2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)
# 2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

The 2002 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 2002 WTA Tour. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held from 23 September until 29 September 2002. First-seeded Serena Williams won the singles title and earned $93,000 first-prize money.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| FR Yugoslavia | Jelena Dokic | 4 | 2 |
| BEL | Justine Henin | 7 | 3 |
| BEL | Kim Clijsters | 8 | 4 |
| SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 11 | 5 |
| RUS | Anastasia Myskina | 12 | 6 |
| ITA | Silvia Farina Elia | 14 | 7 |
| BUL | Magdalena Maleeva | 17 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 16 September 2002.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Elke Clijsters
* Martina Müller
* Barbara Rittner

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

* Anca Barna
* Iveta Benešová
* Denisa Chládková
* Květa Hrdlickova

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SVK | Janette Husárová | ARG | Paola Suárez | 6 | 1 |
| BEL | Kim Clijsters | FR Yugoslavia | Jelena Dokic | 42 | 2 |
| ITA | Rita Grande | USA | Meghann Shaughnessy | 62 | 3 |
| SLO | Tina Križan | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 64 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of 16 September 2002.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Anca Barna / Vanessa Henke
* Alexandra Stevenson / Serena Williams

## Finals

### Singles

* Serena Williams defeated Anastasia Myskina, 6–3, 6–2

### Doubles

* Alexandra Stevenson / Serena Williams defeated Janette Husárová / Paola Suárez, 6–3, 7-5
