2002 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2002 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2002 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from October 21–27, 2002 at the TipsArena Linz. Justine Henin won the singles title.

2002 Generali Ladies Linz
Date21 October – 27 October
Edition16th
CategoryTier II Series
Prize moneyUSD $585,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationLinz, Austria
VenueTipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Justine Henin
Doubles
Jelena Dokic / Nadia Petrova

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 195 137 88 49 25 1 11.75 6.75 4 1
Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $95,500 $51,000 $27,300 $14,600 $7,820 $4,175 $2,230 $1,195 $640
Doubles * $30,000 $16,120 $8,620 $4,610 $2,465 N/A N/A N/A N/A

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
 USA Jennifer Capriati 3 1
 USA Lindsay Davenport 10 2
 FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic 6 3
 BEL Justine Henin 8 4
 SVK Daniela Hantuchová 9 5
 RUS Anastasia Myskina 12 6
 USA Chanda Rubin 13 7
 ITA Silvia Farina Elia 14 8
 ISR Anna Smashnova 16 9

Rankings are as of 14 October 2002.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Player 1 Rank Player 2 Rank Seed
 ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual  ARG Paola Suárez 2 1 1
 SVK Daniela Hantuchová  USA Meghann Shaughnessy 7 15 2
 JPN Rika Fujiwara  JPN Ai Sugiyama 17 12 3
 FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic  RUS Nadia Petrova 14 34 4

Rankings are as of 14 October 2002.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2002 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

It was Henin's 6th WTA singles title, and second title of the year.

Doubles
Main article: 2002 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles

It was Dokic's 4th WTA doubles title, and first of the year. It was Petrova's 3rd WTA doubles title, and first of the year. The pair were the defending champions, and this was the second and final doubles title they won together as a pair. This would also be Dokic's final WTA doubles title.

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References
  1. "PLUS: TENNIS; Stevenson loses to Henin in 2 sets". The New York Times. Linz. 28 October 2002. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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