The 2002 Challenge Bell was a

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 indoor carpet courts at the Club Avantage Multi-Sports in

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that was part of Tier III of the

2002 WTA Tour The 2002 Sanex WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2002 tennis season. The WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fed ...

. It was the 10th edition of the

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, and was held from September 16 through September 22, 2002. Elena Bovina won the singles title.

Champions

Singles

Elena Bovina def.

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, 6–3, 6–4 *It was Bovina's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

Samantha Reeves /

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def. María Emilia Salerni /

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, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 *It was Reeves' only title of the year and the 2nd of her career. It was Steck's only title of the year and the 1st of her career.

External links

Official website
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Tournoi de Québec

2000s in Quebec City