# 2002 WTA Brasil Open – Singles

Monica Seles was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Eleni Daniilidou.
Anastasia Myskina won in the final, beating Daniilidou 6–3, 0–6, 6–2.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Jelena Dokić (semifinals)
* Monica Seles (semifinals)
* Anastasia Myskina (champion)
* Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals)
* Iva Majoli (second round)
* Tatiana Panova (first round)
* Nathalie Dechy (second round)
* Eleni Daniilidou (final)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jelena Dokić | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 | 3 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Eleni Daniilidou | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Eleni Daniilidou | 6 | 7 | 8 | Eleni Daniilidou | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2/WC | Monica Seles | 1 | 5 | | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| | | | | | 1 | J Dokić | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Poutchek | 4 | 6 | 6$^1$ | Q | M Casanova | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Casanova | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 1 | J Dokić | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Husárová | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | A Coetzer | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | A Coetzer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Shaughnessy | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | N Dechy | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | N Dechy | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Dokić | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | T Panova | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Myskina | 6 | 6 |
| | M Matevžič | 6 | 1 | 6 | | M Matevžič | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Torrens Valero | 6 | 6 | | | C Torrens Valero | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | MF Alves | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | M Matevžič | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | S Rao | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | A Myskina | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | V Henke | 2 | 3 | | Q | S Rao | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| | | | | | 4 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Suchá | 1 | 4 | | | K Srebotnik | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | P Schnyder | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | É Loit | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | E Daniilidou | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | I Tulyaganova | 6 | 5 | 2 | | É Loit | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Zuluaga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | E Daniilidou | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | E Daniilidou | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | E Daniilidou | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/WC | M Seles | 1 | 5 |
| WC | C Tiene | 2 | 1 | | 5 | I Majoli | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Svensson | 4 | 6 | 1 | | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | H Nagyová | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| | T Pisnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2/WC | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Suárez | 2 | 2 | | | T Pisnik | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2/WC | M Seles | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |