French Team Championship 2002
November 2 - December 8, 2002
175,000 Euros - Indoor

*Players French if not stated
**A team winning both doubles matches is awarded one
extra point


Phase I - Round Robin

Round Robin A
TC Lillois, Lille
AS Patton Rennes 35, Rennes
Stade Toulousain, Toulouse
ASPTT Metz, Metz
CASG, Paris
CA Montrouge, Montrouge (Paris)

Round Robin B
TC Illberg Mulhouse, Mulhouse
TC Blagnac, Blagnac
Racing Club de France, Paris
Villa Primerose, Bordeaux
T.C. Melun, Melun (Paris)
A.S. Bondy 93, Bondy (Paris)


Day 1 - 2 November 2002

Round Robin A

TC Lillois lt. AS Patton Rennes 35 1-7

Julian Knowle (AUT) lt. Mickael Llodra 2-6 6-0 3-6
Julien Varlet lt. Cyril Saulnier 3-6 2-6
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) d. Lionel Roux 6-3 6-4
Rogier Wassen (NED) lt. Marc Gicquel 3-6 2-6
Maxime Boye lt. Regis Lavergne 7-6(5) 2-6 4-6
Knowle/Wassen lt. Llodra/Saulnier 6-7(4) 2-6
Vliegen/Boye lt. Gicquel/R.Gilbert 3-6 6-7(4)


Stade Toulousain lt. ASPTT Metz 2-5

Albert Montanes (ESP) lt. Christophe Rochus (BEL) 0-6 6-4 4-6
Nicolas Devilder lt. Nicolas Thomann 6-7(4) 4-6
Thierry Guardiola lt. Stephane Huet 4-6 3-6
Lucas Arnold (ARG) lt. Julien Mathieu 5-7 6-4 4-6
Thomas Schiessling d. Jean-Christophe Dupont 6-0 6-0
Arnold/N'Goran (ARG/CIV) lt. C.Rochus/Thomann 2-6 4-6
L.Barthez/Devilder d. Huet/J.Mathieu 7-6(0) 4-6 6-3


CASG d. CA Montrouge 8-0

Eric Prodon d. Philippe Pasquier 6-2 6-4
Edouard Roger-Vasselin d. Vincent Lavergne 3-6 6-0 6-0
Charles Auffray d. Pierre-Olivier Citton 6-3 6-2
Thimothy Aerts (BEL) d. Nicolas Copin 7-5 3-6 6-4
Gael Monfis d. Christophe Bernelle 6-3 6-2
Prodon/J.Couly d. Pasquier/V.Lavergne 6-3 6-3
Aerts/Roger-Vasselin d. Citton/Copin 6-2 6-2


Round Robin B

TC Illberg Mulhouse lt. TC Blagnac 1-7

Marc Steger lt. Tati Rascon (ESP) 3-6 3-6
Yahiya Doumbia (SEN) lt. Martin Rodriguez (ARG) 2-6 1-6
Jerome Potier lt. Juan Viloca (ESP) 2-6 2-6
Maxime Stotz lt. Julien Cuaz 1-6 1-6
Philippe Kempe d. Olivier Ramos 7-6(5) 7-6(2)
Steger/Kempe lt. Rodriguez/Cuaz 2-6 1-6
Doumbia/Stotz lt. Carrasco/Velasco (ESP) 1-6 3-6


Racing Club de France d. Villa Primerose 8-0

Jean-Rene Lisnard d. Jean-Baptiste Perlant 6-4 7-5
Gregory Carraz d. Roberto Alvarez (ARG) 7-6(5) 6-2
Sebastien Dechaunac d. Reginald Willems (BEL) 7-6(9) 6-1
Nicolas Mahut d. Jordanne Doble 6-2 6-2
Rodolphe Cadart d. Mathieu Duprat 6-2 6-4
Dechaunac/Mahut d. Perlant/Willems 6-2 3-6 6-1
Carraz/Cadart d. Alvarez/Doble 6-3 6-3


TC Melun d. AS Bondy 5-3

Nicolas Coutelot lt. Anthony Dupuis 4-6 4-6
Dick Norman (BEL) d. Ivo Heuberger (SUI) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4
Jean-Francois Bachelot d. Slimane Saoudi  7-6(6) 6-3
Giorgio Galimberti (ITA) lt. Fabrice Betencourt 3-6 6-1 2-6
Olivier Patience lt. Jean-Michel Pequery 4-6 4-6
Bachelot/Galimberti d. Dupuis/Heuberger 7-5 7-5
Fontaine/Norman (BEL) d. Betencourt Saoudi 6-3 6-4


Day 2 - 9 November

Round Robin A

Stade Toulousain tied with CASG 4-4

Albert Montanes (ESP) lt. Andrea Gaudenzi (ITA) 3-6 3-6
Nicolas Devilder lt. Eric Prodon 2-6 6-7(2)
Thierry Guardiola lt. Edouard Roger-Vasselin 5-7 2-6
Laurent Recourdec d. Charles Auffray 6-3 3-6 6-0
Thomas Schiessling (AUT) lt. Julien Couly 4-6 6-7(6)
L.Arnold/J.Landsberg (ARG/SWE) d. Gaudenzi/Couly 6-3 6-1
L.Barthez/Devilder d. Roger-Vasselin/Prodon 6-3 3-6 6-3


AS Patton Rennes 35 d. CA Montrouge 7-1

Cyril Saulnier lt. Vincent Lavergne 6-3 6-7(3) 4-6
Lionel Roux d. Philippe Pasquier 6-3 3-6 7-5
Marc Gicquel d. Pierre-Olivier Citton 7-6(4) 6-3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga d. Maxime Dutois 6-4 6-1
Charly Villeneuve d. Simon Delaporte 6-1 6-1
R.Gilbert/Tsonga d. Citton/Pasquier 6-1 6-4
J.Drean/Gicquel d. Dutois/V.Lavergne 6-2 6-0


ASPTT Metz d. TC Lillois 5-2

Christophe Rochus (BEL) d. Julian Knowle (AUT) 6-4 6-4
Nicolas Thomann d. Julien Varlet 6-4 7-5
Gilles Elseneer (BEL) d. Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-3 6-4
Stephane Huet lt. Rogier Wassen (NED) 4-6 3-6
Julien Mathieu d. Maxime Boye 3-6 7-5 7-6(5)
C.Rochus/Huet d. Knowle/Wassen 6-4 6-3
Thomann/Elseneer lt. Boye/Vliegen 6-7(6) 4-6


Round Robin B

Racing Club de France lt. TC Melun 2-6

Jean-Rene Lisnard lt. Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) 1-6 0-6
Gregory Carraz d. Nicolas Coutelot 6-4 6-4
Sebastien DeChaunac d. Dick Norman (BEL) 6-2 4-6 7-6(5)
Nicolas Mahut lt.Jean-Francois Bachelot 3-6 2-6
Rodolphe Cadart lt. Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 4-6 4-6
DeChaunac/Mahut lt. Norman/Sanguinetti 3-6 3-6
Carraz/Cadart lt. Bachelot/Fontaine (BEL) 4-6 5-7


TC Blagnac lt. AS Bondy 93 1-7

Tati Rascon (ESP) lt. Ivo Heuberger (SUI) 2-6 3-6
Martin Rodriguez (ARG) lt. Alexander Waske (GER) 4-6 4-6
Julien Cuaz lt. Slimane Saoudi 2-6 6-7(10)
Ignacio Carrasco (ESP) d. Jerome Almagrida 6-4 6-3
Jairo Velasco (ESP) lt. Fabrice Betencourt 2-6 0-6
Rascon/Rodriguez lt. Heuberger/Waske 4-6 4-6
Carrasco/Velasco lt. Saoudi/Betencourt 7-6(0) 3-6 0-6


Villa Primerose d. TC Illberg Mulhouse 8-0

Jean-Baptiste Perlant d. Marc Steger 6-1 4-3 ret.
Reginald Willems (BEL) d. Yahiya Doumbia (SEN) 6-1 6-2
Roberto Alvarez (ARG) d. Jerome Potier 6-1 6-3
Jordanne Doble d. Maxime Stotz 6-1 6-1
Carlos Gomez-Diaz (ARG) d. Franck Pepe 6-1 6-2
Perlant/Willems d. Doumbia/Stotz 6-1 6-1
Doble/Gomez-Diaz d. Pepe/Potier 6-3 6-3


Day 3 - 11 November

Round Robin A

TC Lillois d. CASG 7-1

Julian Knowle (AUT) d. Andrea Gaudenzi (ITA) 6-4 6-4
Kristof  Vliegen (BEL) d. Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4 6-2
Rogier Wassen (NED) d. Charles Auffray 6-4 6-1
Maxime Boye d. Thimoty Aerts (BEL) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-0
Franck Beun lt. Julien Couly 3-6 6-7(4)
Knowle/Wassen d. Gaudenzi/Aerts 6-3 6-4
Vliegen/Boye d. Roger-Vasselin/Couly 6-2 6-4


AS Patton d. ASPTT Metz 5-3

Cyril Saulnier d. Christophe Rochus (BEL) 7-6(5) 6-1
Stefano Galvani (ITA) lt. Nicolas Thomann 6-7(4) 3-6
Lionel Roux lt. Gilles Elseneer (BEL) 2-6 2-6
Nenad Zimonjic (YUG) lt. Stephane Huet 4-6 3-6
Rodolphe Gilbert d. Julien Mathieu 7-6(2) 6-1
M.Llodra/Saulnier d. C.Rochus/Huet 3-6 6-2 6-4
R.Gilbert/Zimonjic d. Elseneer/Thomann 0-6 6-3 6-4


CA Montrouge lt. Stade Toulousain 2-6

Vincent Lavergne d. Nicolas Devilder 6-3 7-6
Philippe Pasquier d. Laurent Recourdec 4-6 4-6
Pierre-Olivier Citton lt. Lucas Arnold (ARG) 6-7 1-6
Cedric Lecarpentier lt. Claude N'Goran (CIV) 1-6 2-6
Didier Lanne lt. Thomas Schiessling (AUT) 0-6 1-6
Lavergne/Citton lt. Arnold/J. Landsberg (ARG/SWE) 2-6 0-6
H.Tadaud/Pasquier lt. N'Goran/L.Barthez 2-6 6-7


Round Robin B

TC Illberg lt. TC Melun 0-8

Yves Allegro (SUI) lt. Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) 2-6 2-6
Mansour Barhami (IRN) lt. Nicolas Coutelot 3-6 4-6
Jerome Potier lt. Jean-Francois Bachelot 4-6 4-6
MAxime Stotz lt. Olivier Patience 0-6 1-6
Franck Pepe lt. Peter Wessels (NED) 1-6 0-6
Allegro/Barhami lt. Bachelot/A.Fontaine (FRA/BEL) 3-6 6-4 5-7
Pepe/Stotz lt. Patience/Wessels 3-6 1-6


TC Blagnac lt. Villa Primerose 2-5

Tati Rascon (ESP) lt. Younes El Aynaoui (MAR) 4-6 4-6
Martin Rodriguez (ARG) lt. Hicham Arazi (MAR) 6-4 5-7 1-6
Juan Viloca (ESP) d. Jean-Baptiste Perlant 7-5 7-5
Julien Cuaz lt. Reginald Willems (BEL) 2-6 6-7 (10)
Jairo Velasco (ESP) lt. Jordanne Doble 6-4 3-6 4-6
Rodriguez/Rascon lt. El Aynaoui/arazi 6-7(4) 6-4 3-6
I.Carrasco/Velasco (ESP) lt. Perlant/Willems 6-2 3-6 3-6


AS Bondy lt. Racing Club de France 3-4

Anthony Dupuis d. Jean-Rene Lisnard 6-3 6-4
Ivo Heuberger (SUI) d. Gregory Carraz 7-6(8) 3-6 6-3
Alexander Waske (GER) lt. Sebastien DeChaunac 3-6 4-6
Slimane Saoudi lt. Nicolas Mahut 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4
Fabrice Betencourt lt. Rodolphe Cadart 7-6(2) 4-6 1-6
Heuberger/Waske d. DeChaunac/Mahut 6-4 7-6(3)
Dupuis/Saoudi lt. Carraz/Cadart 6-2 7-5


Day 4 - 16 November

Round Robin A

Stade Toulousain lt. AS Patton 3-5

Potito Starace (ITA) lt. Mickael llodra 1-6 4-6
Nicolas Devilder d. Cyril Saulnier 6-4 7-6
Thierry Guardiola d. Lionel Roux 5-7 6-4 6-4
Marzio Martelli (ITA) lt. Marc Gicquel 4-6 3-6
Lucas Arnold (ARG) d. Regis Lavergne 5-7 5-7
Arnold/Landsberg (ARG/SWE) lt. Llodra/Saulnier 4-6 3-6
C.N'Goran/L.Barthez (CIV/FRA) lt. Gicquel/R.Gilbert 6-7 4-6


CASG d. ASPTT Metz 4-3

Andrea Gaudenzi (ITA) d. Christophe Rochus (BEL) 7-5 2-6 6-4
Eric Prodon d. Gilles Elseneer 6-2 6-2
edouard Roger-Vasselin lt. Stephane Huet 4-6 3-6
Charles Auffray lt. Julien Mathieu 6-4 4-6 6-7(5)
Julien Couly d. Claude Farina (LUX) 6-1 6-0
Gaudenzi/Prodon d. Rochus/Huet 7-5 1-6 6-0
Roger-Vasselin/Couly lt. Elseneer/J.Mathieu 1-6 2-6


CA Montrouge lt. TC Lillois 1-7

Vincent Lavergne lt. Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 3-6 1-6
Philippe Pasquier d. Thomas Dupre 7-5 3-6 6-3
Pierre-Olivier Citton lt. Rogier Wassen (NED) 2-6 1-6
Heiner Tadault lt. Karim Alami (MAR) 5-7 0-6
Luc Hemar lt. Frack Beun 0-6 1-6
V.Lavergne/S.Taddei lt. M.Boye/J.Varlet 4-6 3-6
Pasquier/Tadault lt. Alami/Wassen 2-6 3-6


Round Robin B

Racing Club de France d. TC Blagnac 7-1

Jean-Rene Lisnard lt. Tati Rascon (ESP) 1-6 7-5 5-7
Gregory Carraz d. Julien Cuaz 6-4 6-2
Sebastien DeChaunac d. Olivier Ramos 6-4 6-2
Rodolphe Cadart d. Sonny Kayombo 7-6(3) 6-3
Nicolas Renavand d. Brice Bernard 6-3 6-1
Carraz/DeChaunac d. Rascon/Cuaz 6-1 ret.
Cadart/N.Mahut d. Ramos/Kayombo 6-0 6-4


TC Melun lt. Villa Primerose 3-4

Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) lt. Younes El Aynaoui (MAR) 3-6 7-5 4-6
Nicolas Coutelot lt. Hicham Arazi (MAR) 4-6 1-6
Dick Norman (BEL) d. Jean-Baptiste Perlant 6-2 6-4
Jean-Francois Bachelot d. Reginald Willems (BEL) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) lt. Jordanne Doble 6-7(6) 4-6
Sanguinetti/Bachelot d. El Aynaoui/Arazi 7-6(7) 7-5
O.Patience/A.Fontaine (FRA/BEL) lt. Perlant/Doble 3-6 6-1 6-7(4)


AS Bondy d. TC Illberg 8-0

Jerome Golmard d. Yahiya Doumbia (SEN) 6-0 7-6(4)
Alexander Waske (GER) d. Jerome Potier 6-3 6-3
Fabrice Betencourt d. Maxime Stotz 6-2 6-4
Jerome Almagrida d. Franck Pepe 5-7 6-2 6-2
Benoit Carelli d. Alexandre Groene 6-2 6-2
Waske/Betencourt d. Potier/Groene 4-2 ret.
J.Pequery/Carelli d. Stptz/Pepe 6-0 6-3


Day 5 - 24 November

Round Robin A
TC Lillois vs Stade Toulousain
AS Patton vs CASG
ASPTT Metz vs CA Montrouge

Round Robin B
TC Illberg vs Racing Club de France
TC Blagnac vs TC Melun
Villa Primerose vs AS Bondy


Phase II - Ligue des Flandres, Marc-en-Baroeul


Semifinals - 7 December

AS Patton Rennes d. TC Melun 5-1

Mickael Llodra d. Davide Sanguinetti (ITA) 6-7 6-0 6-1
Cyril Saulnier d. Nicolas Coutelot 7-6 6-1
Stefano Galvani (ITA) d. Dick Norman (BEL) 4-6 6-2 7-5
Lionel Roux lt. Jean-Francois Bachelot 1-6 3-6
Marc Gicquel d. Giorgio Galimberti (ITA) 6-2 6-2
R.Gilbert/R.Lavergne d. Bachelot/F.Fevrier 6-3 7-6
2nd doubles not played


Racing Club de France d. CASG 5-2

Jean-Rene Lisnard d. Eric Prodon 2-6 7-6 6-3
Gregory Carraz lt. Edouard Roger-Vasselin 3-6 6-7
Sebastien DeChaunac d. Charles Auffray 6-2 6-2
Nicolas Mahut d. Thimothy Aerts (BEL) 6-3 4-6 6-2
Rodolphe Cadart d. Julien Couly 6-2 6-2
DeChaunac/N.Renavand lt. Roger-Vasselin/Aerts 1-6 1-6
O.Malcor/P.Pages d. Corroy/Portois 6-2 6-1


Finals - 8 December

AS Patton Rennes 35 d. Racing Club de France 5-1

Mickael Llodra d. Jean-Rene Lisnard 7-5 1-6 6-3
Cyril Saulnier d. Gregory Carraz 6-4 6-3
Stefano Galvani (ITA) d. Sebastien DeChaunac 7-6 3-6 6-3
Lionel Roux lt. Nicolas Mahut 0-4 ret.
Marc Gicquel d. Rodolphe Cadart 6-2 6-2
R.Gilbert/R.Lavergne d. Mahut/N.Renavand 6-2 6-3
Last doubles not played



Playoffs - 7 December

Stade Toulousain d. TC Illberg 5-0
TC Blagnac d. CA Montrouge 4-1
(no details available)

TC Illberg Mulhouse and CA Montrouge are relegated in
2nd Division in 2003


courtesy Sebastien Cognet