2002 Australian Open – Men's Singles
defeated Marat Safin 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–6 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2002 Australian Open. Johansson became the first Swede to win the Australian Open since Mats Wilander in 1988. Andre Agassi was the two-time defending champion, but withdrew due to a wrist injury.
The 2002 edition of the tournament marked the first time that the top two seeds have lost in the first round at Australian Open. In the first round, Number one seed Lleyton Hewitt lost to Alberto Martín, while Number two seed Gustavo Kuerten lost to Julien Boutter. It was the first time that the top two seeds have lost in the first round of a Grand Slam since the 1990 French Open.Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Thomas Johansson is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
- Lleyton Hewitt '
- Gustavo Kuerten '
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Andre Agassi ' - Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
- Sébastien Grosjean '
- Tim Henman '
- Tommy Haas '
- Pete Sampras '
- Marat Safin '
- Goran Ivanišević '
- Roger Federer '
- Guillermo Cañas '
- Andy Roddick '
- Àlex Corretja '
- Arnaud Clément '
- Thomas Johansson '
- Carlos Moyà '
- Albert Portas '
- Jan-Michael Gambill '
- Fabrice Santoro '
- Younes El Aynaoui '
- Hicham Arazi '
- Nicolás Lapentti '
- Thomas Enqvist '
- Andrei Pavel '
- Jiří Novák '
- Sjeng Schalken '
- Greg Rusedski '
- Xavier Malisse '
- Nicolas Escudé '
- Andreas Vinciguerra '
- Tommy Robredo '
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8