# 2002 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles

Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Younes El Aynaoui.
Fabrice Santoro won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against El Aynaoui.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round, retired because of a pulled abductor)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
* Thomas Johansson (semifinals)
* Sébastien Grosjean (second round)
* Tim Henman (quarterfinals)
* Roger Federer (second round)
* Goran Ivanišević (first round)
* Jiří Novák (semifinals)

## 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
| 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | J C Ferrero | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 5 | r | | 1 | J C Ferrero | 5 | 6 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 5 | 6 | 4 | | Y El Aynaoui | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | Y El Aynaoui | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Schüttler | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Robredo | 3 | 2 | | | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Voinea | 3 | 4 | | 6 | R Federer | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Y El Aynaoui | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Johansson | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Costa | 3 | 0 | | 3 | T Johansson | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 3 | 4 | | | Á Calatrava | 2 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | T Henman | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Furlan | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | M Mirnyi | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Bahrouzyan | 1 | 0 | | 5 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Younes El Aynaoui | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | G Ivanišević | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | N Kiefer | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Pioline | 3 | 2 | | | I Ljubičić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | I Ljubičić | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Kohlmann | 6$^0$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | F Santoro | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | F Santoro | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Koubek | 2 | 2 | | 4 | S Grosjean | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Grosjean | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | F Santoro | 5 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| 8 | J Novák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J Novák | 7 | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | D Hrbatý | 2 | 1 | | 8 | J Novák | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pretzsch | 6 | 6 | | | A Pretzsch | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Boutter | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | J Novák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Schalken | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Clément | 3 | 6$^1$ | | WC | S Schalken | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Mazarakis | 4 | 5 | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Adrian Voinea (qualified)
* Karol Kučera (first round)
* Irakli Labadze (first round)
* Michael Kohlmann (qualified)
* Andrei Stoliarov (qualifying competition)
* Vladimir Voltchkov (first round)
* Stefano Galvani (qualifying competition)
* Oleg Ogorodov (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Adrian Voinea
* Vasilis Mazarakis
* Renzo Furlan
* Michael Kohlmann

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Adrian Voinea | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Tuomas Ketola | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Tuomas Ketola | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | Adrian Voinea | 0 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 7 | Stefano Galvani | 6 | 6$^3$ | 3 |
| | Ján Krošlák | 5 | 2 | | 7 | Stefano Galvani | 6 | 6$^3$ | 3 |
| 7 | Stefano Galvani | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2/WC | Karol Kučera | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | Vasilis Mazarakis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Vasilis Mazarakis | 6 | 6 | | Vasilis Mazarakis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Oleg Ogorodov | 4 | 1 |
| WC | Mehdi Tahiri | 3 | 4 | 8 | Oleg Ogorodov | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Oleg Ogorodov | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Irakli Labadze | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Renzo Furlan | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Renzo Furlan | 6 | 2 | 6 | | Renzo Furlan | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Jeff Tarango | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| WC | Jeff Tarango | 6 | 6 | | WC | Jeff Tarango | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Vladimir Voltchkov | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Michael Kohlmann | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Rogier Wassen | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Rogier Wassen | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | Michael Kohlmann | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 5 | Andrei Stoliarov | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| | Vadim Kutsenko | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | Andrei Stoliarov | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Andrei Stoliarov | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |