2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Paradorn Srichaphan.

Men's singles
2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionDenmark Kenneth Carlsen
Runner-upSweden Magnus Norman
Score7–6(8–6), 6–3
Details
Draw56 (7 Q / 5 WC )
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Kenneth Carlsen won in the final 7–6(8–6), 6–3 against Magnus Norman.

Seeds

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The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1.   Lleyton Hewitt (quarterfinals)
  2.   Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round)
  3.   Carlos Moyá (second round)
  4.   Àlex Corretja (second round)
  5.   Juan Ignacio Chela (third round)
  6.   James Blake (second round)
  7.   Nicolás Lapentti (second round)
  8.   Paradorn Srichaphan (semifinals)
  9.   Stefan Koubek (first round)
  10.   Jan-Michael Gambill (first round)
  11.   Dominik Hrbatý (second round)
  12.   Agustín Calleri (second round)
  13.   Wayne Arthurs (second round)
  14.   Nicolás Massú (third round)
  15.   David Ferrer (first round)
  16.   Taylor Dent (third round)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
8   Paradorn Srichaphan 64 65  
    Kenneth Carlsen 77 77  
    Kenneth Carlsen 78 6  
Q   Magnus Norman 66 3  
    Vince Spadea 4 64  
Q   Magnus Norman 6 77  

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   L Hewitt 6 6  
    F Clavet 5 6 3     M Chang 2 2  
    M Chang 7 4 6 1   L Hewitt 64 6 6
    J Morrison 6 77   14   N Massú 77 2 4
    D Norman 3 63       J Morrison 67 6 1
    R Štěpánek 7 3 2 14   N Massú 79 4 6
14   N Massú 5 6 6 1   L Hewitt 4 3  
10   J-M Gambill 4 6 3 8   P Srichaphan 6 6  
    T Suzuki 6 3 6     T Suzuki 6 77  
    R Delgado 4 3       B Vahaly 3 63  
    B Vahaly 6 6       T Suzuki 6 1 4
    L Burgsmüller 6 6   8   P Srichaphan 3 6 6
    O Fukárek 3 3       L Burgsmüller 3 4  
8   P Srichaphan 6 6  

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   C Moyá 4 5  
    A Waske 64 77 6     A Waske 6 7  
WC   M Onoda 77 63 2     A Waske 2 6 64
Q   P Luxa 3 4       A Dupuis 6 4 77
    A Dupuis 6 6       A Dupuis 77 78  
    J Knowle 6 3 2 13   W Arthurs 65 66  
13   W Arthurs 2 6 6     A Dupuis 3 2  
11   D Hrbatý 6 6       K Carlsen 6 6  
WC   T Terachi 1 2   11   D Hrbatý 4 4  
    K Carlsen 6 6       K Carlsen 6 6  
    N Okun 4 4       K Carlsen 64 77 77
    A Simoni 3 6 2 5   J I Chela 77 65 63
    C Mamiit 6 3 6     C Mamiit 1 0  
5   J I Chela 6 6  

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6   J Blake 3 6 3
    M Verkerk 6 6       M Verkerk 6 3 6
    J Vacek 3 4       M Verkerk 2 78 1
    M Fish 4 79 6     F López 6 66 6
WC   G Motomura 6 67 2     M Fish 63 4  
    F López 6 6       F López 77 6  
9   S Koubek 4 4       F López 3 0  
15   D Ferrer 6 5 5     V Spadea 6 6  
Q   T Blake 4 7 7 Q   T Blake 1 4  
Q   J Crabb 2 4       V Spadea 6 6  
    V Spadea 6 6       V Spadea 7 78  
Q   M Abel 6 62 4     K Kučera 5 66  
    K Kučera 4 77 6     K Kučera 3 6 77
4   À Corretja 6 3 63

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7   N Lapentti 5 2  
Q   M Larsson 77 6   Q   M Larsson 7 6  
    M Ančić 64 2   Q   M Larsson 3 6 6
WC   J Miyao 0 0       J Golmard 6 3 4
    J Golmard 6 6       J Golmard 6 6  
    A Kim 4 4   12   A Calleri 3 2  
12   A Calleri 6 6   Q   M Larsson 65 5  
16   T Dent 6 7   Q   M Norman 77 7  
WC   H Kondo 0 5   16   T Dent 6 6  
Q   D Bohaboy 1 3       M Kohlmann 4 4  
    M Kohlmann 6 6   16   T Dent 3 2  
Q   M Norman 6 6   Q   M Norman 6 6  
    G Bastl 3 0   Q   M Norman 6 6  
2   J C Ferrero 3 3  

References

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