2002 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles

Doubles
2002 BNP Paribas Masters
2001 Champions	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
Champions	Nicolas Escudé Fabrice Santoro
Runners-up	Gustavo Kuerten Cédric Pioline
Score	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Draw	24
Seeds	8

Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Ferreira with Pavel Vízner and Leach with Brian MacPhie.

Ferreira and Vízner lost in the quarterfinals to Leach and MacPhie.

Leach and MacPhie lost in the semifinals to Nicolas Escudé and Fabrice Santoro.

Escudé and Santoro won in the final 6–3, 7–6^(8–6) against Gustavo Kuerten and Cédric Pioline.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

1. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
2. Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi (second round)
3. Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge (semifinals)
4. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (second round)
5. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Jared Palmer (second round)
6. Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett (second round)
7. Martin Damm / Cyril Suk (second round)
8. Joshua Eagle / Sandon Stolle (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Final

	Final
	WC	Gustavo Kuerten  Cédric Pioline	3	66
	WC	Nicolas Escudé  Fabrice Santoro	6	78

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	77
		G Oliver N Zimonjić	64	3					D Adams  R Koenig	2	62
		D Adams  R Koenig	77	6											1	M Knowles  D Nestor	4	63
		N Lapentti  D Nalbandian	5	4											WC	G Kuerten  C Pioline	6	77
	WC	G Kuerten  C Pioline	7	6				WC	G Kuerten  C Pioline	7	6
								7	M Damm  C Suk	5	3
																						WC	G Kuerten  C Pioline	68	6	6
																						3	J Björkman  T Woodbridge	710	4	3
								3	J Björkman  T Woodbridge	6	6
		L Arnold  G Etlis	4	5					M Hill  L Paes	2	0
		M Hill  L Paes	6	7											3	J Björkman  T Woodbridge	6	6
		J Nieminen  A Pavel	77	6												J Nieminen  A Pavel	4	1
		S Schalken  R Schüttler	63	2					J Nieminen  A Pavel	6	6
								8	J Eagle  S Stolle	1	3

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								6	W Black  K Ullyett	4	4
		T Cibulec  R Štěpánek	1	4					A Clément  M Llodra	6	6
		A Clément  M Llodra	6	6												A Clément  M Llodra	4	4
	WC	N Escudé  F Santoro	6	6											WC	N Escudé  F Santoro	6	6
	ALT	J Coetzee  C Haggard	1	0				WC	N Escudé  F Santoro	6	78
								4	B Bryan  M Bryan	2	66
																						WC	N Escudé  F Santoro	4
																							R Leach  B MacPhie	5r
								5	Y Kafelnikov  J Palmer	3	3
		E Ferreira  P Vízner	7	6					E Ferreira  P Vízner	6	6
		P Pála  D Rikl	5	2												E Ferreira  P Vízner	6	611	62
		R Leach  B MacPhie	6	6												R Leach  B MacPhie	3	713	77
		F González  A Roddick	3	4					R Leach  B MacPhie	77	65	77
								2	M Bhupathi  M Mirnyi	63	77	62

External links

• 2002 BNP Paribas Masters Doubles draw