The 2002 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Australia. It was the 90th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 14 through 27 January 2002 and attracted an attendance of 518,248.[1]
Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati were the defending champions. Agassi, chose to withdraw from the tournament due to wrist injury. Thomas Johansson won his first Grand Slam title, while Capriati successfully defended her title defeating three-time champion Martina Hingis in the final.
Kia Motors began its sponsorship of the Australian Open in this season replacing Ford.
See main article: 2002 Australian Open – Men's singles. 
Thomas Johansson defeated 
Marat Safin, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
See main article: 2002 Australian Open – Women's singles. 
Jennifer Capriati defeated Martina Hingis, 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
See main article: 2002 Australian Open – Men's doubles. Mark Knowles / 
Daniel Nestor defeated 
Michaël Llodra / Fabrice Santoro, 7–6, 6–3
See main article: 2002 Australian Open – Women's doubles. Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova defeated 
Daniela Hantuchová / 
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
See main article: 2002 Australian Open – Mixed doubles. Daniela Hantuchová / Kevin Ullyett defeated 
Paola Suárez / Gastón Etlis, 6–3, 6–2
Clément Morel defeated 
Todd Reid, 6–4, 6–4
Barbora Strýcová defeated Maria Sharapova,[2] 6–0, 7–5
Ryan Henry / Todd Reid defeated 
Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău, walkover
Gisela Dulko / Angelique Widjaja defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova / Matea Mezak, 6–2, 5–7, 6-4
Robin Ammerlaan defeated David Hall, 6–2, 6-4
Esther Vergeer defeated Daniela Di Toro, 6–2, 6–0
Lleyton Hewitt (first round, lost to Alberto Martín)
Gustavo Kuerten (first round, lost to Julien Boutter) Andre Agassi (withdrew due to wrist injury) Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round, lost to Alex Kim) Sébastien Grosjean (second round, lost to Francisco Clavet)
Tim Henman (fourth round, lost to Jonas Björkman) Pete Sampras (fourth round, lost to Marat Safin) Marat Safin (finals, lost to Thomas Johansson) Guillermo Cañas (third round, lost to Jonas Björkman) Andy Roddick (second round, lost to Ivan Ljubičić) Àlex Corretja (First Round, lost to James Blake) Arnaud Clément (second round, lost to Gastón Gaudio) Thomas Johansson Champion Carlos Moyá (second round, lost to Rainer Schüttler) Albert Portas (second round, lost to Dominik Hrbatý) Jan-Michael Gambill (first round, lost to Wayne Ferreira) Fabrice Santoro (first round, lost to Mardy Fish)
Younes El Aynaoui (third round, lost to Thomas Johansson) Hicham Arazi (second round, lost to Kristian Pless)
Nicolás Lapentti (fourth round, lost to Marcelo Ríos) Thomas Enqvist (second round, lost to Jonas Björkman) Andrei Pavel (third round, lost to Albert Costa) Jiří Novák (semifinals, lost to Thomas Johansson) Greg Rusedski (third round, lost to Tim Henman)
Xavier Malisse (second round, lost to Todd Martin) Nicolas Escudé (third round, lost to Pete Sampras) Andreas Vinciguerra (second round, lost to Taylor Dent) Tommy Robredo (second round, lost to Fernando González) Serena Williams (withdrew due to right ankle sprain)