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The 2000 Sanex WTA Tour was the 30th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 2000, and concluded on November 13, 2000, after 58 events. For this season, a new event was added: the State Farm Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. It also saw the return of the China Open which was moved to Shanghai, after last being held in Beijing in 1996.
 Martina Hingis finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the third time in her career, though Venus Williams was named the Player of the Year. Hingis won nine tournaments during the season, including the WTA Tour Championships, and finished runner-up at a major at the Australian Open. Williams won six singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, and a Tier I event. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | January 1 – November 27, 2000 |
| Edition | 30th |
| Tournaments | 58 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Summer Olympics WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (16) WTA Tier III (13) WTA Tier IV (14) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Martina Hingis (9) |
| Most tournament finals | Martina Hingis (13) |
| Prize money leader | Martina Hingis (US$3,457,049) |
| Points leader | Martina Hingis (6,044) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |  Venus Williams |
| Doubles team of the year | Serena Williams Venus Williams |
| Most improved player of the year |  Elena Dementieva |
| Newcomer of the year |  Dája Bedáňová |
| Comeback player of the year |  Iva Majoli |
← 1999 2001 → | |
Martina Hingis finished the season as the number one ranked player for the third time in four years, and second year in a row. However, this was the first year she finished number one without winning a Grand Slam women's singles title. Hingis led the titles list with nine throughout the season, including the prestigious WTA Tour Championships. Venus Williams won the most Grand Slam titles with two, and finished the year as the No. 3 player in the world. Williams also won the Olympic gold medal in Sydney that year, and was awarded the Player of the Year award by the WTA. Mary Pierce won her second Grand Slam title five years after her last, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win at home since Françoise Dürr in 1967. Lindsay Davenport also picked up her third and last Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.
In doubles competition, the Grand Slam titles were split between four teams: Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs, Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, and Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama. The Williams sisters also won the Olympic gold medal, and were thus awarded Doubles Team of the Year at the WTA Awards.
Schedule
editThe table below shows the 2000 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
| Grand Slam events |
| Summer Olympic Games |
| Year-end championships |
| Tier I events |
| Tier II events |
| Tier III events |
| Tier IV events |
| Team events |
January
editFebruary
editMarch
edit| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar | Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells, United States Tier I event Hard – $2,000,000 – 80S/32Q/32D Singles – Doubles |
4–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
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6–2, 6–3 |
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| 20 Mar | Ericsson Open Key Biscayne, United States Tier I event Hard – $2,525,000 – 96S/64Q/32D Singles – Doubles |
6–3, 6–2 |
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4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
April
editMay
editJune
editJuly
editAugust
editSeptember
edit| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep | Sydney Olympics Sydney, Australia $0 – hard – 64S/31D Singles – Doubles |
Fourth place | ||||
6–2, 6–4 |
6–1, 6–4 |
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6–1, 6–1 |
4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
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| 25 Sep | SEAT Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg Tier III event Hard (i) – $170,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles |
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
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6–3, 7–6(0) |
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October
editNovember
editRankings
editBelow are the 2000 WTA year-end rankings:
| No | Player Name | Nation | Points | 1999 | Change |
| 1 | Martina Hingis | 6,044 | 1 | = | |
| 2 | Lindsay Davenport | 5,021 | 2 | = | |
| 3 | Venus Williams | 3,694 | 3 | = | |
| 4 | Monica Seles | 3,255 | 6 | +2 | |
| 5 | Conchita Martínez | 2,752 | 15 | +10 | |
| 6 | Serena Williams | 2,306 | 4 | -2 | |
| 7 | Mary Pierce | 2,162 | 5 | -2 | |
| 8 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 2,131 | 17 | +9 | |
| 9 | Anna Kournikova | 2,098 | 12 | +3 | |
| 10 | Nathalie Tauziat | 1,918 | 7 | -3 | |
| 11 | Elena Dementieva | 1,773 | 62 | +51 | |
| 12 | Amanda Coetzer | 1,752 | 11 | -1 | |
| 13 | Chanda Rubin | 1,722 | 22 | +9 | |
| 14 | Jennifer Capriati | 1,663 | 23 | +9 | |
| 15 | Julie Halard-Decugis | 1,435 | 9 | -6 | |
| 16 | Amélie Mauresmo | 1,426 | 10 | -6 | |
| 17 | Sandrine Testud | 1,413 | 13 | -4 | |
| 18 | Kim Clijsters | 1,398 | 47 | +29 | |
| 19 | Anke Huber | 1,369 | 16 | -3 | |
| 20 | Amy Frazier | 1,254 | 19 | -1 |
Number 1 ranking
edit| Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
|---|---|---|
| Year-end 1999 | 2 April 2000 | |
| 3 April 2000 | 7 May 2000 | |
| 8 May 2000 | 14 May 2000 | |
| 15 May 2000 | 21 May 2000 | |
| 22 May 2000 | Year-end 2000 |
Statistics
editList of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
Martina Hingis – Tokyo, Miami, Hamburg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Montreal, Filderstadt, Zurich, Moscow and WTA Tour Championships (9)
Venus Williams – Wimbledon, Stanford, San Diego, New Haven, U.S. Open and Sydney Olympics (6)
Henrieta Nagyová – Warsaw, Palermo and Kuala Lumpur (3)
Kim Clijsters – Hobart and Leipzig (2)
Julie Halard-Decugis – Eastbourne and Tokyo Open (2)
Anke Huber – Estoril and Sopot (2)
Anne Kremer – Auckland and Pattaya City (2)
Silvija Talaja – Gold Coast and Strasbourg (2)
Dája Bedáňová – Bratislava (1)
Amanda Coetzer – Antwerp (1)
Tathiana Garbin – Budapest (1)
Rita Kuti-Kis – São Paulo (1)
Gala León García – Madrid (1)
Tina Pisnik – Bol (1)
Barbara Schett – Klagenfurt (1)
Anna Smashnova – Knokke-Heist (1)
Iroda Tulyaganova – Tashkent (1)
The following players won their first title:
Titles won by nation: