2002 Pacific Life Open – Women's doubles
# 2002 Pacific Life Open – Women's doubles

Nicole Arendt and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Arendt with Liezel Huber and Sugiyama with Elena Tatarkova.

Sugiyama and Tatarkova lost in the second round to Elena Dementieva and Janette Husárová.

Arendt and Huber lost in the quarterfinals to Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.

Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs won in the final 7–5, 6–0 against Dementieva and Husárová.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (champions)
* Cara Black / Elena Likhovtseva (second round)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (semifinals)
* Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (withdrew due to an injury on Kournikova)
* Daniela Hantuchová / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
* Nicole Arendt / Liezel Huber (quarterfinals)
* Ai Sugiyama / Elena Tatarkova (second round)
* Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (second round)
* Kimberly Po-Messerli / Nicole Pratt (quarterfinals)

## 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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 7 | 6 | |
| | Elena Dementieva Janette Husárová | 5 | 0 | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Selyutina P Tarabini | 3 | 2 | | 1 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina Elia B Schett | 3 | 6 | 1 | LL | E Gagliardi A Serra Zanetti | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | E Gagliardi A Serra Zanetti | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | 1 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Boogert M Oremans | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | K Boogert M Oremans | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | P Mandula P Wartusch | 3 | 5 | | | K Boogert M Oremans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dechy M Tu | 2 | 5 | | 8 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | K Po-Messerli N Pratt | $6^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Hantuchová A Sánchez Vicario | 1 | 4 |
| | J Henin M Shaughnessy | $7^9$ | 1 | 3 | 9 | K Po-Messerli N Pratt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer L McNeil | 5 | 4 | | | S de Beer N de Villiers | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | S de Beer N de Villiers | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | K Po-Messerli N Pratt | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | G Dulko M Sharapova | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 5 | D Hantuchová A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Maleeva Å Svensson | 3 | 6 | 4 | WC | G Dulko M Sharapova | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | L Bacheva T Poutchek | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | D Hantuchová A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Hantuchová A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | N Arendt L Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R McQuillan A-G Sidot | 1 | 2 | | 6 | N Arendt L Huber | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Navratilova N Zvereva | 4 | 5 | | WC | M Middleton B Rippner | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Middleton B Rippner | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 6 | N Arendt L Huber | 1 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | |
| | L Montalvo M E Salerni | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | |
| | E Callens I Tulyaganova | 7 | 3 | 6 | | E Callens I Tulyaganova | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Martínez M Serna | 3 | 3 | | 3 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | A Sugiyama E Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Dementieva J Husárová | 6 | 6 |
| | R Grande M J Martínez | 3 | 3 | | 7 | A Sugiyama E Tatarkova | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Dementieva J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | E Dementieva J Husárová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Garbin K Hrdličková | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | E Dementieva J Husárová | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Bedáňová E Bovina | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Bedáňová E Bovina | $6^3$ | 0 | | | | | |
| Q | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 5 | 1 | | | D Bedáňová E Bovina | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Fusai C Vis | 4 | 3 | | 2 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Black E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Qualifying seeds

* Lubomira Bacheva / Tatiana Poutchek (qualifying competition, lucky losers)
* Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi

### Lucky losers

* Lubomira Bacheva / Tatiana Poutchek
* Emmanuelle Gagliardi / Adriana Serra Zanetti

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L Bacheva T Poutchek | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Grant S Reeves | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Grant S Reeves | 4 | 1 | L Bacheva T Poutchek | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | WC | M Irvin A Stevenson | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | M Irvin A Stevenson | $9^7$ | WC | M Irvin A Stevenson | 6 | | | | | | |
| | E deLone K Schlukebir | $8^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone K Schlukebir | $8^4$ | | | | 1 | L Bacheva T Poutchek | 4 | 4 | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | |
| M Matevžič T Pisnik | M Matevžič T Pisnik | 4 | | | | | | | | 2 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 6 | 6 |
| E Gagliardi Ad Serra Zanetti | E Gagliardi Ad Serra Zanetti | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| E Gagliardi Ad Serra Zanetti | E Gagliardi Ad Serra Zanetti | 8 | | E Gagliardi Ad Serra Zanetti | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 8 | | | | | | |
| | E Dominikovic V Webb | 4 | 2 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 8 | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
