2002 AIG Japan Open Women Singles
Week of 30 September-6 October (WTA Tier 3)

Championship: Jill Craybas d. Silvija Talaja 2-6 6-4 6-4

Main Draw     Qualifying


Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
2514.4 Ai Sugiyama [1] -- bye Sugiyama [1]
d.
Morigami
6-3 7-5
Talaja
d.
Sugiyama [1]
3-6 7-6 (5) 6-3
Talaja
d.
Taylor
6-3 6-4
Craybas
d.
Talaja
2-6 6-4 6-4
2213.1 Akiko Morigami d.
2293.1 Rossana Neffa-de lor Ríos
6-4 6-2
2331.9 Silvija Talaja d.
2268.9 Shinobu Asagoe
6-4 3-6 6-0
Talaja
d.
Ruano Pascual [7]
6-2 6-3
2409.7 Virginia Ruano Pascual [7] d.
1926.8 Jin-Hee Kim (Q)
6-0 6-2
2416.9 Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario [3] d.
2148.6 Maria Kirilenko (Q)
6-3 6-2
Taylor
d.
Sánchez-Vicario [3]
6-3 7-6 (3)
Taylor
d.
Yoshida
6-4 6-2
2289.6 Sarah Taylor d.
2233.4 Evie Dominikovic
6-2 6-2
2173.2 Ansley Cargill d.
2020.4 Kyung-Mi Chang (Q)
6-3 7-6 (2)
Yoshida
d.
Cargill
6-7 (5) 7-5 6-4
2030.8 Yuka Yoshida d.
2422.7 Cara Black [5]
6-2 6-1
2346.2 Jelena Kostanić [8] d.
2311.2 Saori Obata
6-4 7-6 (3)
Kostanić [8]
d.
Marrero
5-7 6-0 6-2
Craybas
d.
Kostanić [8]
6-2 6-1
Craybas
d.
Tanasugarn [2]
6-4 4-6 6-4
2340.6 Marta Marrero d.
1963.5 Seiko Okamoto (Q)
6-3 6-3
2326.7 Jill Craybas d.
2182.0 Miho Saeki
7-6 (7) 6-0
Craybas
d.
Gagliardi [4]
6-3 4-6 6-3
2407.1 Emmanuelle Gagliardi [4] d.
2411.9 Maria Sharapova
2-6 7-6 (4) 6-4
2447.7 Svetlana Kuznetsova [6] d.
2327.1 Virginie Razzano
7-5 6-2
Molik
d.
Kuznetsova [6]
7-6 (3) 6-2
Tanasugarn [2]
d.
Molik
6-4 1-6 6-1
2265.1 Alicia Molik d.
2218.9 Vanessa Webb
6-0 7-5
2078.7 Kelly Liggan d.
2187.8 Rika Fujiwara
6-3 4-6 6-2
Tanasugarn [2]
d.
Liggan
6-1 2-6 7-6 (1)
2457.1 Tamarine Tanasugarn [2] -- bye
Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final



Qualifying      Main Draw


Round 1 Round 2 Qualifying Final
2063.4 Nana Miyagi [1] d.
1826.5 Chiaki Nakajima
6-1 6-4
Miyagi [1]
d.
Katie Schlukebir
6-4 7-5
Kirilenko
d.
Miyagi [1]
6-0 6-4
2157.6 Katie Schlukebir d.
1753.8 Nana Wada
6-0 6-3
2148.6 Maria Kirilenko d.
1752.1 Tomoko Doukei
6-2 6-0
Kirilenko
d.
Hisamatsu [7]
6-3 2-6 6-4
1976.3 Shiho Hisamatsu [7] d.
1937.2 Ryoko Fuda
6-0 6-3
2035.0 Ayami Takase [2] d.
1817.6 Kumiko Iijima
6-0 6-4
Chang
d.
Takase [2]
6-3 6-0
Chang
d.
McShea [6]
7-5 6-4
2020.4 Kyung-Mi Chang d.
1929.2 Satomi Kinjo
6-4 6-4
1885.2 Akiko Kinebuchi d.
1948.2 Kaori Aoyama
7-5 3-6 6-3
McShea [6]
d.
Kinebuchi
6-3 6-4
2055.2 Lisa McShea [6] d.
1843.1 Maiko Inoue
1-6 6-4 6-4
2029.3 Trudi Musgrave [3] d.
1859.4 Kokoro Takehara
6-1 6-2
Musgrave [3]
d.
Hiraki
7-6 (3) 6-3
J-H Kim [8]
d.
Musgrave [3]
4-6 6-2 6-4
2046.6 Rika Hiraki d.
1999.4 Maika Ozaki
4-6 6-4 6-1
1906.9 Remi Tezuka d.
1880.8 Helena Ejeson
3-6 7-5 6-4
J-H Kim [8]
d.
Tezuka
4-6 6-4 6-4
1926.8 Jin-Hee Kim [8] d.
1656.3 Maki Arai
4-6 6-0 6-1
2001.7 Liga Dekmeijere [4] d.
2035.4 Haruka Inoue
6-3 3-6 6-3
Kitamura
d.
Dekmeijere [4]
6-3 6-2
Okamoto
d.
Kitamura
6-0 6-0
1911.8 Yumiko Kitamura d.
2071.2 Aiko Nakamura
6-3 6-4
1963.5 Seiko Okamoto d.
1967.3 Chisayo Ito
4-6 6-2 6-3
Okamoto
d.
Kolbovic [5]
6-3 6-2
2119.8 Renata Kolbovic [5] d.
1819.6 Amanda Augustus
6-1 6-1
Round 1 Round 2 Qualifying Final

* Players marked with an asterisk are playing in their first WTA event in the past year and are consequently unrated. For the purposes of my system they are assigned a rating in each match equivalent to their opponent's strength of schedule.