2002 Heineken Open - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2002 Heineken Open was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on outdoor hard courts

Hardcourt

Hardcourt or hard court describes a form of surface or floor on which a sport is played. It may refer to an indoor court made from a wood, or more specifically hardwood such as maple, as in basketball or indoor soccer. Alternatively, it may refer to outdoor materials such as asphalt, shale, or clay...

at the ASB Tennis Centre

ASB Tennis Centre

The ASB Tennis Centre is a tennis facility located in the Parnell district of Auckland, New Zealand. The centre was founded in 1920 by Tennis Auckland. It hosts the Heineken Open for men and the ASB Classic for women on consecutive weeks in January each year before the Australian Open...

in Auckland

Auckland

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in New Zealand

New Zealand

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and was part of the International Series

ATP International Series

The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....

of the 2002 ATP Tour

2002 ATP Tour

The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...

. The tournament ran from January 7 through January 13, 2002.

Men's Singles

Greg Rusedski
Greg Rusedski
Gregory "Greg" Rusedski is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991 and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33...

defeated

Jérôme Golmard

Jerome Golmard

Jérôme Golmard is a former French male tennis player.Golmard reached a career high ranking of 22 in 1999. The 6'2" Golmard played left-handed, won two singles titles, reached a semi-final in Monte Carlo and won over $2,200,000 in prize money.-Singles: 4 :Wins -References:...

6–7 (0–7), 6–4, 7–5

It was Rusedski's 1st title of the year and the 14th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

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Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

defeated

Martín García /

Cyril Suk

Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....

7–6 (7–5), 7–6 (9–7)

It was Björkman's 1st title of the year and the 30th of his career. It was Woodbridge's 1st title of the year and the 73rd of his career.

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