# Japan Women's Open 2002

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/sackmann_wta:4042e19333f3bc3e1b6149dc613baef3bd722dd7602957eb0a489b6bb322a274/japan-womens-open?season=2002
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other editions available: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000

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