2002 Generali Ladies Linz
2002 Generali Ladies Linz | |
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Date | 21–27 October |
Edition | 16th |
Category | Tier II Series |
Prize money | USD $585,000 |
Surface | Hard (indoor) |
Location | Linz, Austria |
Venue | TipsArena Linz |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Justine Henin | |
Doubles | |
Jelena Dokic / Nadia Petrova |
The 2002 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2002 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz women's tennis tournament. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from 21 October until 27 October 2002 at the TipsArena Linz. Fourth-seeded Justine Henin won the singles title.
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 |
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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 |
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USA | Jennifer Capriati | 3 | 1 |
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:
- Anca Barna
- Denisa Chládková
- Lina Krasnoroutskaya
- Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
- Jill Craybas
- Petra Mandula
Withdrawals[]
- Lindsay Davenport → replaced by Jill Craybas
- Martina Hingis → replaced by Conchita Martínez
- Patty Schnyder → replaced by Petra Mandula
- Serena Williams → replaced by Francesca Schiavone
Retirements[]
Doubles main draw entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Country | Player | Player 1 Rank | Player 2 Rank | Seed |
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ESP | Virginia Ruano Pascual | ARG | Paola Suárez | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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:
- Greta Arn / Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian
The following pair received entry as lucky losers:
- Jill Craybas / Maja Murić
Finals[]
Singles[]
- Justine Henin defeated Alexandra Stevenson, 6–3, 6–0.[1]
It was Henin's 6th WTA singles title, and second title of the year.
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.
References[]
- ^ "PLUS: TENNIS; Stevenson loses to Henin in 2 sets". The New York Times. Linz. 28 October 2002. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- 2002 WTA Tour
- Linz Open
- 2002 in Austrian tennis
- October 2000 sports events in Europe
- 2002 in Austrian women's sport