# Japan Women's Open 2002

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/sackmann_wta:4042e19333f3bc3e1b6149dc613baef3bd722dd7602957eb0a489b6bb322a274/japan-womens-open
Tour: WTA

Jill Craybas won the 2002 Japan Women's Open, defeating Silvija Talaja 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the final. The WTA 250 event was played on hard courts in Japan Open, Japan, from September 30 to October 6, 2002. The match log contains 29 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Japan Women's Open is a hard-court WTA tournament in Osaka.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Japan Open, Osaka Open, Japan Women's Tennis Open
- Category: Tier III -> WTA 250
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Japan Open
- Start date: 2002-09-30
- End date: 2002-10-06

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

## Champion
- Winner: Jill Craybas
- Runner-up: Silvija Talaja
- Final score: 2-6 6-4 6-4

## Knockout results
### F
- Jill Craybas def. Silvija Talaja 2-6 6-4 6-4

### SF
- Silvija Talaja def. Sarah Taylor 6-3 6-4
- Jill Craybas def. Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4 4-6 6-4

### QF
- Silvija Talaja def. Ai Sugiyama 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3
- Sarah Taylor def. Yuka Yoshida 6-4 6-2
- Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Alicia Molik 6-4 1-6 6-1
- Jill Craybas def. Jelena Kostanic Tosic 6-2 6-1

### R16
- Yuka Yoshida def. Ansley Cargill 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4
- Ai Sugiyama def. Akiko Morigami 6-3 7-5
- Jill Craybas def. Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-3 4-6 6-3
- Tamarine Tanasugarn def. Kelly Liggan 6-2 1-6 7-6(1)
- Silvija Talaja def. Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2 6-3
- Sarah Taylor def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-3 7-6(3)
- Alicia Molik def. Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6(3) 6-2
- Jelena Kostanic Tosic def. Marta Marrero 5-7 6-0 6-2

### R32
- Akiko Morigami def. Rossana De Los Ríos 6-4 6-2
- Alicia Molik def. Vanessa Webb 6-0 7-5
- Yuka Yoshida def. Cara Black 6-2 6-1
- Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Virginie Razzano 7-5 6-2
- Sarah Taylor def. Evie Dominikovic 6-2 6-2
- Virginia Ruano Pascual def. Jin-Hee (sr) Kim 6-0 6-1
- Ansley Cargill def. Kyung-Mi Chang 6-3 7-6(2)
- Jill Craybas def. Miho Saeki 7-6(7) 6-0
- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario def. Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-2
- Silvija Talaja def. Shinobu Asagoe 6-4 3-6 6-0
- Marta Marrero def. Seiko Okamoto 6-3 6-3
- Kelly Liggan def. Rika Fujiwara 6-3 4-6 6-2
- Jelena Kostanic Tosic def. Saori Obata 6-4 7-6(3)
- Emmanuelle Gagliardi def. Maria Sharapova 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4

## Stats
- Total matches: 29
- Players: 30

Other editions available: 2002

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