The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2002 was the official international beach volleyball tour for 2002.

The USA won nine out of the 11 women's tournaments, but Brazil won six out of the ten men's tournaments.

Grand Slam There were two Grand Slam tournaments. These events give a higher number of points and more money than the rest of the tournaments.

Marseille, FranceWorld Series 13 Grand Slam, 16–21 July 2002 Klagenfurt, AustriaA1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia, 31 July–4 August 2002

Schedule Key Grand SlamOpen tournaments

Tournament results

Women Tournament, FIVB.orgChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeMadrid Open, FIVB.orgMadrid, SpainUS$150,0005–9 June 2002 23-21, 21–14 21–10, 21–17 Gstaad Open, FIVB.orgGstaad, SwitzerlandUS$150,00018–22 June 2002 21-17, 21–17 21–19, 21–15 Stavanger Open, FIVB.orgStavanger, NorwayUS$150,0002–6 July 2002 21-17, 16–21, 15–11 11-21, 21–18, 15–13 Montreal Open, FIVB.orgMontreal, CanadaUS$150,00009–13 July 2002 21-18, 25–23 21-16, 20–22, 15–12 Marseille Grand SlamMarseille, FranceUS$200,00016-20 July 2002 21-17, 21–12 21–13, 22–20 Rhodes Open, FIVB.orgRhodes, GreeceUS$150,00024–28 July 2002 21-17, 21–16 21-17, 25–23 Klagenfurt Grand Slam, FIVB.orgKlagenfurt, AustriaUS$200,00031 July–3 August 2002 21-19, 21–18 21–17, 21–15 Osaka Open, FIVB.orgOsaka, JapanUS$150,00007–11 August 2002 21-17, 14–21, 18–16 18-21, 21–12, 15–8 Maoming Open, FIVB.orgMaoming, ChinaUS$150,00014–18 August 2002 12-21, 21–15, 19–17 21-17, 22–20 Mallorca Open, FIVB.orgMallorca, SpainUS$150,00003–7 September 2002 21-13, 17–21, 16–14 21-10, 21–19 Vitória Open, FIVB.orgVitória, BrazilUS$150,00017–22 September 2002 21-13, 19–21, 15–10 21-17, 21–18

Men TournamentChampionsRunners-upThird placeFourth placeBerlin Open, FIVB.orgBerlin, GermanyUS$150,00012–16 June 2002 25-23, 19–21, 15–10 21-12, 18–21, 15–10 Gstaad Open, FIVB.orgGstaad, SwitzerlandUS$150,00019–23 June 2002 25-23, 19–21, 15–10 21-12, 18–21, 15–10 Stavanger Open, FIVB.orgStavanger, NorwayUS$150,0003–7 July 2002 22-20, 18–21, 19–17 walkover Montreal Open, FIVB.orgMontreal, CanadaUS$150,00010–14 July 2002 21-18, 24–22 21-15, 18–21, 15–13 Marseille Grand Slam, FIVB.orgMarseille, FranceUS$200,00017–21 July 2002 19-21, 21–16, 15–9 21-15, 26–24 Espinho Open, FIVB.orgEspinho, PortugalUS$150,00024–28 July 2002 17-21, 24–22, 15–12 22-20, 21–10 Klagenfurt Grand Slam, FIVB.orgKlagenfurt, AustriaUS$200,0001–4 August 2002 21-16, 21–18 21-18, 21–14 Cádiz Open, FIVB.orgCádiz, SpainUS$150,00007–11 August 2002 21-18, 21–17 21-17, 21–18 Mallorca Open, FIVB.orgMallorca, SpainUS$150,00004–8 September 2002 21-17, 27–25 21-15, 24–22 Fortaleza Open, FIVB.orgFortaleza, BrazilUS$150,00001–6 October 2002 22-20, 21–17 walkover

Rankings

Men

Top 10 Rankings as of October 8, 2002.; FIVB Rank Pair Points Best Finish1 Mariano Baracetti & Martín Conde2,0301st (1 time)2 Márcio Araújo & Benjamin Insfran1,9641st (1 time)3 Ricardo Santos & José Loiola1,8201st (3 times)4 Martin Laciga & Paul Laciga1,7001st (2 times)5 John Child & Mark Heese1,5402nd (1 time)6 Kevin Wong & Stein Metzger1,5101st (1 time)7 Emanuel Rego & Tande Ramos1,5001st (1 time)8 Vegard Høidalen & Jørre Kjemperud1,3203rd (1 time)9 Patrick Heuscher & Stefan Kobel1,1943rd (1 time)10 Rogério "Pará" Ferreira & Harley Marques 1,1481st (1 time)

Women Top 10 Rankings as of October 8, 2002.; FIVB Rank Pair Points Best Finish1 Kerri Walsh Jennings & Misty May-Treanor3,0701st (5 times)2 Adriana Behar & Shelda Bede2,7401st (2 times)3 Natalie Cook & Kerri Pottharst2,3702nd (2 times)4 Holly McPeak & Elaine Youngs2,3101st (4 times)5 Ana Paula Connelly & Tatiana Minello2,2802nd (2 times)6 Daniela Gattelli & Lucilla Perrotta1,6405th (4 times)7 Leila Barros & Sandra Pires1,6305th (6 times)8 Mônica Rodrigues & Alexandra Fonseca1,4004th (2 times)9 Rebekka Kadijk & Marrit Leenstra1,3904th (2 times)10 Stephanie Pohl & Okka Rau1,2005th (2 times)

Medal table

References