2002 Sparkassen Cup – Singles

Singles
Singles
2002 Sparkassen Cup
Final
Champion	Serena Williams
Runner-up	Anastasia Myskina
Score	6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

The 2002 Sparkassen Cup singles was the tennis singles event of the thirteenth edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany. Kim Clijsters was the two-time defending champion but lost in the semifinal to Anastasia Myskina.

World No.1 Serena Williams beat Anastasia Myskina 6–3, 6–2 in the final. Myskina would go on to win the title the following year.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

Serena Williams (champion)
Jelena Dokic (second round)
Justine Henin (semifinals)
Kim Clijsters (semifinals)
Daniela Hantuchová (quarterfinals)
Anastasia Myskina (final)
Silvia Farina Elia (second round)
Magdalena Maleeva (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Serena Williams	6	6

3	Justine Henin	4	2
					1	Serena Williams	6	6

					6	Anastasia Myskina	3	2
4	Kim Clijsters	4	7	6³

6	Anastasia Myskina	6	5	7⁷

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

					1	S Williams	6	3	6
Q	Anca Barna	6	6		Q	A Barna	1	6	1
WC	Elke Clijsters	4	2							1	S Williams	6	6
	Alexandra Stevenson	6	4	6							J Husárová	3	3
Q	Denisa Chládková	4	6	2		A Stevenson	6	6²	6⁶
	Janette Husárová	3	6	6		J Husárová	1	7⁷	7⁸
8	Magdalena Maleeva	6	2	3										1	S Williams	6	6
														3	J Henin	4	2
					3	J Henin	6⁴	7⁷	6
Q	Iveta Benešová	6	6		Q	I Benešová	7⁷	6⁵	2
	Paola Suárez	3	1							3	J Henin	6	7
	Iva Majoli	6⁴	1							5	D Hantuchová	4	5
	Rita Grande	7⁷	6			R Grande	4	6	6³
	Katarina Srebotnik	6	3	3	5	D Hantuchová	6	2	7⁷
5	Daniela Hantuchová	4	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

7	Silvia Farina Elia	6	6²	6
	Francesca Schiavone	4	7⁷	2	7	S Farina Elia	6	4	3
	Eleni Daniilidou	3	6	6¹	WC	B Rittner	4	6	6
WC	Barbara Rittner	6	3	7⁷						WC	B Rittner	1	0
WC	Martina Müller	3	1							4	K Clijsters	6	6
	Nadia Petrova	6	6			N Petrova	4	2
					4	K Clijsters	6	6
														4	K Clijsters	4	7	6³
6	Anastasia Myskina	2	6	6										6	A Myskina	6	5	7⁷
	Nathalie Dechy	6	1	3	6	A Myskina	6	3	6
	Dája Bedáňová	2	1^r		Q	K Hrdličková	4	6	1
Q	Květa Hrdličková	6	2	0						6	A Myskina	6	7
	Elena Likhovtseva	3	6	2						Q	M Shaughnessy	4	5
Q	Meghann Shaughnessy	6	3	6	Q	M Shaughnessy	6	6
					2	Jelena Dokic	2	4

External links

2002 Sparkassen Cup draw