2000 WTA Tier I Series

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]

2000 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationJanuary 31 – October 29
Edition11th
Tournaments9
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesSwitzerland Martina Hingis (5)
Most tournament finalsSwitzerland Martina Hingis (6)
1999
2001

Tournaments edit

Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money[2]
Toray Pan Pacific Open Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) Jan 31 – Feb 6 $1,080,000
Tennis Masters Series United States Indian Wells Hard Mar 6 – 19 $2,000,000
Ericsson Open[3] United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 20 – Apr 9 $2,525,000
Family Circle Cup United States Hilton Head Island Clay (green) Apr 17 – 23 $1,080,000
German Open[4] Germany Berlin Clay May 8 – 14 $1,080,000
Italian Open[5] Italy Rome Clay May 15 – 21 $1,080,000
du Maurier Open Canada Montreal Hard Aug 14 – 20 $1,080,000
Swisscom Challenge Switzerland Zürich Carpet (i) Oct 9 – 15 $1,080,000
Kremlin Cup Russia Moscow Carpet (i) Oct 23 – 29 $1,080,000

Results edit

* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Tokyo

SinglesDoubles

  Martina Hingis   Sandrine Testud 6–3, 7–5   Martina Hingis
  Mary Pierce
  Alexandra Fusai
  Nathalie Tauziat
6–4, 6–1
Indian Wells

SinglesDoubles

  Lindsay Davenport   Martina Hingis 4–6, 6–4, 6–0   Lindsay Davenport   Anna Kournikova
  Natasha Zvereva
6–2, 6–3
  Corina Morariu*
Miami

SinglesDoubles

  Martina Hingis   Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–2   Julie Halard-Decugis
  Ai Sugiyama
  Nicole Arendt
  Manon Bollegraf
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Hilton Head

SinglesDoubles

  Mary Pierce   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–0   Virginia Ruano Pascual
  Paola Suárez
  Conchita Martínez
  Patricia Tarabini
7–5, 6–3
Berlin

SinglesDoubles

  Conchita Martínez   Amanda Coetzer 6–1, 6–2   Conchita Martínez
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Amanda Coetzer
  Corina Morariu
3–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Rome

SinglesDoubles

  Monica Seles   Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 7–6(7–4)   Lisa Raymond
  Rennae Stubbs
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Magüi Serna
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Montréal

SinglesDoubles

  Martina Hingis   Serena Williams 0–6, 6–3, 3–0, ret.   Martina Hingis
  Nathalie Tauziat
  Julie Halard-Decugis
  Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Zürich

SinglesDoubles

  Martina Hingis   Lindsay Davenport 6–2, 4–6, 7–5   Martina Hingis
  Anna Kournikova
  Kimberly Po
  Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
6–3, 6–4
Moscow

SinglesDoubles

  Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova 6–3, 6–1   Julie Halard-Decugis
  Ai Sugiyama
  Martina Hingis
  Anna Kournikova
4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2000 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ "2000 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 29 August 2009.
  3. ^ John Barrett, ed. (2001). ITF World of Tennis 2001. London: HarperCollins. p. 184. ISBN 9780007111299.
  4. ^ "Birmingham 2000 Tennis Tournament | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022.
  5. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.

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