2002 Budapest Grand Prix – Singles

Singles
Singles
2002 Budapest Grand Prix
Final
Champion	Martina Müller
Runner-up	Myriam Casanova
Score	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	32 (2WC/4Q/2LL)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

Magdalena Maleeva was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.

Martina Müller won the title by defeating Myriam Casanova 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 in the final.^[1]^[2]

This was the last professional tournament for Miroslava Vavrinec (Roger Federer's wife) until retiring at the same year due to injuries.^[3]^[4] Vavrinec competed at the qualifying rounds, losing in the first round to Magdalena Zděnovcová in straight sets.

Seeds

Martina Suchá (quarterfinals)
Petra Mandula (first round)
Cara Black (quarterfinals)
Eleni Daniilidou (semifinals)
Maja Matevžič (first round)
Tatiana Poutchek (semifinals)
Elena Bovina (first round)
Barbara Schwartz (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

	Martina Müller	6	6

6	Tatiana Poutchek	2	1
						Martina Müller	6	3	6

					Q	Myriam Casanova	2	6	4
4	Eleni Daniilidou	4	6	5

Q	Myriam Casanova	6	2	7

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	M Suchá	3	6	6
Q	I Benešová	6	3	4	1	M Suchá	6	6
	S Talaja	3	4		LL	S Kuznetsova	1	2
LL	S Kuznetsova	6	6							1	M Suchá	3	7⁷	3
	A Kapros	1	3								M Müller	6	6³	6
	C Beigbeder	6	6			C Beigbeder	6	6⁴	0
	M Müller	3	6	7		M Müller	4	7⁷	6
5	M Matevžič	6	3	5												M Müller	6	6
3	C Black	6	3	6											6	T Poutchek	2	1
Q	E Fislová	3	6	3	3	C Black	6	6
	S Noorlander	6	5	4	WC	K Marosi-Aracama	3	3
WC	K Marosi-Aracama	2	7	6						3	C Black	6	6⁷	4
WC	V Németh	6¹	6	3						6	T Poutchek	3	7⁹	6
	É Loit	7⁷	4	6		É Loit	2	6	3
	ME Camerin	2	3		6	T Poutchek	6	2	6
6	T Poutchek	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

8	B Schwartz	6	1	2
	J Kandarr	4	6	6		J Kandarr	0	5
	R Kuti-Kis	6	2	6		R Kuti-Kis	6	7
	E Bes	4	6	1							R Kuti-Kis	2	2
	Z Gubacsi	7	4	6						4	E Daniilidou	6	6
	MJ Martínez Sánchez	5	6	2		Z Gubacsi	4	5
	Ľ Cervanová	3	4		4	E Daniilidou	6	7
4	E Daniilidou	6	6												4	E Daniilidou	4	6	5
7	E Bovina	6¹	4												Q	M Casanova	6	2	7
	L Bacheva	7⁷	6			L Bacheva	3	6	6
Q	T Obziler	6	6		Q	T Obziler	6	4	0
	M Oremans	3	3								L Bacheva	6	1	1
	J Kostanić	3	4							Q	M Casanova	3	6	6
Q	M Casanova	6	6		Q	M Casanova	3	6	6
LL	Ľ Kurhajcová	6	6		LL	Ľ Kurhajcová	6	2	4
2	P Mandula	2	3

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Klára Koukalová (second round)
Els Callens (first round)
Nuria Llagostera Vives (first round)
Angelika Rösch (second round)
Alena Vašková (second round)
Miriam Schnitzer (first round)
Valentina Sassi (first round)
Lenka Němečková (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Svetlana Kuznetsova
Ľubomíra Kurhajcová

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

1	Klára Koukalová	6	7

	Galina Fokina	3	5
					1	Klára Koukalová	4	3

						Magdalena Zděnovcová	6	6
	Magdalena Zděnovcová	6	6

	Miroslava Vavrinec	4	3
										Magdalena Zděnovcová	1	6	2

										Tzipora Obziler	6	4	6
WC	Zsofia Szabo	0	0

WC	Anna Földényi	6	6
					WC	Anna Földényi	0	3

						Tzipora Obziler	6	6
	Tzipora Obziler	3	7	6

6	Miriam Schnitzer	6	5	4

Second qualifier

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

2	Els Callens	4	3

	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	6
						Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	7

						Eva Martincová	4	5
	Eva Martincová	7⁷	6

	Adriana Barna	6⁵	3
										Svetlana Kuznetsova	4	5

									WC	Myriam Casanova	6	7
	Kira Nagy	6	6

	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	4	1
						Kira Nagy	1	4

					WC	Myriam Casanova	6	6
WC	Myriam Casanova	4	6	6

7	Valentina Sassi	6	2	1

Third qualifier

First round				Second round					Qualifying competition

3	Nuria Llagostera Vives	1	3

	Eva Fislová	6	6
					Eva Fislová	7	7⁷

					Claudine Schaul	5	6⁴
	Claudine Schaul	6	6

	Angelika Bachmann	2	3
										Eva Fislová	1	6	6

										Libuše Průšová	6	4	4
	Libuše Průšová	6	6

	Patricia Wartusch	4	4
					Libuše Průšová	4	6	6

				5	Alena Vašková	6	3	0
	Eszter Molnár	2	6⁴

5	Alena Vašková	6	7⁷

Fourth qualifier

First round					Second round					Qualifying competition

4	Angelika Rösch	7	3	6

	Maret Ani	5	6	2
					4	Angelika Rösch	7	3	5

						Iveta Benešová	5	6	7
	Iveta Benešová	7⁷	7⁷

	Stanislava Hrozenská	6⁵	6⁴
											Iveta Benešová	6	7

											Ľubomíra Kurhajcová	1	5
	Michaela Paštiková	6	1	4

WC	Anna Chakvetadze	2	6	6
					WC	Anna Chakvetadze	2	1

						Ľubomíra Kurhajcová	6	6
	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová	6	6

8	Lenka Němečková	3	3

References

^ "La alemana Martina Muller vence en el torneo de Budapest" [German Martina Müller wins the Budapest tournament]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Europa Press. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Germany's Muller Wins Budapest Tennis". Midland Reporter-Telegram. Budapest. Associated Press. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ Menayo, David (6 March 2012). "Los Juegos Olímpicos del amor" [The Olympics of Love]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2022. While injuries accelerate Vavrinec's retirement, where her last professional match accounted in April 2002 at Budapest, Federer would become the absolute leader in the men's circuit, where he climbed to the top for the first time on 9 June 2003.
^ Murciego, Fernando (18 May 2022). "La hora de Mirka Vavrinec, mujer y brújula de Roger Federer" [Time for Mirka Vavrinec, Roger Federer's wife and compass]. Punto de Break (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2022.

External links

[1] "La alemana Martina Muller vence en el torneo de Budapest" [German Martina Müller wins the Budapest tournament]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Europa Press. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[2] "Germany's Muller Wins Budapest Tennis". Midland Reporter-Telegram. Budapest. Associated Press. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[3] Menayo, David (6 March 2012). "Los Juegos Olímpicos del amor" [The Olympics of Love]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2022. While injuries accelerate Vavrinec's retirement, where her last professional match accounted in April 2002 at Budapest, Federer would become the absolute leader in the men's circuit, where he climbed to the top for the first time on 9 June 2003.

[4] Murciego, Fernando (18 May 2022). "La hora de Mirka Vavrinec, mujer y brújula de Roger Federer" [Time for Mirka Vavrinec, Roger Federer's wife and compass]. Punto de Break (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2022.

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