The 2002 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from February 18 through February 24, 2002.
The singles field was led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 3, reigning Estoril, Barcelona and Rome Masters champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, US Open quarterfinalist and Paris Masters finalist Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Australian Open finalist and Tashkent and St. Petersburg champion Marat Safin. Also present were Tennis Masters Cup finalist and Paris Masters winner Sébastien Grosjean, Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson, Tim Henman, Roger Federer and Goran Ivanišević.
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