Serena Williams defeated the two-time defending champion, her sister Venus Williams, in the final, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships. It was her first

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singles title, third

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singles title overall, and the second component of her first "Serena Slam," a non-calendar year Grand Slam and career Grand Slam. She also claimed the world No. 1 singles ranking for the first time by winning the tournament. She achieved the '

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' (winning the

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and Wimbledon in the same year), a feat she would accomplish again in

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. Williams did not lose a set during the tournament.

Seeds

Venus Williams ''(final)'' Serena Williams (champion) Jennifer Capriati ''(quarterfinals)'' Monica Seles ''(quarterfinals)'' Kim Clijsters ''(second round)'' Justine Henin ''(semifinals)'' Jelena Dokić ''(fourth round)''

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''(second round)'' Amélie Mauresmo ''(semifinals)'' Silvia Farina Elia ''(third round)'' Daniela Hantuchová ''(quarterfinals)'' Elena Dementieva ''(fourth round)'' Meghann Shaughnessy ''(second round)''

Iroda Tulyaganova Iroda Tulyaganova ( uz, Ирода Тўлаганов, translit=Iroda To'laganova; born 7 January 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. Tulyaganova has career-high WTA rankings of 16 in singles (reached in June 2002) and ...

''(second round)''

Anna Smashnova Anna Smashnova ( he, אנה סמשנובה, russian: Анна Смашнова; born July 16, 1976) is a Soviet-born Israeli former tennis player. She retired from professional tour after Wimbledon 2007. Smashnova reached her career-high singles ...

''(first round)'' Lisa Raymond ''(fourth round)'' Patty Schnyder ''(second round)'' Anastasia Myskina ''(third round)''

Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Магдалена Георгиева Малеева, ; born 1 April 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to Octo ...

''(fourth round)'' Tamarine Tanasugarn ''(fourth round)''

Tatiana Panova Tatiana Urayevna Panova (born 13 August 1976, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

''(third round)''

Anne Kremer Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. Anne won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18. Anne completed her schooling at the Athénée de Luxe ...

''(second round)''

Iva Majoli Iva Majoli-Marić (born 12 August 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won seven ot ...

''(third round)'' Alexandra Stevenson ''(first round)'' Nathalie Dechy ''(third round)''

Dája Bedáňová Dája Bedáňová (born Daniela Bedáňová 9 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She lives in Leonberg, Germany. Bedáňová turned pro in 2000 and retired in 2005. She was named the WTA Newcomer of the Y ...

''(third round)'' Ai Sugiyama ''(third round)'' Paola Suárez ''(first round)''

Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Eagle (; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the Austria Fed Cup team, ...

''(second round)''

Clarisa Fernández Clarisa Fernández (born 28 August 1981) is a retired Argentine tennis player. She is best known for her semifinal appearance at the 2002 French Open, the first Argentine since Sabatini in 1992 to reach that stage. Fernández was ranked 87th i ...

''(second round)''

Nicole Pratt Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Pratt was born in Mackay, Queensland. She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior pl ...

''(first round)'' Amanda Coetzer ''(second round)''

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

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2002 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com2002 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2002 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Women's Singles Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships