Serena Williams defeated Jennifer Capriati in the final, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2002 Miami Open. Serena became the second player in the Open Era, after Steffi Graf, to defeat the world's top-three ranked players at the same event; defeating world No. 3 Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Venus Williams in the semifinals, and No. 1 Capriati in the final. Serena did not lose a set during the tournament.
Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost to her sister, Serena Williams, in the semifinals.
Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round.
Jennifer Capriati (finals) Venus Williams (semifinals) Martina Hingis (quarterfinals) Kim Clijsters (quarterfinals) Monica Seles (semifinals) Justine Henin (second round) Jelena Dokić (third round) Serena Williams (champion) Silvia Farina Elia (fourth round) Meghann Shaughnessy (third round) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (fourth round) Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals) Daniela Hantuchová (second round) Amanda Coetzer (fourth round) Iroda Tulyaganova (fourth round) Magdalena Maleeva (third round) Lisa Raymond (third round) Tamarine Tanasugarn (third round) Barbara Schett (third round) Dája Bedáňová (second round) Ángeles Montolio (second round) Francesca Schiavone (second round) Alexandra Stevenson (fourth round) Ai Sugiyama (third round) Rita Grande (second round) Anne Kremer (fourth round) Henrieta Nagyová (second round) Tatiana Panova (quarterfinals) Cristina Torrens Valero (second round) Patty Schnyder (second round) Nathalie Dechy (second round) Anastasia Myskina (third round)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
Ninth qualifier
Tenth qualifier
Eleventh qualifier
Twelfth qualifier
References
External links Official results archive (ITF) Official results archive (WTA)