2002 WTA Tour

Season summary

Serena Williams was the outright player of the year, ascending to No. 1 for the first time in July and holding it for the rest of that season. She missed the Australian Open due to injury, having won her second, third and fourth Grand Slam singles titles at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, beating her sister Venus in all three finals. This would lead to her non-calendar Grand Slam (dubbed the "Serena Slam") which she would complete at the Australian Open the following year. Her win–loss record for the year was 56–5. Venus also ascended to the No. 1 ranking in February, and finished the season at No. 2. Jennifer Capriati defended her Australian Open title to win her third Grand Slam title, after the two she won in 2001.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the doubles team of the year, and finished the season as the top 2 on the individual rankings. Their titles at the French Open and the U.S. Open represented their second and third Slam titles together. The Williams sisters won their fifth Grand Slam doubles title together at Wimbledon, and Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova won their second doubles title together at the Australian Open, with it being Hingis' 9th overall.

Former No. 1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario announced her retirement at the end of the season, although she returned in 2004 to play doubles tournaments.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2002 WTA Tour schedule.

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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Rankings

Below are the 2002 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:

Singles

Number 1 ranking

Doubles

Number 1 ranking

Points distribution

Statistics

List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:

• USA Serena Williams – Scottsdale, Miami, Rome, French Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Tokyo Princess Cup and Leipzig (8)
• USA Venus Williams – Gold Coast, Paris, Antwerp, Amelia Island, Stanford, San Diego and New Haven (7)
• BEL Kim Clijsters – Hamburg, Filderstadt, Luxembourg and WTA Tour Championships (4)
• ISR Anna Smashnova – Auckland, Canberra, Vienna and Shanghai (4)
• RUS Elena Bovina – Warsaw and Quebec City (2)
• FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić – Sarasota and Birmingham (2)
• BEL Justine Henin – Berlin and Linz (2)
• SUI Martina Hingis – Sydney and Tokyo Pan Pacific (2)
• RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova – Espoo and Bali (2)
• FRA Amélie Mauresmo – Dubai and Montreal (2)
• USA Chanda Rubin – Eastbourne and Los Angeles (2)
• USA Monica Seles – Doha and Madrid (2)
• ZIM Cara Black – Waikoloa (1)
• USA Jennifer Capriati – Australian Open (1)
• SUI Myriam Casanova – Brussels (1)
• USA Jill Craybas – Tokyo Japan Open (1)
• GRE Eleni Daniilidou – 's-Hertogenbosch (1)
• ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva – Palermo (1)
• ITA Silvia Farina Elia – Strasbourg (1)
• SUI Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian – Tashkent (1)
• SVK Daniela Hantuchová – Indian Wells (1)
• CRO Iva Majoli – Charleston (1)
• BUL Magdalena Maleeva – Moscow (1)
• SLO Maja Matevžič – Bratislava (1)
• ESP Ángeles Montolio – Porto (1)
• GER Martina Müller – Budapest (1)
• RUS Anastasia Myskina – Bahia (1)
• USA Lisa Raymond – Memphis (1)
• RUS Dinara Safina – Sopot (1)
• SUI Patty Schnyder – Zurich (1)
• ESP Magüi Serna – Estoril (1)
• SLO Katarina Srebotnik – Acapulco (1)
• SVK Martina Suchá – Hobart (1)
• SWE Åsa Svensson – Bol (1)
• AUT Patricia Wartusch – Casablanca (1)
• INA Angelique Widjaja – Pattaya City (1)
• COL Fabiola Zuluaga – Bogotá (1)

The following players won their first title:

• SVK Martina Suchá – Hobart
• SVK Daniela Hantuchová – Indian Wells
• ESP Magüi Serna – Estoril
• GER Martina Müller – Budapest
• RUS Elena Bovina – Warsaw
• SUI Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian – Tashkent
• GRE Eleni Daniilidou – 's-Hertogenbosch
• SUI Myriam Casanova – Brussels
• ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva – Palermo
• RUS Dinara Safina – Sopot
• RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova – Espoo
• ZIM Cara Black – Waikoloa
• USA Jill Craybas – Tokyo Japan Open
• SLO Maja Matevžič – Bratislava

Titles won by nation:

• United States – 22 (Gold Coast, Australian Open, Paris, Antwerp, Doha, Memphis, Scottsdale, Miami, Amelia Island, Rome, Madrid, French Open, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, New Haven, U.S. Open, Tokyo Princess Cup, Leipzig and Tokyo Japan Open)
• Belgium – 6 (Hamburg, Berlin, Filderstadt, Linz, Luxembourg and WTA Tour Championships)
• Russia – 6 (Warsaw, Sopot, Espoo, Bahia, Quebec City and Bali)
• Switzerland – 5 (Sydney, Tokyo Pan Pacific, Tashkent, Brussels and Zurich)
• – 4 (Auckland, Canberra, Vienna and Shanghai)
• Spain – 2 (Porto and Estoril)
• France – 2 (Dubai and Montreal)
• – 2 (Acapulco and Bratislava)
• – 2 (Hobart and Indian Wells)
• FR Yugoslavia – 2 (Sarasota and Birmingham)
• Argentina – 1 (Palermo)
• – 1 (Casablanca)
• – 1 (Moscow)
• – 1 (Bogotá)
• – 1 (Charleston)
• Germany – 1 (Budapest)
• – 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch)
• – 1 (Pattaya City)
• Italy – 1 (Strasbourg)
• Sweden – 1 (Bol)
• – 1 (Waikoloa)

References

References

1. Schröder, Liz. (2002-11-11). "Sanex WTA rankings – Singles Ranking For: 11 November 2002". [[Women's Tennis Association.
2. Schröder, Liz. (2002-11-11). "Sanex WTA rankings – Doubles Ranking For: 11 November 2002". [[Women's Tennis Association.