2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships USA Jill Craybas CRO Silvija Talaja 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 30 (4 Q Qualifiers / 2 WC Wild Cards) 8 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open 2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships Monica Seles was the defending champion, but did not compete this year. Unseeded Jill Craybas won the title by defeating Silvija Talaja 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final. It was the 1st title for Craybas in her singles career. Seeds The first two seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em JPN Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals) THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (semifinals) ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round) SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi (second round) ZIM Cara Black (first round) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (second round) CRO Jelena Kostanić (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175   CRO Silvija Talaja 6 6 USA Sarah Taylor 3 4 USA Jill Craybas 6 4 6 2 THA Tamarine Tanasugarn 4 6 4   CRO Silvija Talaja 6 4 4 USA Jill Craybas 2 6 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals JPN A Morigami 6 6 PAR 1990 R de los Ríos 4 2 JPN S Asagoe 4 6 0 CRO S Talaja 6 3 6 Q KOR J-h Kim 0 1 7 ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 6 3 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 Q RUS M Kirilenko 3 2 USA S Taylor 6 6 AUS E Dominikovic 2 2 USA A Cargill 6 77 Q KOR K-m Chang 3 62 WC JPN Y Yoshida 6 6 5 ZIM C Black 2 1 1 JPN A Sugiyama 6 7 JPN A Morigami 3 5 CRO S Talaja 6 6 7 ESP V Ruano Pascual 2 3 3 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 3 63 USA S Taylor 6 77 USA A Cargill 77 5 4 WC JPN Y Yoshida 65 7 6 1 JPN A Sugiyama 6 65 3 CRO S Talaja 3 77 6 USA S Taylor 6 6 WC JPN Y Yoshida 4 2 CRO S Talaja 6 6 USA S Taylor 3 4 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 CRO J Kostanić 6 77 JPN S Obata 4 63 ESP M Marrero 6 6 Q JPN S Okamoto 3 3 USA J Craybas 79 6 JPN M Saeki 67 0 WC RUS M Sharapova 6 64 4 4 SUI E Gagliardi 2 77 6 6 RUS S Kuznetsova 7 6 FRA V Razzano 5 2 CAN V Webb 0 5 AUS A Molik 6 7 IRL K Liggan 6 4 6 JPN R Fujiwara 3 6 2 8 CRO J Kostanić 5 6 6 ESP M Marrero 7 0 2 USA J Craybas 6 4 6 4 SUI E Gagliardi 3 6 3 6 RUS S Kuznetsova 63 2 AUS A Molik 77 6 IRL K Liggan 2 6 61 2 THA T Tanasugarn 6 1 77 8 CRO J Kostanić 2 1 USA J Craybas 6 6 AUS A Molik 4 6 1 2 THA T Tanasugarn 6 1 6 USA J Craybas 6 4 6 2 THA T Tanasugarn 4 6 4 References Tournament Profile (ITF) https://web.archive.org/web/20160907095302/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100003746 2016-09-07 Singles Category:2002 WTA Tour Category:2002 in Japanese women's sport Category:Women's tennis tournaments in Japan