Editing 2002 US Open (tennis)

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{{Infobox tennis event|2002|US Open|
| date      = August 26 – September 8
| edition   = 122nd
| category  = [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] (ITF)
| location  = New York City, U.S.
| surface=Hardcourt
| venue = {{nowrap|[[USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center]]}}
| champms   = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pete Sampras]]
| champws   = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]]
| champmd   = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] / {{flagicon|BLR|1995}} [[Max Mirnyi]]
| champwd   = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]] / {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Paola Suárez]]
| champxd   = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bryan]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]]
| champbs   = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Richard Gasquet]]
| champgs   = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Kirilenko]]
| champbd   = {{flagicon|NED}} [[Michel Koning]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Bas van der Valk]]
| champgd   = {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Elke Clijsters]] / {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kirsten Flipkens]]
| champwcms = 
| champwcws = 
| champwcmd = 
}}
The '''2002 US Open''' was held between August 26 and September 8, 2002.

Both [[Lleyton Hewitt]] and [[Venus Williams]] were unsuccessful in their title defenses, Hewitt being defeated in the semifinals by [[Andre Agassi]] and Venus being defeated in the final by her younger sister [[Serena Williams|Serena]]. It was the third of four consecutive Grand Slam titles won by Serena, all won by defeating Venus in the final. [[Pete Sampras]], runner-up in 2001, won his fifth US Open title, and his 14th and final Grand Slam title, defeating his rival Agassi in the final in four sets.

==Seniors==

===Men's singles===
{{Main|2002 US Open – Men's singles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Pete Sampras]]'''<ref>This victory was Sampras' 5th US Open title, an Open Era record he shares with [[Jimmy Connors]] and [[Roger Federer]].</ref> defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Agassi]], 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
*It was Sampras's 14th (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 5th US Open title.

===Women's singles===
{{Main|2002 US Open – Women's singles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Serena Williams]]'''<ref>This win marked the third consecutive Grand Slam title for Serena, after having won at the French Open and Wimbledon.</ref> defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]], 6–4, 6–3
*It was Serena's 4th career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd US Open title.

===Men's doubles===
{{Main|2002 US Open – Men's doubles}}
{{flagicon|IND}} '''[[Mahesh Bhupathi]]''' / {{flagicon|BLR|1995}} '''[[Max Mirnyi]]''' defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jiří Novák]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radek Štěpánek]], 6–3, 3–6, 6–4

===Women's doubles===
{{Main|2002 US Open – Women's doubles}}
{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Virginia Ruano Pascual]]''' / {{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Paola Suárez]]''' defeated {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]] / {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Janette Husárová]], 6–2, 6–1

===Mixed doubles===
{{Main|2002 US Open – Mixed doubles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Lisa Raymond]]''' / {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Mike Bryan]]''' defeated {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Katarina Srebotnik]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Bryan]], 7–6<sup>(11–9)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>

==Juniors==

===Boys' singles===
{{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Richard Gasquet]]''' defeated {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Marcos Baghdatis]], 7–5, 6–2<ref name="US Open Junior Championships Boys Singles">{{cite web |title=US Open Junior Championships Boys Singles |url=https://www.itftennis.com/media/108161/108161.pdf |website=[[International Tennis Federation]] |access-date=16 January 2019 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118084821/http://www.itftennis.com/media/108161/108161.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Girls' singles===
{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Maria Kirilenko]]''' defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Strýcová]], 6–4, 6–4

===Boys' doubles===
{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Michel Koning]]''' / {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Bas van der Valk]]'''

===Girls' doubles===
{{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Elke Clijsters]]''' / {{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Kirsten Flipkens]]'''

==Notes==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131209070518/http://www.usopen.org/home/ Official US Open website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020903082856/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/2002/us_open/ Archived results] at [[SI.com]]

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