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2002 WTA Tour
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The 2002 Sanex WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2002 tennis season. The WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Tier I-V Events, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF) and the year-end championships.

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New tournaments created for the 2002 season included the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium; a new green clay event, the Sarasota Clay Court Classic, in Sarasota, U.S.; and the Nordea Nordic Light Open held in Espoo, Finland. Another new tournament was created to be held in Aarhus, Denmark, but was later cancelled. Also, the French Community Championships moved cities from Knokke-Heist to Brussels, and the Kroger St. Jude Championship was moved from Oklahoma City, U.S. to a new location in Memphis.

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Season summary

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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.

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Schedule

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The table below shows the 2002 WTA Tour schedule.

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Grand Slam events
Year-end championships
Tier I events
Tier II events
Tier III events
Tier IV and V events
Team events

January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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November

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Rankings

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

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Points distribution

CategoryWFSFQFR16R32R64R128QQ3Q2Q1
Grand Slam (S)6504562921629056322262112.52
Grand Slam (D)6504562921629056222
WTA Championships (S)48534021812167
WTA Championships (D)485340218121
Tier I $2,000,000 (S)325228146814528161116.251
Tier I $2,000,000 (D)3252281468145120
Tier I $1,224,000 (56S)27519312469382319.55.251
Tier I $1,224,000 (28S)27519312469381179.55.251
Tier I $1,224,000 (28D)2751931246938117
Tier I $1,224,000 (16D)27519312469117
Tier II $650,000 (56S)2201549955291517.754.51
Tier II $650,000 (28S)220154995529113.257.754.51
Tier II $650,000 (16D)2201549955113
Tier II $585,000 (56S)1951378849251416.7541
Tier II $585,000 (28S)195137884925111.756.7541
Tier II $585,000 (16D)1951378849111.75
Tier III $225,000 (30S)14510366371914.52.751
Tier III $225,000 (16D)14510366371
Tier III $170,000 (56S)12085553016913.752.251
Tier III $170,000 (30S)1208555301617.253.752.251
Tier III $170,000 (16D)12085553017.5
Tier IV $140,000 (S)956743241215.53.521
Tier IV $140,000 (D)9567432416.25
Tier V $110,000 (S)805636201014.5321
Tier V $110,000 (D)8056362015
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Statistics

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List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:

The following players won their first title:

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)
  •  Israel – 4 (Auckland, Canberra, Vienna and Shanghai)
  •  Spain – 2 (Porto and Estoril)
  •  France – 2 (Dubai and Montreal)
  •  Slovenia – 2 (Acapulco and Bratislava)
  •  Slovakia – 2 (Hobart and Indian Wells)
  • FR Yugoslavia – 2 (Sarasota and Birmingham)
  •  Argentina – 1 (Palermo)
  •  Austria – 1 (Casablanca)
  •  Bulgaria – 1 (Moscow)
  •  Colombia – 1 (Bogotá)
  •  Croatia – 1 (Charleston)
  •  Germany – 1 (Budapest)
  •  Greece – 1 ('s-Hertogenbosch)
  •  Indonesia – 1 (Pattaya City)
  •  Italy – 1 (Strasbourg)
  •  Sweden – 1 (Bol)
  •  Zimbabwe – 1 (Waikoloa)
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