2002 Brasil Open – Men's singles

Jan Vacek was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Gustavo Kuerten won in the final 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–2) against Guillermo Coria.

Seeds

 * 1) 🇧🇷 Fernando Meligeni (second round)
 * 2)  Sjeng Schalken (second round)
 * 3) 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo (first round)
 * 4) 🇦🇷 Mariano Zabaleta (second round)
 * 5) 🇦🇷 Agustín Calleri (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇧🇷 Gustavo Kuerten (champion)
 * 7) 🇸🇰 Dominik Hrbatý (quarterfinals)
 * 8) 🇧🇷 André Sá (quarterfinals)