2002 Generali Ladies Linz

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2002 Generali Ladies Linz
Date21–27 October
Edition16th
Category Tier II Series
Prize money USD $585,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
Location Linz, Austria
VenueDesign Center Linz
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Justine Henin
Doubles
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Jelena Dokic / Flag of Russia.svg Nadia Petrova
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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 Design Center Linz. Fourth-seeded Justine Henin won the singles title.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles195137884925111.756.7541
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
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

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jennifer Capriati 31
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lindsay Davenport 102
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic 63
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Justine Henin 84
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová 95
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Myskina 126
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chanda Rubin 137
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Silvia Farina Elia 148
Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Anna Smashnova 169

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

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerPlayer 1 RankPlayer 2 RankSeed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Paola Suárez 211
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Daniela Hantuchová Flag of the United States.svg  USA Meghann Shaughnessy 7152
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Rika Fujiwara Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ai Sugiyama 17123
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia Jelena Dokic Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Nadia Petrova 14344

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:

Finals

Singles

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.

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