# 2002 Mercedes Cup – Singles

Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Lars Burgsmüller.
Mikhail Youzhny won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Guillermo Cañas.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Jiří Novák (semifinals)
* Gustavo Kuerten (second round)
* Guillermo Cañas (final)
* Younes El Aynaoui (quarterfinals)
* Andrei Pavel (quarterfinals)
* Nicolás Lapentti (second round)
* Rainer Schüttler (first round)
* Tommy Robredo (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
* NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Guillermo Cañas | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J Novák | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Ramírez Hidalgo | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | J Novák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 5 | 6 | 6 | | F Meligeni | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sávolt | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | 1 | J Novák | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | J Hernych | 0 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | T Robredo | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | A Popp | 6 | 6 | | WC | A Popp | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 4 | 2 | | 8 | T Robredo | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | T Robredo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Novák | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | G Cañas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Cañas | 6 | 6 |
| | S Sargsian | 3 | 4 | | 3 | G Cañas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Mantilla | 6 | 6 | | | F Mantilla | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Knippschild | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | G Cañas | 1 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | A Voinea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Martín | 6 | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| | A Dupuis | 4 | 2 | | | A Voinea | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Martín | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R Schüttler | 7$^7$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | N Lapentti | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi | 6$^1$ | 6 | 4 | 6 | N Lapentti | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 2 | 7 | 4 | | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | Y El Aynaoui | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | J Settergren | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Settergren | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sánchez | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Y El Aynaoui | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | A Pavel | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | L Burgsmüller | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| | D Hrbatý | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | A Pavel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Boutter | 6 | 6 | | | J Boutter | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Varlet | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 5 | A Pavel | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | B Phau | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | L Burgsmüller | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Burgsmüller | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | L Burgsmüller | 7$^7$ | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Koubek | 3 | 3 | | 2 | G Kuerten | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |