Tennis tournament
The2002 French Open was the secondGrand Slam event of 2002 and the 101st edition of theFrench Open . It took place at theStade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from late May through early June, 2002.
BothGustavo Kuerten andJennifer Capriati were unsuccessful in defending their 2001 titles; Kuerten was defeated in the fourth round by eventual championAlbert Costa , and Capriati was defeated by eventual championSerena Williams in the semi-finals. Costa won his only major title, defeating compatriotJuan Carlos Ferrero in the final.Serena Williams defeated her sisterVenus to win her second major title, her first French Open title, and the first of four consecutive majors in what was called at the time a "Serena Slam".
Albert Costa defeatedJuan Carlos Ferrero , 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
It was Costa's 1st title of the year, and his 12th (and final) overall. It was his 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title. Serena Williams defeatedVenus Williams , 7–5, 6–3[ a]
It was Serena's 4th title of the year, and her 15th overall. It was her 2nd career major title, and her 1st French Open title. Paul Haarhuis /Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeatedMark Knowles /Daniel Nestor , 7–5, 6–4
Virginia Ruano Pascual /Paola Suárez defeatedLisa Raymond /Rennae Stubbs , 6–4, 6–2
Cara Black /Wayne Black defeatedElena Bovina /Mark Knowles , 6–3, 6–3
Richard Gasquet [ b] defeatedLaurent Recouderc , 6–0, 6–1
Angelique Widjaja defeatedAshley Harkleroad , 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Markus Bayer /Philipp Petzschner defeatedRyan Henry /Todd Reid , 7–5, 6–4
Anna-Lena Grönefeld /Barbora Strýcová defeatedSu-Wei Hsieh /Svetlana Kuznetsova [ c] 7–5, 7–5
^ It was the first all-American women's singles final since 1986 whenChris Evert beatMartina Navratilova . ^ Gasquet reached in the mixed doubles final in2004 and eventually won the match. ^ Kuznetsova reached in the final in2006 before losing toJustine Henin and again in2009 , and became champion.
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