# Dubai Tennis Championships 2002

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/236/dubai-tennis-championships?season=2002
Tour: ATP

Fabrice Santoro won the 2002 Dubai Tennis Championships, defeating Younes El Aynaoui 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played on hard courts in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from February 25 to March 3, 2002. The match log contains 31 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Dubai Tennis Championships bring the ATP and WTA tours to the same hard-court venue in consecutive events.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Dubai Open, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: hard
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Start date: 2002-02-25
- End date: 2002-03-03

## Champion
- Winner: Fabrice Santoro
- Runner-up: Younes El Aynaoui
- Final score: 6-4 3-6 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Fabrice Santoro d. Younes El Aynaoui 6-4 3-6 6-3

### SF
- Younes El Aynaoui d. Thomas Johansson 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3
- Fabrice Santoro d. Jiri Novak 5-7 6-3 7-6(4)

### QF
- Fabrice Santoro d. Ivan Ljubicic 6-4 7-6(5)
- Younes El Aynaoui d. Rainer Schuettler 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3
- Thomas Johansson d. Tim Henman 6-4 6-3
- Jiri Novak d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-1 6-1

### R16
- Fabrice Santoro d. Sebastien Grosjean 6-2 7-5
- Younes El Aynaoui d. Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5 4-6 2-1 RET
- Jiri Novak d. Axel Pretzsch 7-5 6-0
- Rainer Schuettler d. Roger Federer 6-3 6-1
- Tim Henman d. Max Mirnyi 6-4 6-4
- Thomas Johansson d. Alex Calatrava 6-2 2-1 RET
- Ivan Ljubicic d. Nicolas Kiefer 6-4 6-2
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Sjeng Schalken 6-1 7-6(5)

### R32
- Jiri Novak d. Dominik Hrbaty 6-2 6-1
- Thomas Johansson d. Albert Costa 6-3 6-0
- Rainer Schuettler d. Tommy Robredo 6-3 6-2
- Younes El Aynaoui d. Andrei Pavel 7-5 2-6 6-4
- Fabrice Santoro d. Michael Kohlmann 7-6(0) 3-6 6-4
- Axel Pretzsch d. Julien Boutter 6-4 6-4
- Alex Calatrava d. Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-4
- Ivan Ljubicic d. Cedric Pioline 6-3 6-2
- Juan Carlos Ferrero d. Bohdan Ulihrach 7-5 RET
- Nicolas Kiefer d. Goran Ivanisevic 6-3 6-4
- Sjeng Schalken d. Arnaud Clement 6-3 7-6(1)
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Vasilis Mazarakis 6-4 7-5
- Sebastien Grosjean d. Stefan Koubek 6-2 6-2
- Max Mirnyi d. Renzo Furlan 7-6(5) 6-3
- Tim Henman d. Omar Alawadhi 6-1 6-0
- Roger Federer d. Adrian Voinea 6-3 6-4

## Stats
- Total matches: 31
- Players: 32

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/236/dubai-tennis-championships?season=2002
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)