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| Tallahassee $10,000 Hard | Jan 13 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Cristina Moros - Nakamura(12) | 6-4 6-3 |
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| Gainesville $10,000 Hard | Jan 20 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Nakamura - Annie Trepanier | 6-3 6-1 |
| Qual 2 | Yoo-Mi Jung(14) - Nakamura | 2-6 6-4 6-3 |
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| Miami $10,000 Hard | Jan 27 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Nakamura(9) - Natalie Mikolich | 6-2 6-1 |
| Qual 2 | Laura Ramona Husaru - Nakamura(9) | 7-5 6-2 |
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| Saltillo $10,000 Hard | Feb 3 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Nakamura(8) | bye |
| Qual 2 | Nakamura(8) - Sabina Mediano | 4-6 6-3 7-60 |
| Qual 3 | Nakamura(8) - Yamile Fors(14) | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1 | Nakamura-Q - Borka Majstorovic-Q | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2 | Melinda Czink(5) - Nakamura-Q | 6-2 6-3 |
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| Mumbai $10,000 Hard | Feb 24 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Nakamura(1) | bye |
| Qual 2 | Nakamura(1) - Jhanvi Sunderajan | 6-1 6-0 |
| 1 | Nakamura-Q - Sonal Phadke | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2 | Sunitha Rao(8) - Nakamura-Q | 6-3 6-0 |
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| New Delhi $25,000 Hard | Mar 3 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Shuai Peng(3) - Nakamura | 6-3 6-2 |
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| Gunma $10,000 Clay | Apr 21 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Nakamura(2) - Ryoko Watanabe | 6-3 6-0 |
| Qual 2 | Nakamura(2) - Chiaki Nakajima(9) | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1 | Nakamura-Q - Ryoko Fuda-Q | 6-1 6-1 |
| 2 | Nakamura-Q - Kumiko Iijima | 7-5 6-2 |
| QF | Nakamura-Q - Chia-Jung Chuang | 6-1 6-1 |
| SF | Nakamura-Q - Su-Wei Hsieh(1) | 2-6 6-2 6-2 |
| F | Maria Sharapova - Nakamura-Q | 6-4 6-1 |
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| Gifu $50,000 Grass | May 5 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Nakamura - Seiko Okamoto | 6-2 6-3 |
| Qual 2 | Nakamura - Ryoko Fuda-WC | 4-6 6-2 6-4 |
| Qual 3 | Remi Tezuka - Nakamura | 6-3 2-6 7-5 |
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| Fukuoka $50,000 Grass | May 12 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Ayami Takase(2) - Nakamura-WC | 6-3 6-4 |
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| Tianjin $25,000 Hard | May 26 2002 |
| 1 | Yuka Yoshida(2) - Nakamura | 2-6 6-0 6-1 |
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| Tianjin $10,000 Hard | Jun 2 2002 |
| 1 | Nakamura(8) - Czarina Mae Arevalo-WC | 6-3 6-0 |
| 2 | Shu-Jing Yang-Q - Nakamura(8) | 6-4 7-5 |
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| Baltimore $10,000 Hard | Jul 21 2002 |
| 1 | Nakamura(4) - Jamea Jackson-WC | 3-6 6-3 7-5 |
| 2 | Nakamura(4) - Lyndsay Reilly | 6-2 7-5 |
| QF | Nakamura(4) - Lolita Frangulyan | 7-62 6-1 |
| SF | Nakamura(4) - Emily Marker-Q | 6-3 6-2 |
| F | Tory Zawacki - Nakamura(4) | 6-4 7-5 |
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| Evansville $10,000 Hard | Jul 28 2002 |
| 1 | Nakamura(4) - Saras Arasu | 6-0 6-1 |
| 2 | Nakamura(4) - Marilyn Baker | 6-0 6-1 |
| QF | Carly Gullickson-Q - Nakamura(4) | 3-6 6-4 6-1 |
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| Vancouver $25,000 Hard | Aug 4 2002 |
| 1 | Nakamura - Ryoko Takemura | 7-5 6-4 |
| 2 | Nakamura - Satomi Kinjo(7) | 3-6 6-3 6-2 |
| QF | Laura Granville(1) - Nakamura | 6-0 6-0 |
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| Beijing $25,000 | Aug 11 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Nakamura(1) | bye |
| Qual 2 | Nakamura(1) - Si Nga Lee | 6-0 6-0 |
| Qual 3 | Nakamura(1) - Ivanna Israilova | 6-2 6-4 |
| Qual 4 | Nakamura(1) - Dan Li | 6-1 6-3 |
| 1 | Yan Ze Xie - Nakamura-Q | 7-5 7-5 |
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| Toyota Princess Cup Tier II Hard | Sep 22 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Nakamura-WC - Elke Clijsters-WC | 7-66 2-6 6-3 |
| Qual 2 | Akiko Morigami - Nakamura-WC | 6-4 6-2 |
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| Japan Open Tier III Hard | Oct 6 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Yumiko Kitamura - Nakamura | 6-3 6-4 |
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| Haibara $25,000 Carpet | Oct 20 2002 |
| 1 | Nakamura - Mayumi Yamamoto-WC | 6-2 3-6 6-3 |
| 2 | Nakamura - Yuka Yoshida(2) | 7-61 4-6 7-65 |
| QF | Nakamura - Haruka Inoue | 7-66 2-6 6-3 |
| SF | Nakamura - Jin-Hee Kim(7) | 6-0 6-2 |
| F | Shinobu Asagoe(1)-WC - Nakamura | 6-4 7-5 |
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| Tokyo $10,000 Hard | Oct 27 2002 |
| 1 | Nakamura(1) - Keiko Taguchi-Q | 2-6 6-2 6-0 |
| 2 | Nakamura(1) - Nana Wada | 6-0 6-0 |
| QF | Nakamura(1) - Nami Urabe-Q | 6-0 3-6 6-4 |
| SF | Nakamura(1) - Shizu Katsumi | 6-4 6-1 |
| F | Haruka Inoue(7) - Nakamura(1) | 6-2 6-2 |
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| Pattaya City Tier V Hard | Nov 10 2002 |
| Qual 1 | Visnja Vuletic-WC - Nakamura | 6-4 7-64 |
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| Nonthaburi $25,000 Hard | Dec 8 2002 |
| 1 | Christina Zachariadou-Q - Nakamura | 6-3 5-7 6-3 |