2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles

Liezel Huber and Rachel McQuillan were the defending champions, but none of them competed this year. Huber played in the Kremlin Cup at the same week.

Women's Doubles
2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions Shinobu Asagoe
Nana Miyagi
Runners-up Svetlana Kuznetsova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final score6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Draw16
Seeds4
Main article: 2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

Shinobu Asagoe and Nana Miyagi won the title by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 in the final. It was the 2nd title for Asagoe and the 19th title for Miyagi in their respective doubles careers.

Seeds
  1. Svetlana Kuznetsova / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Final)
  2. Shinobu Asagoe / Nana Miyagi (Champions)
  3. Evie Dominikovic / Trudi Musgrave (First round)
  4. Rika Hiraki / Rossana Neffa-de los Ríos (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Draw
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 S Kuznetsova
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 6
A Morigami
S Obata 		2 4 1 S Kuznetsova
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 3 6
J Kostanić
K Liggan 		3 5 A Augustus
R Kolbovic 		4 6 3
A Augustus
R Kolbovic 		6 7 1 S Kuznetsova
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 6
3 E Dominikovic
T Musgrave 		3 4 V Razzano
S Talaja 		4 1
V Razzano
S Talaja 		6 6 V Razzano
S Talaja 		6 6
WC M Kirilenko
M Sharapova 		4 77 3 L Dekmeijere
H Ejeson 		2 1
L Dekmeijere
H Ejeson 		6 64 6 1 S Kuznetsova
A Sánchez Vicario 		4 6 4
Q M Arai
S Okamoto 		6 3 4 2 S Asagoe
N Miyagi 		6 4 6
M Marrero
A Molik 		3 6 6 M Marrero
A Molik 		3 4
A Takase
R Tezuka 		64 3 4 R Hiraki
R Neffa-de los Ríos 		6 6
4 R Hiraki
R Neffa-de los Ríos 		77 6 4 R Hiraki
R Neffa-de los Ríos 		65 65
L McShea
K Schlukebir 		77 4 6 2 S Asagoe
N Miyagi 		77 77
A Cargill
V Webb 		64 6 4 L McShea
K Schlukebir 		63 3
M Saeki
Y Yoshida 		5 63 2 S Asagoe
N Miyagi 		77 6
2 S Asagoe
N Miyagi 		7 77
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