2002 U.S. Nationals
Las Vegas, Nevada • December 18-21, 2002

2002 USA Nationals: Results

Championship Events

Men’s Singles – Final: Ilija Lupulesku d. David Zhuang, 7,8,6,9; SF: Lupulesku d. Eric Owens, 6,-7,9,9,8; Zhuang d. Cheng Yinghua, 9,-5,7,-11,7,9; QF: Lupulesku d. Han Xiao, 3,5,7,7; Owens d. Todd Sweeris, 14,-7,7,7,3; Zhuang d. Khoa Nguyen, 7,7,-7,4,7; Cheng d. Jim Butler, 10,-9,-7,9,9,8; 8ths: Lupulesku d. Sean O’Neill, 5,6,9,-8,11; Xiao d. Courtney Roberts, 12,6,-9,6,1; Sweeris d. Jared Lynch, 7,-9,7,7,3; Owens d. Adam Hugh, 4,4,9,-19,6; Zhuang d. Chi-Sun Chui, 5,9,-6,7,7; Nguyen d. Brian Pace, 8,6,-8,3,3; Butler d. Mark Hazinski, 5,9,6,3; Cheng d. Ashu Jain, 3,8,7,5; 16ths: Lupulesku d. Barry Dattel, 6,3,5,4; O’Neill d. J. Russell Hamilton, 6,4,4,3; Xiao d. Samson Dubina, -9,5,-7,-9,4,6,2; Roberts d. Tuan Le, 9,10,-8,-5,9,8; Sweeris d. Tuan Tran, -10,3,6,8,8; Lynch d. Young Ren, -6,-2,-6,7,9,9,6; Hugh d. Sean Lonergan, 6,14,-10,-8,9,9; Owens d. Randy Cohen, -9,3,6,4,9; Zhuang d. Lee McCool, 6,5,3,5; Chui d. Nison Aronov, 10,10,6,-10,9; Pace d. De Tran, 7,-9,-10,6,6,-7,8; Nguyen d. Khaled Zeinelabedin, 8,7,-7,9,7; Butler d. Attila Malek, 9,5,7,6; Hazinski d. Auria Malek, 6,6,2,14; Jain d. Rudy Miranda, 3,-4,10,3,-9,5; Cheng d. David Rosenzweig, 4,7,5,4.

Women’s Singles – Final: Chang Jun Gao d. Jasna Reed, -9,8,3,2,2; SF: Chang d. Lily Yip, 7,7,-10,4,1; Reed d. Tawny Banh, -7,-10,7,4,8,4; QF: Chang d. Whitney Ping, 4,4,3,3; Yip d. Michelle Do, 6,-8,2,9,8; Reed d. Jackie Lee, 8,-11,5,-8,6,6; Banh d. Simone Yang, 8,6,8,9; 8ths: Chang d. Allison Seibel, 6,2,3,1; Ping d. Mahin Roufeh, 10,6,4,6; Do d. Susan Erlich, 2,2,5,6; Yip d. Moji Kuye, 4,6,7,9; Reed d. Wendy Eav, 8,4,6,-7,5; Lee d. Heather Wang, 5,6,5,6; Yang d. Katherine Wu, 7,-8,7,-8,8,9; Banh d. Melissa Vazquez, 4,0,4,5.

Men’s Doubles – Final: Cheng Yinghua/Han Xiao d. Mark Hazinski/Ashu Jain, 5,10,-10,-12,7; SF: Cheng/Xiao d. David Zhuang/Sean O’Neill, -10,-12,7,7,10; Hazinski/Jain d. Nison Aronov/Tawl Leibovitz, -8,7,7,-6,5; QF: Aronov/Leibovitz d. Eric Owens/Jim Butler, 12,-7,9,3,6; Jain/Hazinski d. Barry Dattel/Adam Hugh, 10,10,6; Zhuang/O’Neill d. Brian Pace/Sean Lonergan, 8,2,10; Cheng/Xiao d. Chi-Sun Chui/Randy Cohen, 4,5,12.

Women’s Doubles – Final: Chang Jun Gao/Jasna Reed d. Tawny Banh/Simone Yang, 11,-7,4,7; SF: Chang/Reed d. Lily Yip/Judy Hugh, 6,7,9; Banh/Yang d. Whitney Ping/Jackie Lee, 7,6,6.

Senior Events

Over 30 Singles - Final: Ilija Lupulesku d. Sean O'Neill, 2,5,5; SF: Lupulesku d. Steve Berger, def.; O'Neill d. Tuan Le, 4,3,6; QF: Lupulesku d. De Tran, 6,3,8; Berger d. Young Ren, 5,-9,10,8; Tuan Le d. Brian Pace, def.; O'Neill d. Lily Yip, 6,-9,3,10.

Over 40 Men's Singles - Final: Cheng Yinghua d. Attila Malek, 4,5,4; SF: Cheng d. Avishy Schmidt, def.; Malek d. Ramin Samari, 6,-4,7,-9,7; QF: Cheng d. Roger Kuseski, 3,3,3; Schmidt d. Stanley Tang, 10,11,-9,1; Samari d. De Tran, -6,7,9,8; Malek d. Barry Dattel, 9,9,7.

Over 50 Men's Singles - Final: Changping Duan d. George Brathwaite, 1,-6,-5,4,8; SF: Duan d. Henry McCoullum, 8,6,-9,-9,11; Brathwaite d. Jiri Hlava, 3,6,6; QF: Duan d. Dave Sakai, 5,-10,3,2; McCoullum d. Steven Kaplan, 4,4,9; Hlava d. Lim Ming Chui, 8,3,-4,4; Brathwaite d. Rey Domingo, 10,-8,6,10.

Over 60 Men's Singles - Final: George Brathwaite d. Richard Hicks, 4,6,8; SF: Brathwaite d. Marty Reisman, 3,2,1; Hicks d. Howard Grossman, 6,5,6; QF: Hicks d. Nick Mintsiveris, -10,4,8,8; Grossman d. Grady Gordon, 4,5,5; Reisman d. Lynwood Smith, def.; Brathwaite d. Ron Von Schimmelmann, 2,5,9.

Over 40 Women's Singles - Final: Simone Yang d. Mahin Roufeh, 6,3,4; SF: Yang d. Moji Kuye, 5,5,3; Roufeh d. Bella Livshin, 7,10,-12,11.

Over 50 Women's Singles - Final: Mahin Roufeh d. Charlene Liu, 6,9,-13,9; SF: Roufeh d. Barbara Kaminsky, 9,10,6; Liu d. Bella Livshin, 11,-6,7,5.

Over 60 Women's Singles - Final: Barbara Kaminsky d. Gloria Amoury, def.; SF: Kaminsky d. Betty McCloskey, 2,8,3; Amoury d. Thelma Tybie Sommer, -9,6,9,4.

Over 70 - Final: Marty Reisman d. Grady Gordon, 9,4,11; SF: Reisman d. Lynwood Smith, -3,10,6,2; Gordon d. Fred Grimsrud, 10,4,6.

Over 75 - Final: Grady Gordon d. Frank Dwelly, 7,9,-5,6; SF: Gordon d. Wiley Butler, 2,6,3; Dwelly d. Si Wasserman, 3,4,8.

Over 80: 1st Ivan Slade; 2nd Dr. Michael Scott; 3rd Si Wasserman.

Over 40 Doubles - Final: De Tran/Barry Dattel d. Cheng Yinghua/Dave Sakai, 4,11,-5,11; SF: Tran/Dattel d. Hank McCoullum/Richard Hicks, 6,10,8; Cheng/Sakai d. Lim Ming Chui/Rey Domingo, 9,7,-9,5.

Over 50 Doubles - Final: Lim Ming Chui/Jiri Hlava d. Stephen Kaplan/Rey Domingo, -7,10,10,-6,9; SF: Chui/Hlava d. Richard Hicks/Hank McCoullum, 9,-9,10,7; Kaplan/Domingo d. George Brathwaite/Dave Sakai, -9,4,-8,7,9.

Over 60 Doubles - Final: Howard Grossman/Richard Hicks d. Bohdan Dawidowicz/Ragnar Fahlstrom, 8,12,9; SF: Grossman/Hicks d. Samuel Liang/Nick Mintsiveris, 6,6,8; Dawidowicz/Fahlstrom d. Ralph Muramoto/Bob Reising, 2,2,3.

Over 70 Doubles - Final: Frank Dwelly/Tim Boggan d. Ivan Slade/Si Wasserman, -9,7,6,7; SF: Dwelly/Boggan d. Dick Evans/Grady Gordon, -6,11,10,3; Slade/Wasserman d. Neil Smyth/Marty Reisman, 10,-10,7,10.

Youth Events

Under 22 Men - Final: Mark Hazinski d. Han Xiao, 7,6,6; SF: Hazinski d. Adam Hugh, 5,6,7; Xiao d. David Wang, -8,6,8,10; QF: Hazinski d. Auria Malek, 6,3,3; Hugh d. Joseph Podvin, 8,2,3; Wang d. Jared Lynch, 7,6,9; Xiao d. David Umel Jr., 7,3,3.

Under 22 Women - Final: Whitney Ping d. Jackie Lee, 9,10,-6,6; SF: Ping d. Laura Leach, 8,7,8; Lee d. Katherine Wu, -4,-9,7,10,9.

USA Junior (U18) Boys’ Singles and Team Trials: 1^st Mark Hazinski; 2^nd Han Xiao; 3^rd Misha Kazentsev; 4^th Walter Alomar; 5^th Oliver Lei; 6^th Joseph Podvin; 7^th Yan Liu; 8^th Khaleel Asgarali.

USA Cadet (U15) Boys’ Singles and Team Trials: 1^st Adam Hugh; 2^nd John Leach; 3^rd Kevin Phung; 4^th Joseph Cochran; 5^th Sergy Gutkin; 6^th Preston Chin; 7^th Andrew Lin; 8^th Joseph Wang.

USA Junior (U18) Girls’ Singles and Team Trials: 1^st Whitney Ping; 2^nd Jackie Lee; 3^rd Katherine Wu; 4^th Sophia Dan Dan Yi; 5^th Laura Leach; 6^th Minh Thanh Nguyen; 7^th Allison Seibel; 8^th Elaine Kwok.

USA Cadet (U15) Girls’ Singles and Team Trials: 1^st Judy Hugh; 2^nd Laura Xiao; 3^rd Barbara Wei; 4^th Atha Fong; 5^th Lani Lei; 6^th Wendy Eav; 7^th Sarah Zheng; 8^th Veronika Birioukova.

Hardbat Events

All Hardbat matches are games to 21.

Open Hardbat Singles - Final: Lily Yip d. Steve Berger, 18,17,20; SF: Yip d. Angela Sun, 16,9; Berger d. David Rosenzweig, 11,14; QF: Yip d. Ray Mack, 11,-19,12; Sun d. Rudy Miranda, 18,16; Rosenzweig d. Bruce Liu, 15,-17,16; Berger d. Nick Mintsiveris, 15,13.

Over 40 Hardbat Singles - Final: Larry Hodges d. Ray Mack, 17,17; SF: Hodges d. Marty Reisman, 16,13; Mack d. Steve Berger, 16,19; QF: Hodges d. Tim Boggan, 18,15; Reisman d. Allen McDermott, 8,18; Mack d. John Lam, 10,16; Berger d. James Rautis, 11,18.

Hardbat Doubles - Final: Larry Hodges/Steve Berger d. Ashu Jain/John Jarema, -15,15,14; SF: Hodges/Berger d. Lim Ming Chui/Timothy Kelly, 20,-21,16; Jain/Jarema d. Al McDermott/Al Papp, 14,18.

Under 2000 Hardbat - Final: Marty Reisman d. James Rautis, 11,20; SF: Reisman d. Scott Gordon, -21,16,14; Rautis d. John Lam, 8,-26,13.

Under 1500 Hardbat - Final: Tim Wright d. David Lipsky, 12,13; SF: Wright d. Harriet Brin, 7,5,1; Lipsky d. Jeff Louie, -13,10,8.

Rating Events

Under 2400 - Final: Khaled Zeinelabedin d. Lily Yip, 8,-9,6,-7,8; SF: Zeinelabedin d. Tuan Tran, -9,2,5,6; Yip d. Angela Sun, 6,5,-5,5; QF: Zeinelabedin d. Jackie Lee, 9,-6,9,8; Tran d. Rey Domingo, 10,8,-8,10; Sun d. Duc Duong Kevin Au, 4,7,10; Yip d. Misha Kazentsev, 8,7,-7,2.

Under 2300 - Final: Mark Nordby d. J. Russell Hamilton, 6,6,9; SF: Nordby d. Auria Malek, 8,9,3; Hamilton d. Thor Truelson, -6,8,7,9.

Under 2200 - Final: Konstantin Chernomorskiy d. Wade Sun, -7,-6,5,10,8; SF: Chernomorskiy d. George Brathwaite, 8,6,9; Sun d. David Rosenzweig, -8,10,-8,9,5.

Under 2100 - Final: Wade Sun d. Sudhish Iyer, 7,8,-4,-9,8; SF: Sun d. Bunny Lee, 9,-4,3,4; Iyer d. Luis Houed, 9,7,-9,9.

Under 2000 - Final: Torsten Boeker d. Cesar Serna, -8,4,2,8; SF: Boeker d. Michael Amren, 9,8,9; Serna d. Mike Lee, n.s.

Under 1900 - Final: Joseph Cochran d. Jesus Sanchez, 6,5,7; SF: Joseph Cochran d. Gordon Cochran, -5,7,6,9; Sanchez d. Amanda Dubina, -8,6,5,11.

Under 1900 Women's Singles - Final: Thuytien Goodwin d. Wan Yee Cheung, 5,10,-9,8; SF: Goodwin d. Minh Thanh Nguyen, 9,8,8; Cheung d. Victorya Birioukova, 12,6,-8,-7,9.

Under 1800 - Final: Jim Chai d. Atha Fong, -7,5,8,-5,9; SF: Chai d. Danny Bruno, -9,6,8,3; Fong d. Dallas Redekopp, 7,-3,12,3.

Under 1700 - Final: Alex Horvath d. Sanjiv Thakor, -9,9,5,-5,10; SF: Horvath d. Alex Shurslep, 5,9,-9,14; Thakor d. John Lam, 4,-11,6,8.

Under 1600 - Final: Chih Chen Jack Hsu d. Bart Salazar, 6,7,7; SF: Hsu d. Marina Leitman, -1,12,7,10; Salazar d. Magdi Abdelmalak, 7,7,-9,9.

Under 1600/Over 40 - Final: Chih Chen Jack Hsu d. Magdi Abdelmalak, 6,8,7; SF: Hsu d. Dan Bryan, def.; Abdelmalak d. Michael Fuschino, 7,7,7.

Under 1500 - Final: Steven Chan d. Lin Jeff Huang, 7,7,3; SF: Chan d. Rick Chartrand, 4,1,9; Huang d. Mark Wei, -6,-6,5,5,8.

Under 1400 - Final: Chih Chen Jack Hsu d. Julia Lisova, 5,4,8; SF: Hsu d. Mike Balagula, 6,4,2; Lisova d. Willy Castillo Jr., -10,3,7,9.

Under 1300 - Final: Chih Chen Jack Hsu d. Jack Yang, -8,-10,7,7,7; SF: Hsu d. Michael Liu, 8,-10,9,-12,4; Yang d. Mark Wei, 8,3,-11,-8,10.

Under 1200 - Final: Sean Lee d. M.D. Armstrong, -12,10,-9,5,6; SF: Lee d. Quyen Thai, 5,-9,9,5; Armstrong d. Colin Hwang, 8,5,-9,4.

Under 1100 - Final: Sang Lien d. Thomas Nguyen, -10,-9,9,8,6; SF: Lien d. Jake Carter, 5,-4,-4,9,7; Nguyen d. Matthew Lee, 7,10,-7,14.

Under 1000 - Final: Alicia Wei d. Jeff Schiff, def.; SF: Wei d. Alan Quach, -3,7,5,4; Schiff d. M.D. Armstrong, 7,5,-8,-4,8.

Unrated - Final: Kazuhiro Kamada d. Luz Castro, 3,5,0; SF: Kamada d. Joe Alicea, 3,7,5; Castro d. Hossein Jamshidinia, -9,4,5,7.

Rating Doubles Events

Under 4200 Doubles - Final: Wade Sun/Sudhish Iyer d. Avishyy Schmidt/Kingston Gee, 7,5,-9,9; SF: Sun/Iyer d. David Roberts/Wendy Eav, 9,9,-6,9; Schmidt/Gee d. Archambo/Samari, 8,9,10.

Under 3700 Doubles - Final: Christian Solomon/Alex Voronin d. Terry Drake/Randall Ly, 7,4,7; SF: Solomon/Voronin d. Raymond Lock/Rodney Lock, 9,-9,-8,6,6; Drake/Ly d. Ronald Albright/Fred Kistler, 4,10,5.

Under 3200 Doubles - Final: Chan/Liu d. Richard Quan/Andy Pelshe, 10,4,4; SF: Chan/Liu d. Tim Wright/Al Papp, 8,4,6; Quan/Pelshe d. Ray Brongo/Thomas Koziol, 10,6,-7,10.

Disabled Events

Men's Wheelchair - Final: Mike Dempsey d. Andre Scott, 5,4,7.

Women's Wheelchair - Final: Jennifer Johnson d. Noga Nir-Kistler, 7,-8,6,-4,11.

Men's Wheelchair, Class 1-2: 1st David Wagner; 2nd Raul Pernites.

Women's Wheelchair, Class 1-2: 1st Jackie DeLorenzo; 2nd Terry Tierney.

Men's Wheelchair by Class: Class 1: David Snyder; Class 2: 1st David Wagner; 2nd Raul Pernites; Class 3: 1st Tony Lara; 2nd Jim Eller; Class 4: 1st Mike Dempsey; 2nd Jon Redman; Class 5: Andre Scott.

Women's Wheelchair by Class: Class 1: Terry Tierney; Class 4: Jennifer Johnson; Class 5: 1st Noga Nir-Kistler; 2nd Carolynne Bethka.

Men's Standing Disabled Open: 1st Tahl Leibovitz; 2nd Asharaf Moustafa; 3rd Norman Bass.

Men's Standing Disabled Class 6: 1st Artemis Joukowsky.

Men's Standing Disabled Class 7: 1st Norman Bass; 2nd Bob Mahler.

Men's Standing Disabled Class 8: 1st Wayne Lo; 2nd Bryce Luu.

Men's Standing Disabled Class 9: 1st Tahl Leibovitz; 2nd Asharaf Moustafa.