2002 WTA Tier I Series

2002 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationJanuary 28 – October 20
Edition13th
Tournaments9
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesUnited States Serena Williams (2)
Most finalsUnited States Serena Williams (3)
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Main article: 2002 WTA Tour

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]

Tournaments

Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money[2]
Pan Pacific Open Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) Jan 28 – Feb 3 $1,224,000
Pacific Life Open[3] United States Indian Wells Hard Mar 4 – 17 $2,100,000
NASDAQ-100 Open United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 18 – 31 $2,860,000
Family Circle Cup United States Charleston Clay (green) Apr 15 – 21 $1,224,000
Eurocard German Open[4] Germany Berlin Clay May 6 – 12 $1,224,000
Italian Open[5] Italy Rome Clay May 13 – 19 $1,224,000
Rogers AT&T Cup Canada Montreal Hard Aug 12 – 18 $1,224,000
Kremlin Cup[6] Russia Moscow Carpet (i) Sep 30 – Oct 6 $1,224,000
Swisscom Challenge[7] Switzerland Zürich Hard (i) Oct 14 – 20 $1,224,000

Results

* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Tokyo

Singles – Doubles

Switzerland Martina Hingis United States Monica Seles 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3 United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs 		Belgium Els Callens
Italy Roberta Vinci 		6–1, 6–1
Indian Wells

Singles – Doubles

Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–4 United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs 		Russia Elena Dementieva
Slovakia Janette Husárová 		7–5, 6–0
Miami

Singles – Doubles

United States Serena Williams United States Jennifer Capriati 7–5, 7–6 United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs 		Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez 		7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Charleston

Singles – Doubles

Croatia Iva Majoli Switzerland Patty Schnyder 6–3, 6–4 United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs 		France Alexandra Fusai
Netherlands Caroline Vis 		6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Berlin

Singles – Doubles

Belgium Justine Henin United States Serena Williams 6–2, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) Russia Elena Dementieva
Slovakia Janette Husárová 		Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 		0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Rome

Singles – Doubles

United States Serena Williams Belgium Justine Henin 7–6, 6–4 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez 		Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini 		6–3, 6–4
Montréal

Singles – Doubles

France Amélie Mauresmo United States Jennifer Capriati 6–4, 6–1 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez 		Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Ai Sugiyama 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Moscow

Singles – Doubles

Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva United States Lindsay Davenport 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Russia Elena Dementieva
Slovakia Janette Husárová 		Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić
Russia Nadia Petrova 		2–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Zürich

Singles – Doubles

Switzerland Patty Schnyder United States Lindsay Davenport 6–7(5–7), 7–6(10–8), 6–3 Russia Elena Bovina
Belgium Justine Henin 		Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jelena Dokić
Russia Nadia Petrova 		6–2, 7–6(7–2)

See also

References

  1. ^ "2002 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ "2002 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009.
  3. ^ "2002 Indian Wells Draws" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Berlin 2002 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  6. ^ "Moscow 2002 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Zurich 2002 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022.