2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

2002 Sparkassen Cup
Date	September 23 – September 29
Edition	13th
Category	Tier II
Surface	Hard / Indoor
Location	Leipzig, Germany
Champions
Singles
Serena Williams
Doubles
Serena Williams / Alexandra Stevenson

The 2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of Tier II of the 2002 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from September 23rd, through September 29th, 2002.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Serena Williams	1	1
FR Yugoslavia	Jelena Dokic	4	2
BEL	Justine Henin	7	3
BEL	Kim Clijsters	8	4
SVK	Daniela Hantuchová	11	5
RUS	Anastasia Myskina	12	6
ITA	Silvia Farina Elia	14	7
BUL	Magdalena Maleeva	17	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 16 September 2002.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Elke Clijsters
• Martina Müller
• Barbara Rittner

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Anca Barna
• Iveta Benešová
• Denisa Chládková
• Květa Hrdlickova

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SVK	Janette Husárová	ARG	Paola Suárez	6	1
BEL	Kim Clijsters	FR Yugoslavia	Jelena Dokic	42	2
ITA	Rita Grande	USA	Meghann Shaughnessy	62	3
SLO	Tina Križan	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	64	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 16 September 2002.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Anca Barna / Vanessa Henke
• Alexandra Stevenson / Serena Williams

Champions

Singles

• Serena Williams def. Anastasia Myskina, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

• Alexandra Stevenson / Serena Williams def. Janette Husárová / Paolo Suárez, 6–4, 6–4

External links

• 2002 Sparkassen Cup Draw