2002 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles

Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Younes El Aynaoui.

Fabrice Santoro won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against El Aynaoui.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero (second round, retired because of a pulled abductor)
 * 2) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
 * 3) 🇸🇪 Thomas Johansson (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇫🇷 Sébastien Grosjean (second round)
 * 5) 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (quarterfinals)
 * 6)  Roger Federer (second round)
 * 7)  Goran Ivanišević (first round)
 * 8) 🇨🇿 Jiří Novák (semifinals)

Qualifying seeds
• # Adrian Voinea (qualified)

• # 🇸🇰 Karol Kučera (first round)

• # Irakli Labadze (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Michael Kohlmann (qualified)

• # 🇷🇺 Andrei Stoliarov (qualifying competition)

• # 🇧🇾 Vladimir Voltchkov (first round)

• # 🇮🇹 Stefano Galvani (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇿 Oleg Ogorodov (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # Adrian Voinea

• # Vasilis Mazarakis

• # 🇮🇹 Renzo Furlan

• # 🇩🇪 Michael Kohlmann