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 | Design Center Linz |
Champions | |
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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.
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 | — | — | — | — |
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 | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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![]() | Jennifer Capriati | 3 | 1 |
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![]() | Jelena Dokic | 6 | 3 |
![]() | Justine Henin | 8 | 4 |
![]() | Daniela Hantuchová | 9 | 5 |
![]() | Anastasia Myskina | 12 | 6 |
![]() | Chanda Rubin | 13 | 7 |
![]() | Silvia Farina Elia | 14 | 8 |
![]() | Anna Smashnova | 16 | 9 |
Rankings are as of 14 October 2002.
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:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Player 1 Rank | Player 2 Rank | Seed |
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![]() | Virginia Ruano Pascual | ![]() | Paola Suárez | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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![]() | Rika Fujiwara | ![]() | Ai Sugiyama | 17 | 12 | 3 |
![]() | Jelena Dokic | ![]() | Nadia Petrova | 14 | 34 | 4 |
Rankings are as of 14 October 2002.
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:
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