Serena Williams defeated the two-time defending champion, her sister Venus Williams, in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2002 US Open. It was her third consecutive major title, the third step towards completing her first "Serena Slam", and her second consecutive major title won without losing a set.
Serena Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2005 Australian Open. It was her second Australian Open singles title and her seventh major singles title overall. Serena saved three match points in her semifinal match against Maria Sharapova.
Jelena Janković successfully defended her title, beating qualifier Alizé Cornet in the final, 6–2, 6–2.
Serena Williams was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to her elder sister Venus.
Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended her title by defeating Elena Dementieva 6–1, 6–1 in the final.
Daniela Hantuchová was the defending champion but lost in the fourth round to Amanda Coetzer.
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion, but withdrew before her third round match against Laura Granville due to a wrist injury which would ultimately sideline her for the remainder of the season.
Justine Henin was the defending champion, but did not participate in the tournament.
The 1999 Internationaux de Strasbourg singles was the singles event of the thirteenth edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, a WTA Tier III tournament held in Strasbourg, France and part of the European clay court season. Irina Spîrlea was the champion from the previous year's edition of this tournament, but she did not partake in defence.
Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond were the defending champions but they competed with different partners in 2004, Davenport with Corina Morariu and Raymond with Martina Navratilova.
The 1999 Sanex Trophy singles was the singles event of the first edition of the Sanex Trophy; a WTA Tier IV tournament and one of the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Belgium.
The women's doubles Tournament at the 2005 Pacific Life Open took place between March 7 and March 20 on the outdoor hard courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy in the final.
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 2002 Australian Open.
This article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 2002 French Open.
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Magüi Serna was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.
Patty Schnyder was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jelena Dokic.
Katarina Srebotnik and Åsa Svensson were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Amélie Mauresmo.
Angelique Widjaja was the defending champion, however she was defeated in the first round by Marta Marrero.
Denisa Chládková (qualified)
Fabiola Zuluaga (qualified)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (qualified)
Cho Yoon-jeong (qualified)
Maureen Drake (second round)
Tatiana Perebiynis (second round)
Lubomira Bacheva (first round)
Milagros Sequera (first round)
Irina Selyutina (first round)
Antonella Serra Zanetti (qualified)
Anikó Kapros (qualifying competition)
Evie Dominikovic (first round)
Céline Beigbeder (first round)
Ľubomíra Kurhajcová (first round)
Eva Bes-Ostariz (qualifying competition)
Dally Randriantefy (qualifying competition)
Hsieh Su-wei (first round)
Evelyn Fauth (second round)
Liezel Horn (withdrew)
Akiko Morigami (first round)
