Magdalena Maleeva defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final, 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2002 Kremlin Cup.
Jelena Dokić was the defending champion, but lost to Amanda Coetzer in the second round.
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.