2002 Kroger St. Jude International – Women's doubles
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2002 Kroger St. Jude International | |
| Champions |  Ai Sugiyama Elena Tatarkova |
| Runners-up |  Melissa Middleton Brie Rippner |
| Score | 6–4, 2–6, 6–0 |
Amanda Coetzer and Lori McNeil were the defending champions, but McNeil did not compete this year. Coetzer teamed up with Jessica Steck and lost in first round to sisters Adriana Serra Zanetti and Antonella Serra Zanetti.
Ai Sugiyama and Elena Tatarkova won the title by defeating Melissa Middleton and Brie Rippner 6–4, 2–6, 6–0 in the final.
Seeds
Ai Sugiyama / 
Elena Tatarkova (Champions)
Janet Lee / 
Wynne Prakusya (Semifinals)
Nannie de Villiers / 
Irina Selyutina (First round)- Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (First round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | A Sugiyama E Tatarkova
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | J Craybas J Hopkins
| 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | A Sugiyama E Tatarkova
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 A Coetzer J Steck
| 1 | 4 |  Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti
| 6 | 6 | 1 | A Sugiyama E Tatarkova
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | R Hiraki N Miyagi
| 4 | 4 | M Irvin A Stevenson
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E deLone K Schlukebir
| 6 | 6 | E deLone K Schlukebir
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Jidkova B Stewart
| 6 | 2 | 4 | M Irvin A Stevenson
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Irvin A Stevenson
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | A Sugiyama E Tatarkova
| 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Lučić MÈ Pelletier
| 4 | 65 | M Middleton B Rippner
| 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Middleton B Rippner
| 6 | 77 | M Middleton B Rippner
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Glass S Reeves
| 77 | 6 | A Glass S Reeves
| 2 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N de Villiers I Selyutina
| 63 | 3 | M Middleton B Rippner
| 6 | 69 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Asagoe S Krivencheva
| 3 | 4 | 2 |  J Lee W Prakusya
| 4 | 711 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Hopmans T Perebiynis
| 6 | 6 | A Hopmans T Perebiynis
| 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Barclay C Wheeler
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | J Lee W Prakusya
| 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | J Lee W Prakusya
| 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||