The 2002 BellSouth Open was a men's
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on
outdoor clay courts in
Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile's fourth largest city w ...
in
Chile
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and was part of the
International Series of the
2002 ATP Tour
The 2002 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2002 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP T ...
. It was the 9th edition of the tournament and ran from February 11 through February 17, 2002.
Fernando González
Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career he made it to at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He played his only major final at the ...
won the singles title. Unseeded
Fernando González
Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career he made it to at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He played his only major final at the ...
, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Fernando González
Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career he made it to at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam tournaments. He played his only major final at the ...
defeated
Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (; born 13 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. His brothers, Giovanni Lapentti, Giovanni and Leonardo, uncle Andrés Gómez, Andrés, and cousins Roberto Quiroz, Roberto and Emil ...
6–3, 6–7
(5–7), 7–6
(7–4)
* It was González's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career.
Doubles
Gastón Etlis
Gastón Etlis (born 4 November 1974) is a former tennis player from Argentina.
The right-hander won four career titles in doubles, and reached his highest ATP rankings of World No. 114 in singles May 2000 and World No. 17 in doubles in January ...
/
Martín Rodríguez defeated
Lucas Arnold
Lucas Arnold Ker (; born 12 October 1974) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.
Arnold Ker started playing tennis in the Olivos Tenis Club of Buenos Aires, under coach Malcolm Campbell. He is the younger brother of Patricio Arnold ...
/
Luis Lobo
Luis Lobo (born 9 November 1970) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games.
He reached his career high doubles ranking, World No. 12, on ...
6–3, 6–4
* It was Etlis's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Rodríguez's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.
References
External links
ATP tournament profile
{{2002 ATP Tour
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Chile Open (tennis)
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