The 2002 US Open was held between August 26 and September 8, 2002.

Both Lleyton Hewitt and Venus Williams were unsuccessful in their title defenses, Hewitt being defeated in the semifinals by Andre Agassi and Venus being defeated in the final by her younger sister Serena.

It was the third of four consecutive Grand Slam titles won by Serena, all won by defeating Venus in the final.

Pete Sampras, runner-up in 2001, won his fifth US Open title, and his 14th and final Grand Slam title, defeating his rival Agassi in the final in four sets.

Pete Sampras[1] defeated Andre Agassi, 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 Serena Williams[2] defeated Venus Williams, 6–4, 6–3 Mahesh Bhupathi / Max Mirnyi defeated Jiří Novák / Radek Štěpánek, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez defeated Elena Dementieva / Janette Husárová, 6–2, 6–1 Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan defeated Katarina Srebotnik / Bob Bryan, 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–1) Richard Gasquet defeated Marcos Baghdatis, 7–5, 6–2[3] Maria Kirilenko defeated Barbora Strýcová, 6–4, 6–4 Michel Koning / Bas van der Valk Elke Clijsters / Kirsten Flipkens