2002 Australian Open


The 2002 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Australia. It was the 90th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 14 through 27 January 2002 and attracted an attendance of 518,248.
Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati were the defending champions. Agassi, chose to withdraw the tournament due to wrist injury. Thomas Johansson won his first Grand Slam title, while Capriati successfully defended her title defeating three-time champion Martina Hingis in the final.
Kia Motors began its sponsorship in this season replacing Ford.

Seniors

Men's Singles

Thomas Johansson defeated Marat Safin, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6
Jennifer Capriati defeated Martina Hingis, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor defeated Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro, 7–6, 6–3
Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova defeated Daniela Hantuchová / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–2, 6–7, 6–1

Mixed Doubles

Daniela Hantuchová / Kevin Ullyett defeated Paola Suárez / Gastón Etlis, 6–3, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Clément Morel defeated Todd Reid, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Barbora Strýcová defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–0, 7–5

Boys' Doubles

Ryan Henry / Todd Reid defeated Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău, walkover

Girls' Doubles

Gisela Dulko / Angelique Widjaja defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova / Matea Mezak, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4

Wheelchair

Men's Wheelchair Singles

Robin Ammerlaan defeated David Hall, 6–2, 6-4

Women's Wheelchair Singles

Esther Vergeer defeated Daniela Di Toro, 6–2, 6–0

Seeds

Men's singles

  1. Lleyton Hewitt '
  2. Gustavo Kuerten '
  3. Andre Agassi '
  4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  5. Sébastien Grosjean '
  6. Tim Henman
  7. Tommy Haas '
  8. Pete Sampras '
  9. Marat Safin '
  10. Goran Ivanišević '
  11. Roger Federer '
  12. Guillermo Cañas '
  13. Andy Roddick '
  14. Àlex Corretja
  15. Arnaud Clément '
  16. Thomas Johansson Champion
  17. Carlos Moyá '
  18. Albert Portas '
  19. Jan-Michael Gambill '
  20. Fabrice Santoro '
  21. Younes El Aynaoui '
  22. Hicham Arazi
  23. Nicolás Lapentti '
  24. Thomas Enqvist '
  25. Andrei Pavel '
  26. Jiří Novák '
  27. Sjeng Schalken '
  28. Greg Rusedski '
  29. Xavier Malisse '
  30. Nicolas Escudé '
  31. Andreas Vinciguerra '
  32. Tommy Robredo '

    Women's singles

  33. Jennifer Capriati
  34. Venus Williams
  35. Martina Hingis
  36. Kim Clijsters
  37. Serena Williams
  38. Justine Henin
  39. Amélie Mauresmo
  40. Monica Seles
  41. Sandrine Testud
  42. Meghann Shaughnessy
  43. Silvia Farina Elia
  44. Elena Dementieva
  45. Magdalena Maleeva
  46. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  47. Amanda Coetzer
  48. Iroda Tulyaganova
  49. Barbara Schett
  50. Lisa Raymond
  51. Ángeles Montolio
  52. Rita Grande
  53. Dája Bedáňová
  54. Henrieta Nagyová
  55. Magüi Serna
  56. Ai Sugiyama
  57. Tamarine Tanasugarn
  58. Cristina Torrens Valero
  59. Paola Suárez
  60. Anne Kremer
  61. Tatiana Panova
  62. Elena Likhovtseva
  63. Francesca Schiavone
  64. Daniela Hantuchová
  65. Lina Krasnoroutskaya