2002 Swisscom Challenge – Doubles
Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions, but Raymond did not compete this year. Davenport teamed up with Chanda Rubin and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Elena Bovina and Justine Henin.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2002 Swisscom Challenge | |
| Champions |  Elena Bovina.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Justine Henin |
| Runners-up | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jelena Dokic Nadia Petrova |
| Score | 6–2, 7–6(7–2) |
| Draw | 16 (1WC/1Q) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Bovina and Henin won the title by defeating Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova 6–2, 7–6(7–2) in the final. It was the 6th title for Bovina and the 2nd title for Henin in their respective doubles careers.
This tournament saw an unusual event, as all seeded pairs were eliminated in their first match.
Seeds
Virginia Ruano Pascual / 
Paola Suárez (first round)- Elena Dementieva /
Janette Husárová (first round) - Conchita Martínez /
Ai Sugiyama (first round) 
Nicole Arendt / 
Liezel Huber (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Davenport C Rubin
| 6 | 6 | L Davenport C Rubin
| 66 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
P Tarabini C Vis
| 1 | 2 | E Bovina J Henin
| 78 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Bovina J Henin
| 6 | 6 | E Bovina J Henin
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | N Arendt L Huber
| 6 | 63 | 3 | K Clijsters D Hantuchová
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Clijsters D Hantuchová
| 1 | 77 | 6 | K Clijsters D Hantuchová
| 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | E Kulikovskaya T Perebiynis
| 6 | 6 | Q | E Kulikovskaya T Perebiynis
| 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
 T Križan K Srebotnik
| 4 | 4 | E Bovina J Henin
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} P Schnyder Å Svensson
| 4 | 6 | 4 | J Dokic N Petrova
| 2 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 J Lee W Prakusya
| 6 | 4 | 6 | J Lee W Prakusya
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | M Casanova E Gagliardi
| 2 | 6 | 78 | WC | M Casanova E Gagliardi
| 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | C Martínez A Sugiyama
| 6 | 1 | 66 | J Lee W Prakusya
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Dokic N Petrova
| 6 | 7 | J Dokic N Petrova
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Farina Elia R Vinci
| 4 | 5 | J Dokic N Petrova
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K Po-Messerli.svg.png.webp){kind=small} N Zvereva
| 4 | 6 | 6 | K Po-Messerli N Zvereva
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | E Dementieva J Husárová
| 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
- Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Tatiana Perebiynis (qualified)
Vanessa Henke / Angelika Rösch (qualifying competition)
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||
| 1 | Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Perebiynis
| 8 | |||||||||
| WC | Serena Bergomi Daniela Casanova
| 4 | |||||||||
| 1 | Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Perebiynis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2 | Vanessa Henke Angelika Rösch
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Adriana Barna Anca Barna
| 86 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Vanessa Henke Angelika Rösch
| 98 | |||||||||
References
- Official results archive (ITF) Archived 2016-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Official results archive (WTA)
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