2002 Italian Open – Women's singles

2002 Italian Open USA Serena Williams BEL Justine Henin 7–6(8–6), 6–4 56 (4WC Wild cards/12Q Qualifiers/2LL Lucky losers) 16 2002 Italian Open (tennis) Serena Williams defeated Justine Henin in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2002 Italian Open. It was her third title of the season (and the 14th of her career), and her first clay court title. Jelena Dokic was the defending champion, but lost in third round to Anastasia Myskina. Seeds The first eight seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em USA Venus Williams (withdrew due to a wrist injury) USA Jennifer Capriati (semifinals) BEL Kim Clijsters (semifinals) USA Serena Williams (champion) BEL Justine Henin (final) FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic (third round) FRA Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals) FRA Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals) ITA Silvia Farina Elia (third round) USA Meghann Shaughnessy (first round) SVK Daniela Hantuchová (first round) RUS Elena Dementieva (first round) SUI Patty Schnyder (second round) UZB Iroda Tulyaganova (second round) THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (first round) RUS Tatiana Panova (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 Q ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 3 4 5 BEL Justine Henin 6 6 3 BEL Kim Clijsters 6 6 8 FRA Sandrine Testud 1 3 RUS Anastasia Myskina 3 4 4 USA Serena Williams 6 6 7 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 2 6 4 2 USA Jennifer Capriati 6 3 6 5 BEL Justine Henin 7 6 3 BEL Kim Clijsters 5 2 4 USA Serena Williams 6 3 7 2 USA Jennifer Capriati 2 6 5 5 BEL Justine Henin 66 4 4 USA Serena Williams 78 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q ESP M Marrero 3 3 WC RUS A Kournikova 6 6 ESP Á Montolio 64 3 Q ESP V Ruano Pascual 77 6 WC ITA T Garbin 3 2 14 UZB I Tulyaganova 6 6 10 USA M Shaughnessy 3 3 Q SWE Å Svensson 6 6 ARG P Suárez 3 1 LUX A Kremer 6 6 ITA F Schiavone 4 6 6 COL F Zuluaga 6 1 4 LL USA L Osterloh 1 6 1 WC RUS A Kournikova 6 4 6 Q ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 3 77 14 UZB I Tulyaganova 2 6 62 Q SWE Å Svensson 1 0 LUX A Kremer 6 6 ITA F Schiavone 65 2 5 BEL J Henin 77 6 WC RUS A Kournikova 3 2 Q ESP V Ruano Pascual 6 6 LUX A Kremer 2 4 5 BEL J Henin 6 6 Q ESP V Ruano Pascual 3 4 5 BEL J Henin 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals RUS E Likhovtseva 7 4 6 Q ZIM C Black 5 6 4 WC ITA An Serra Zanetti 6 4 0 SVK H Nagyová 1 6 6 Q USA J Hopkins 6 4 0 16 RUS T Panova 4 6 6 9 ITA S Farina Elia 6 6 Q BEL E Callens 0 4 Q USA M Tu 3 5 AUT B Schett 6 7 Q UKR J Vakulenko 7 6 SUI E Gagliardi 5 0 3 BEL K Clijsters 6 6 RUS E Likhovtseva 3 2 SVK H Nagyová 0 2r 16 RUS T Panova 6 5 9 ITA S Farina Elia 6 6 AUT B Schett 2 4 Q UKR J Vakulenko 1 1 8 FRA S Testud 6 6 3 BEL K Clijsters 6 66 6 16 RUS T Panova 3 78 1 9 ITA S Farina Elia 6 2 3 8 FRA S Testud 3 6 6 3 BEL K Clijsters 6 6 8 FRA S Testud 1 3 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals ISR A Smashnova 6 6 ITA Ad Serra Zanetti 1 2 ESP M Serna 6 6 WC ITA ME Camerin 3 4 RUS A Myskina 6 6 11 SVK D Hantuchová 4 4 15 THA T Tanasugarn 0 2 Q CZE D Chládková 6 6 ESP G León García 6 1 64 ESP C Martínez 0 6 77 Q CZE K Koukalová 6 4 1 ITA R Grande 2 6 6 6 FR Yugoslavia J Dokic 6 3 6 ISR A Smashnova 3 6 1 ESP M Serna 2 77 2 RUS A Myskina 6 64 6 Q CZE D Chládková 6 4 7 ESP C Martínez 4 6 5 ITA R Grande 0 3 4 USA S Williams 6 6 6 FR Yugoslavia J Dokic 7 4 3 RUS A Myskina 5 6 6 Q CZE D Chládková 1 2 4 USA S Williams 6 6 RUS A Myskina 3 4 4 USA S Williams 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals ESP C Torrens Valero 3 4 FRA N Dechy 6 6 SVK M Suchá 0 64 BUL M Maleeva 6 77 JPN A Sugiyama 6 7 12 RUS E Dementieva 4 5 13 SUI P Schnyder 6 6 SVK J Husárová 2 3 FRA M Pierce 6 5 6 Q SUI M-G Mikaelian 3 7 4 Q ARG C Fernández 6 1 67 LL SLO M Matevžič 4 6 79 7 FRA A Mauresmo 6 7 FRA N Dechy 1 5 BUL M Maleeva 63 5 JPN A Sugiyama 77 7 13 SUI P Schnyder 3 6 2 FRA M Pierce 6 1 6 LL SLO M Matevžič 2 1 2 USA J Capriati 6 6 7 FRA A Mauresmo 6 6 JPN A Sugiyama 0 2 FRA M Pierce 0 0 2 USA J Capriati 6 6 7 FRA A Mauresmo 2 6 4 2 USA J Capriati 6 3 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em SLO Katarina Srebotnik (first round) ZIM Cara Black (qualified) USA Meilen Tu (qualified) PAR 1990 Rossana de los Ríos (first round) SWE Åsa Svensson (qualified) SLO Maja Matevžič (qualifying competition, lucky loser) USA Lilia Osterloh (qualifying competition, lucky loser) SUI Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian (qualified) BLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek (qualifying competition) USA Chanda Rubin (first round) ESP Marta Marrero (qualified) USA Jennifer Hopkins (qualified) RUS Alina Jidkova (qualifying competition) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual (qualified) USA Samantha Reeves (qualifying competition) DEN Eva Dyrberg (qualifying competition) CZE Denisa Chládková (qualified) NED Miriam Oremans (first round) USA Jill Craybas (qualifying competition) ESP Eva Bes (first round) GER Jana Kandarr (first round) KAZ Irina Selyutina (first round) ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva (qualifying competition) ARG Clarisa Fernández (qualified) Qualifiers 30em BEL Els Callens ZIM Cara Black USA Meilen Tu UKR Julia Vakulenko SWE Åsa Svensson CZE Klára Koukalová ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual SUI Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian CZE Denisa Chládková ARG Clarisa Fernández ESP Marta Marrero USA Jennifer Hopkins Lucky losers 30em SLO Maja Matevžič USA Lilia Osterloh Qualifying draw First qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 1 SLO Katarina Srebotnik 5 7 1 BEL Els Callens 7 5 6 RSA Liezel Huber 5 5 23 ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva 7 7 BEL Els Callens 5 6 6 23 ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva 7 3 3 Second qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 2 ZIM Cara Black 6 6 WC ITA Silvia Disderi 1 1 USA Brie Rippner 6 6 18 NED Miriam Oremans 0 2 2 ZIM Cara Black 6 6 USA Brie Rippner 4 2 Third qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 3 USA Meilen Tu 7 6 ITA Gloria Pizzichini 5 1 WC ITA Laura Dell'Angelo 1 1 19 USA Jill Craybas 6 6 3 USA Meilen Tu 6 6 19 USA Jill Craybas 2 0 Fourth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 4 PAR 1990 Rossana de los Ríos 4 3 UKR Julia Vakulenko 6 6 JPN Rika Fujiwara 0 5 16 DEN Eva Dyrberg 6 7 UKR Julia Vakulenko 6 0 6 16 DEN Eva Dyrberg 4 6 0 Fifth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 200 5 SWE Åsa Svensson 6 6 ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 2 3 CZE Libuše Průšová 6 6 22 KAZ Irina Selyutina 4 3 5 SWE Åsa Svensson 2 6 7 CZE Libuše Průšová 6 3 5 Sixth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 6 SLO Maja Matevžič 3 6 6 ARG María Emilia Salerni 6 4 4 CZE Klára Koukalová 2 6 6 20 ESP Eva Bes 6 4 4 6 SLO Maja Matevžič 1 3 CZE Klára Koukalová 6 6 Seventh qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 7 USA Lilia Osterloh 6 4 6 WC EST Maret Ani 3 6 4 CAN Maureen Drake 4 6 0 14 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 6 3 6 7 USA Lilia Osterloh 1 2 14 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual 6 6 Eighth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 8 SUI Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian 6 6 WC ITA Elisa Balsamo 2 0 CAN Jana Nejedly 2 4 15 USA Samantha Reeves 6 6 8 SUI Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian 63 6 6 15 USA Samantha Reeves 77 3 2 Ninth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 9 BLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek 6 6 ITA Roberta Vinci 3 4 COL Catalina Castaño 63 3 17 CZE Denisa Chládková 77 6 9 BLR 1995 Tatiana Poutchek 7 2 0 17 CZE Denisa Chládková 5 6 6 Tenth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 10 USA Chanda Rubin 3 4 ITA Nathalie Viérin 6 6 FRA Alexandra Fusai 4 4 24 ARG Clarisa Fernández 6 6 ITA Nathalie Viérin 63 4 24 ARG Clarisa Fernández 77 6 Eleventh qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 11 ESP Marta Marrero 6 6 ITA Valentina Sassi 1 1 UKR Elena Tatarkova 6 63 7 21 GER Jana Kandarr 2 77 5 11 ESP Marta Marrero 6 6 UKR Elena Tatarkova 1 4 Twelfth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 12 USA Jennifer Hopkins 6 6 WC ITA Elena Vianello 1 2 WC ROM Raluca Sandu 6 4 1 13 RUS Alina Jidkova 4 6 6 12 USA Jennifer Hopkins 77 1 6 13 RUS Alina Jidkova 65 6 4 External links Official results archive (ITF) https://web.archive.org/web/20160225054536/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100003595 2016-02-25 Official results archive (WTA) Women's Singles Italian Open - Singles Category:2002 in Italian women's sport