2002 Acura Classic

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2002 Acura Classic
DateJuly 29 – August 4
Edition24th
Category Tier II
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$775,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location San Diego, California, U.S.
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva / Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová
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The 2002 Acura Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in San Diego in the United States. It was part of Tier II of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and was held from July 29 through August 4, 2002. First-seeded Venus Williams won her third consecutive singles title at the event and earned $115,000 first-prize money as well as 220 ranking points.

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Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams defeated Flag of Australia.svg Jelena Dokić, 6–2, 6–2

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Venus Williams.

Doubles

Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva / Flag of Slovakia.svg Janette Husárová defeated Flag of Slovakia.svg Daniela Hantuchová / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama, 6–2, 6–4

Elena Dementieva Russian tennis player

Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She won 16 WTA singles titles, reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open and reached seven other Grand Slam semifinals. Dementieva was also part of the Russian team that won the 2005 Fed Cup. In doubles, she won the 2002 WTA Championship doubles with Janette Husárová and was the runner-up in two US Open doubles finals – in 2002 with Husárová and in 2005 with Flavia Pennetta. Dementieva achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 3, which was accomplished on 6 April 2009. She announced her retirement on 29 October 2010, after her final match at the 2010 WTA Tour Championships. Dementieva ended her career ranked world No. 9 and between 2003 and 2010 she only ended one year, in 2007, outside the top 10.

Janette Husárová Slovak tennis player

Janette Husárová is a retired Slovak professional tennis player.

Daniela Hantuchová Slovakian tennis player

Daniela Hantuchová is a retired Slovakian tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA tournament, the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Martina Hingis in the final and becoming the lowest-ranked player to ever win the tournament. She also reached the quarterfinals of that year's Wimbledon Championships and US Open, ending the year in the top ten. She was part of the Slovak team that won the 2002 Fed Cup and the 2005 Hopman Cup.

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