| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 2002 Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open | |
| Champion |  Fabrice Santoro |
| Runner-up |  Younes El Aynaoui |
| Score | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Draw | 32 (3WC/4Q) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Younes El Aynaoui.
Fabrice Santoro won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against El Aynaoui. [1] [2] [3]
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round, retired because of a pulled abductor)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
Thomas Johansson (semifinals) Sébastien Grosjean (second round)
Tim Henman (quarterfinals)
Roger Federer (second round)
Goran Ivanišević (first round)
Jiří Novák (semifinals)
Adrian Voinea (qualified)
Karol Kučera (first round)
Irakli Labadze (first round)
Michael Kohlmann (qualified) Andrei Stoliarov (qualifying competition)
Vladimir Voltchkov (first round)
Stefano Galvani (qualifying competition)
Oleg Ogorodov (qualifying competition)| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Adrian Voinea | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
 Tuomas Ketola | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Adrian Voinea | 0 | 77 | 6 | |||||||||
| 7 | Stefano Galvani | 6 | 63 | 3 | |||||||||
| Ján Krošlák | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Stefano Galvani | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 2/WC | Karol Kučera | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
 Vasilis Mazarakis | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Vasilis Mazarakis | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Oleg Ogorodov | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| WC | Mehdi Tahiri | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Oleg Ogorodov | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Irakli Labadze | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| Renzo Furlan | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Renzo Furlan | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| WC |  Jeff Tarango | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| WC | Jeff Tarango | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Vladimir Voltchkov | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Michael Kohlmann | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
 Rogier Wassen | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Michael Kohlmann | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | Andrei Stoliarov | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Vadim Kutsenko | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Andrei Stoliarov | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
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