2002 WTA Tour
The 2002 Sanex WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2002 tennis season. The WTA Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the WTA Tier I-V Events, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF) and the year-end championships.
Serena Williams finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won eight tournaments during the season, including three majors at the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open. She also won two Tier I events. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | December 29, 2001 – November 11, 2002 |
| Edition | 32nd |
| Tournaments | 64 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (17) WTA Tier III (17) WTA Tier IV (9) WTA Tier V (7) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles | Serena Williams (8) |
| Most tournament finals | Venus Williams (11) |
| Prize money leader | Serena Williams ($3,935,668) |
| Points leader | Serena Williams (6,080) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Serena Williams |
| Doubles team of the year | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez |
| Most improved player of the year | Daniela Hantuchová |
| Newcomer of the year | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| Comeback player of the year | Corina Morariu |
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New tournaments created for the 2002 season included the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium; a new green clay event, the Sarasota Clay Court Classic, in Sarasota, U.S.; and the Nordea Nordic Light Open held in Espoo, Finland. Another new tournament was created to be held in Aarhus, Denmark, but was later cancelled. Also, the French Community Championships moved cities from Knokke-Heist to Brussels, and the Kroger St. Jude Championship was moved from Oklahoma City, U.S. to a new location in Memphis.