2002 Generali Ladies Linz

2002 Generali Ladies Linz
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
Singles
Justine Henin
Doubles
Jelena Dokic / 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.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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
Doubles					1	—		—	—	—

Prize money

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	—	—	—	—

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
USA	Jennifer Capriati	3	1
USA	Lindsay Davenport	10	2
FR Yugoslavia	Jelena Dokic	6	3
BEL	Justine Henin	8	4
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	9	5
RUS	Anastasia Myskina	12	6
USA	Chanda Rubin	13	7
ITA	Silvia Farina Elia	14	8
ISR	Anna Smashnova	16	9

Rankings are as of 14 October 2002.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Daniela Kix
• Barbara Schett
• Patricia Wartusch

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Anca Barna
• Denisa Chládková
• Lina Krasnoroutskaya
• Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Jill Craybas
• Petra Mandula

Withdrawals

• Lindsay Davenport → replaced by Jill Craybas
• Martina Hingis → replaced by Conchita Martínez
• Patty Schnyder → replaced by Petra Mandula
• Serena Williams → replaced by Francesca Schiavone

Retirements

• Daniela Kix (Stomach cramps)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Player 1 Rank	Player 2 Rank	Seed
ESP	Virginia Ruano Pascual	ARG	Paola Suárez	2	1	1
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	USA	Meghann Shaughnessy	7	15	2
JPN	Rika Fujiwara	JPN	Ai Sugiyama	17	12	3
FR Yugoslavia	Jelena Dokic	RUS	Nadia Petrova	14	34	4

Rankings are as of 14 October 2002.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Daniela Klemenschits / Sandra Klemenschits

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Greta Arn / Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

• Jill Craybas / Maja Murić

Finals

Singles

• Justine Henin defeated Alexandra Stevenson, 6–3, 6–0.^[1]

It was Henin's 6th WTA singles title, and second title of the year.

Doubles

• Jelena Dokic / Nadia Petrova defeated Rika Fujiwara / Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–2.

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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