Serena Williams defeated Jennifer Capriati in the final, 7–5, 7–6(7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2002 Miami Open. Serena became the second player in the Open Era, after Steffi Graf, to defeat the world's top-three ranked players at the same event; defeating world No. 3 Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Venus Williams in the semifinals, and No. 1 Capriati in the final. Serena did not lose a set during the tournament. Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost to her sister, Serena Williams, in the semifinals.

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

• # 🇷🇺 Alina Jidkova (first round) • # Silvija Talaja (qualifying competition, Lucky loser) • # 🇫🇷 Céline Beigbeder (qualifying competition) • # Miriam Oremans (qualifying competition, Lucky loser) • # 🇭🇺 Zsófia Gubacsi (qualifying competition) • # Eva Dyrberg (qualified) • # 🇨🇿 Květa Hrdličková (qualified) • # 🇫🇷 Virginie Razzano (first round) • # 🇩🇪 Gréta Arn (qualified) • # 🇰🇿 Irina Selyutina (qualifying competition) • # 🇦🇷 María Emilia Salerni (first round) • # 🇨🇦 Jana Nejedly (first round) • # 🇫🇷 Émilie Loit (qualifying competition) • # Wynne Prakusya (qualified) • # 🇯🇵 Saori Obata (first round) • # 🇺🇸 Jill Craybas (qualifying competition) • # Janet Lee (qualified) • # 🇹🇳 Selima Sfar (qualified) • # 🇧🇬 Lubomira Bacheva (first round) • # 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Foretz (qualified) • # 🇺🇸 Mashona Washington (qualified) • # 🇭🇺 Anikó Kapros (first round) • # 🇦🇺 Evie Dominikovic (qualified) • # 🇧🇪 Els Callens (first round)

Qualifiers

• # 🇺🇦 Tatiana Perebiynis • # 🇦🇺 Evie Dominikovic • # 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Foretz • # 🇹🇳 Selima Sfar • # 🇺🇸 Mashona Washington • # Eva Dyrberg • # 🇨🇿 Květa Hrdličková • # Wynne Prakusya • # 🇩🇪 Gréta Arn • # 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva • # 🇨🇦 Vanessa Webb • # Janet Lee

Lucky losers

• # Silvija Talaja • # Miriam Oremans

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Ninth qualifier

Tenth qualifier

Eleventh qualifier

Twelfth qualifier