title: 2002 BMW Open – Singles
text: # 2002 BMW Open – Singles
  
  Jiří Novák was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Julien Boutter.
  
  Younes El Aynaoui won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Rainer Schüttler.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
  * Tommy Haas (quarterfinals, retired because of a back muscle strain)
  * Thomas Johansson (first round)
  * Jiří Novák (second round)
  * Guillermo Cañas (withdrew because of a quadriceps muscle strain)
  * Younes El Aynaoui (champion)
  * Nicolás Lapentti (quarterfinals)
  * Fabrice Santoro (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
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Q | Radek Štěpánek | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
  | | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Rainer Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | Rainer Schüttler | 4 | 4 |
  | | | | | | 6 | Younes El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 |
  | 6 | Younes El Aynaoui | 4 | 7 | $7^7$ | 6 | Younes El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 |
  | | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | 5 | $6^3$ | | | | |
  
  ### Top 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 4 | $7^9$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Kiefer | 6 | $6^7$ | 6 | | N Kiefer | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | Q | R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | D van Scheppingen | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | Q | R Štěpánek | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | F Meligeni | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | N Lapentti | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | |
  | Q | Ž Krajan | 6 | 1 | 0 | | F Meligeni | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | N Lapentti | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | R Štěpánek | 4 | 3 |
  | 3 | T Johansson | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 |
  | | R Schüttler | 7 | 6 | | | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | B Phau | 4 | 3 | | WC | A Popp | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Popp | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Schüttler | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | F Squillari | $7^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | F Clavet | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
  | | J I Chela | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | J I Chela | $6^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Clavet | $7^9$ | 2 | 6 | | F Clavet | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | F Santoro | $6^7$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Mirnyi | 4 | 4 | | 6 | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Burgsmüller | 3 | 3 | | | B Ulihrach | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Ulihrach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | | M Philippoussis | 5 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | J Boutter | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
  | | J Boutter | 7 | $7^7$ | | | J Boutter | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | J F Andersen | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | J Novák | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | J Novák | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Y El Aynaoui | 4 | 7 | $7^7$ |
  | LL | O Gross | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 5 | $6^3$ |
  | LL | R Sluiter | 6 | 5 | 1 | LL | O Gross | $6^4$ | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Youzhny | 6 | 1 | 6 | | M Youzhny | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Arazi | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | A Pavel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | T Haas | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | | |
  | | A Gaudenzi | 3 | 4 | | | A Pavel | 7 | $6^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Nalbandian | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | T Haas | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | T Haas | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  