Ivanišević was the defending champion, but withdrew due to a shoulder surgery and he would not return until 2004. Following his withdrawal, Hewitt was approached to play the opening match on Centre Court but refused, fearing the grass "would be too pure, too swift, a mite too glassy". When he next played at Wimbledon, as defending champion, he lost in the first round. [2]

Men's Singles
2002 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Lleyton Hewitt
Runner-up David Nalbandian
Final score6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Draw128 (16Q / 8WC)
Seeds32
Main article: 2002 Wimbledon Championships

The 2002 Championships made history due to the unprecedentedly poor results of the top players. With the exception of Lleyton Hewitt and world no. 4 Tim Henman, the top 17 seeds were knocked out before the fourth round. This granted relatively unknown players an unusually high chance of success, especially as Hewitt and Henman were in the same half of the draw and played each other in the semi-finals.

In one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history, seven-time Champion Pete Sampras was eliminated by George Bastl of Switzerland in the second round. It would be Sampras' final appearance ever at Wimbledon. The 1992 champion Andre Agassi suffered a second-round defeat to unseeded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand, while future eight-time champion Roger Federer was defeated in the first round by Croatian qualifier Mario Ančić, his last defeat at Wimbledon before his record-tying five straight Wimbledon-titles between 2003-07.

This was the last Grand Slam tournament for 1997 Wimbledon Finalist and former World No. 4 Cédric Pioline, losing in the 1st Round against 2nd seeded Marat Safin, and the last appearance for 1996 Wimbledon Champion Richard Krajicek , reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Xavier Malisse of Belgium.

Seeds
01.   Lleyton Hewitt (Champion)
02.   Marat Safin (Second round)
03.   Andre Agassi (Second round)
04.   Tim Henman (Semifinals)
05.   Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Third round)
06.   Pete Sampras (Second round)
07.   Roger Federer (First round)
08.   Thomas Johansson (First round)
09.   Juan Carlos Ferrero (Second round)
10.   Guillermo Cañas (Second round)
11.   Andy Roddick (Third round)
12.   Jiří Novák (Second round)
13.   Younes El Aynaoui (First round)
14.   Thomas Enqvist (Second round)
15.   Andrei Pavel (Third round)
16.   Nicolas Escudé (Third round)
17.   Rainer Schüttler (Third round)
18.   Sjeng Schalken (Quarterfinals)
19.   Juan Ignacio Chela (First round)
20.   Tommy Robredo (First round)
21.   Max Mirnyi (First round)
22.   Nicolás Lapentti (Quarterfinals)
23.   Greg Rusedski (Fourth round)
24.   Gastón Gaudio (Second round)
25.   Fabrice Santoro (Second round)
26.   Todd Martin (Second round)
27.   Xavier Malisse (Semifinals)
28.   David Nalbandian (Final)
29.   James Blake (Second round)
30.   Ivan Ljubičić (Second round)
31.   Stefan Koubek (Second round)
32.   Jarkko Nieminen (Second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

The original #5 seed Tommy Haas withdrew due to personal reasons before the tournament draw was made. All original seeds from 6-32 moved up one place, and a new #32 seed was added.

Qualifying
Main article: 2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 Lleyton Hewitt 6 6 65 1 7
18 Sjeng Schalken 2 2 77 6 5
1 Lleyton Hewitt 7 6 7
4 Tim Henman 5 1 5
4 Tim Henman 6 5 6 6
André Sá 3 7 4 3
1 Lleyton Hewitt 6 6 6
28 David Nalbandian 1 3 2
27 Xavier Malisse 6 4 6 3 9
PR Richard Krajicek 1 6 2 6 7
27 Xavier Malisse 62 4 6 6 2
28 David Nalbandian 77 6 1 2 6
28 David Nalbandian 6 6 4 4 6
22 Nicolás Lapentti 4 4 6 6 4

Top half

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
1 L Hewitt 6 7 6
J Björkman 4 5 1 1 L Hewitt 6 77 6
Q G Carraz 6 6 65 7 Q G Carraz 4 65 2
C Mamiit 2 4 77 5 1 L Hewitt 6 6 6
J Knowle 3 6 6 3 6 J Knowle 2 1 3
M Llodra 6 4 3 6 3 J Knowle 6 6 6
WC A Mackin 65 3 3 32 J Nieminen 3 4 3
32 J Nieminen 77 6 6 1 L Hewitt 6 6 7
24 G Gaudio 6 6 6 M Youzhny 3 3 5
Q JP Guzmán 3 4 3 24 G Gaudio 0 6 62 7 4
LL B Vahaly 3 6 3 2 M Youzhny 6 1 77 5 6
M Youzhny 6 1 6 6 M Youzhny 6 1 6 6
J Acasuso 3 64 1 16 N Escudé 2 6 3 3
M Rosset 6 77 6 M Rosset 2 7 5 4
WC A Bogdanovic 6 4 4 4 16 N Escudé 6 5 7 6
16 N Escudé 4 6 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
9 JC Ferrero 65 6 6 6
N Godwin 77 3 3 3 9 JC Ferrero 3 5 65
N Okun 3 63 2 LL J Morrison 6 7 77
LL J Morrison 6 77 6 LL J Morrison 4 67 0
M Chang 6 77 6 18 S Schalken 6 79 6
L Burgsmüller 3 64 4 M Chang 62 3 6 1
K Pless 3 3 5 18 S Schalken 77 6 4 6
18 S Schalken 6 6 7 18 S Schalken 6 7 7
25 F Santoro 2 77 6 4 6 J Vacek 2 5 5
A Calleri 6 64 4 6 3 25 F Santoro 2 4 6 3
N Coutelot 64 1 3 A Voinea 6 6 3 6
A Voinea 77 6 6 A Voinea 1 6 3 4
J Golmard 2 66 2r J Vacek 6 4 6 6
J Vacek 6 78 3 J Vacek 6 6 7
Q M Ančić 6 77 6 Q M Ančić 4 4 5
7 R Federer 3 62 3

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
4 T Henman 6 6 6
Q J-F Bachelot 1 3 2 4 T Henman 3 6 6 6
Q C Caratti 3 6 4 5 Q S Draper 6 3 4 3
Q S Draper 6 4 6 7 4 T Henman 78 3 710 6
A Portas 65 3 77 3 W Ferreira 66 6 68 1
W Ferreira 77 6 64 6 W Ferreira 6 6 3 4 6
R Delgado 2 4 5 30 I Ljubičić 4 4 6 6 3
30 I Ljubičić 6 6 7 4 T Henman 77 62 4 6 6
20 T Robredo 1 4 4 M Kratochvil 65 77 6 3 2
R Sluiter 6 6 6 R Sluiter 3 77 3 3
Q R Štěpánek 7 6 77 Q R Štěpánek 6 65 6 6
Q C Saulnier 5 2 65 Q R Štěpánek 2 3 3
N Davydenko 4 2 4 M Kratochvil 6 6 6
M Kratochvil 6 6 6 M Kratochvil 3 6 77 77
I Labadze 4 77 6 77 I Labadze 6 0 64 65
13 Y El Aynaoui 6 64 3 62

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 G Cañas 7 6 6
M Kohlmann 5 4 4 10 G Cañas 6 6 67 5 8
F López 6 3 4 77 11 F López 4 2 79 7 10
Q K Economidis 3 6 6 62 9 F López 3 79 6 6
F Vicente 6 63 3 2 17 R Schüttler 6 67 4 4
S Sargsian 4 77 6 6 S Sargsian 3 0 1
H Arazi 63 4 4 17 R Schüttler 6 6 6
17 R Schüttler 77 6 6 F López 3 5 6 3
31 S Koubek 6 3 6 4 6 A Sá 6 7 4 6
Q J Bower 3 6 2 6 3 31 S Koubek 6 63 5 3
A Dupuis 3 6 4 7 3 A Sá 3 77 7 6
A Sá 6 4 6 5 6 A Sá 2 6 6 1 6
Q A Waske 77 77 62 6 F Saretta 6 4 3 6 1
A Gaudenzi 64 63 77 1 Q A Waske 77 4 4 5
F Saretta 62 6 77 3 12 F Saretta 64 6 6 7
8 T Johansson 77 4 64 6 10

Bottom half

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
5 Y Kafelnikov 6 77 79
D Hrbatý 1 64 67 5 Y Kafelnikov 710 6 6
Q N Thomann 6 77 3 4 11 Q N Thomann 68 2 2
M Hipfl 1 63 6 6 9 5 Y Kafelnikov 64 5 1
V Spadea 3 77 62 6 6 27 X Malisse 77 7 6
M Larsson 6 64 77 4 1 V Spadea 5 2 2
G Blanco 3 3 3 27 X Malisse 7 6 6
27 X Malisse 6 6 6 27 X Malisse 3 6 3 6 6
23 G Rusedski 6 6 7 23 G Rusedski 6 3 6 3 4
Q J Melzer 1 4 5 23 G Rusedski 6 6 5 6
Q H-t Lee 6 6 4 4 6 Q H-t Lee 1 4 7 2
A Stoliarov 3 2 6 6 2 23 G Rusedski 6 6 6
A Martín 6 77 6 11 A Roddick 3 4 2
S Galvani 4 63 4 A Martín 1 2 2
B Ulihrach 1 1r 11 A Roddick 6 6 6
11 A Roddick 6 3

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
14 T Enqvist 6 6 6
WC A Parmar 1 4 4 14 T Enqvist 5 3 4
WC M Philippoussis 6 3 6 6 WC M Philippoussis 7 6 6
J Boutter 3 6 1 2 WC M Philippoussis 3 6 6 6
J Balcells 3 6 7 5 3 N Kiefer 6 3 4 2
N Kiefer 6 2 5 7 6 N Kiefer 7 6 6
F González 6 3 1 7 6 F González 5 3 0
19 JI Chela 3 6 6 5 3 WC M Philippoussis 77 64 77 65 4
29 J Blake 6 6 0 PR R Krajicek 62 77 61 77 6
M Zabaleta 2 2 0r 29 J Blake 3 4 6 6 9
PR R Krajicek 6 7 77 PR R Krajicek 6 6 3 4 11
F Squillari 2 5 65 PR R Krajicek 77 6 6
P Srichaphan 6 6 3 5 6 P Srichaphan 65 4 2
Q J Brasington 4 3 6 7 4 P Srichaphan 6 77 6
H Levy 0 4 4 3 A Agassi 4 65 2
3 A Agassi 6 6 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
6 P Sampras 6 77 6
M Lee 3 61 3 6 P Sampras 3 2 6 6 4
LL G Bastl 6 6 77 LL G Bastl 6 6 4 3 6
LL D Golovanov 4 2 65 LL G Bastl 2 2 2
WC P-H Mathieu 6 7 6 28 D Nalbandian 6 6 6
F Clavet 4 5 3 WC P-H Mathieu 63 67 3
D Sánchez 4 3 6 5 28 D Nalbandian 77 79 6
28 D Nalbandian 6 6 4 7 28 D Nalbandian 6 77 2 79
21 M Mirnyi 6 4 63 4 W Arthurs 4 64 6 67
T Dent 4 6 77 6 T Dent 6 7 77
N Massú 3 69 3 J-M Gambill 4 5 64
J-M Gambill 6 711 6 T Dent 62 63 77 65
M Russell 4 4 3 W Arthurs 77 77 64 77
W Arthurs 6 6 6 W Arthurs 6 711 6
F Meligeni 6 0 4 4 12 J Novák 3 69 3
12 J Novák 2 6 6 6

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 A Pavel 6 6 3 6
K Carlsen 4 1 6 3 15 A Pavel 3 6 77 6
A Simoni 77 6 65 2 2 Q K Beck 6 1 62 4
Q K Beck 63 4 77 6 6 15 A Pavel 6 6 62 4 2
WC B Cowan 63 6 6 6 22 N Lapentti 3 3 77 6 6
A Sávolt 77 3 3 3 WC B Cowan 6 4 3 2
WC J Delgado 3 2 78 6 5 22 N Lapentti 4 6 6 6
22 N Lapentti 6 6 66 4 7 22 N Lapentti 3 7 2 7 6
26 T Martin 6 6 77 A Clément 6 5 6 5 3
D Sanguinetti 3 4 61 26 T Martin 3 4 62
A Clément 6 6 6 A Clément 6 6 77
A Montañés 3 4 0 A Clément 6 7 6
C Rochus 2 6 66 0 O Rochus 0 5 3
O Rochus 6 3 78 6 O Rochus 6 6 3 77
C Pioline 67 2 3 2 M Safin 2 4 6 61
2 M Safin 79 6 6

References
  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. Harman, Neil (2004). The Official Wimbledon Annual 2004. 2 Puddle Dock, London: Hazleton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-903135 39 7.
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