Hewitt and Serena Williams named world champions

Lleyton Hewitt and Serena Williams have been named as the International Tennis Federation's world champions for 2002.

Hewitt won the award for the second year running, while Williams was cited for the first time.

Hewitt won Wimbledon for the first time and secured the season-ending number one ranking for the second straight year by defending his Masters Cup title in Shanghai last month.

Williams won three out of four Grand Slams, beating her sister Venus in each final. She took over the number one ranking for the first time at Wimbledon and has kept it ever since.

The men's doubles world champions are Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Canada's Daniel Nestor. They won six titles, including the Australian Open.

The women's doubles award went to Argentina's Paola Suarez and Spain's Virginia Ruano Pascual. They collected seven titles, including the French Open and US Open.