2000 WTA Tour
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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 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
The 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
February
March
April
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May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Rankings
Below are the 2000 WTA year-end rankings:
Number 1 ranking
| Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagathlete | Year-end 1999 | 2 April 2000 |
| Template:Flagathlete | 3 April 2000 | 7 May 2000 |
| Template:Flagathlete | 8 May 2000 | 14 May 2000 |
| Template:Flagathlete | 15 May 2000 | 21 May 2000 |
| Template:Flagathlete | 22 May 2000 | Year-end 2000 |
Statistics
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
- Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis – Tokyo, Miami, Hamburg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Montreal, Filderstadt, Zurich, Moscow and WTA Tour Championships (9)
- Template:Flagicon Venus Williams – Wimbledon, Stanford, San Diego, New Haven, U.S. Open and Sydney Olympics (6)
- Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport – Australian Open, Indian Wells, Linz and Philadelphia (4)
- Template:Flagicon Henrieta Nagyová – Warsaw, Palermo and Kuala Lumpur (3)
- Template:Flagicon Monica Seles – Oklahoma City, Amelia Island and Rome (3)
- Template:Flagicon Serena Williams – Hanover, Los Angeles and Tokyo Cup (3)
- Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters – Hobart and Leipzig (2)
- Template:Flagicon Julie Halard-Decugis – Eastbourne and Tokyo Open (2)
- Template:Flagicon Anke Huber – Estoril and Sopot (2)
- Template:Flagicon Anne Kremer – Auckland and Pattaya City (2)
- Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce – Hilton Head and French Open (2)
- Template:Flagicon Silvija Talaja – Gold Coast and Strasbourg (2)
- Template:Flagicon Dája Bedáňová – Bratislava (1)
- Template:Flagicon Jennifer Capriati – Luxembourg (1)
- Template:Flagicon Amanda Coetzer – Antwerp (1)
- Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin – Budapest (1)
- Template:Flagicon Rita Kuti-Kis – São Paulo (1)
- Template:Flagicon Gala León García – Madrid (1)
- Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez – Berlin (1)
- Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo – Sydney (1)
- Template:Flagicon Tina Pisnik – Bol (1)
- Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond – Birmingham (1)
- Template:Flagicon Chanda Rubin – Quebec City (1)
- Template:Flagicon Barbara Schett – Klagenfurt (1)
- Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy – Shanghai (1)
- Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova – Knokke-Heist (1)
- Template:Flagicon Nathalie Tauziat – Paris (1)
- Template:Flagicon Iroda Tulyaganova – Tashkent (1)
- Template:Flagicon Patricia Wartusch – Bogotá (1)
The following players won their first title:
- Template:Flagicon Silvija Talaja – Gold Coast
- Template:Flagicon Anne Kremer – Auckland
- Template:Flagicon Patricia Wartusch – Bogotá
- Template:Flagicon Rita Kuti-Kis – São Paulo
- Template:Flagicon Tathiana Garbin – Budapest
- Template:Flagicon Tina Pisnik – Bol
- Template:Flagicon Gala León García – Madrid
- Template:Flagicon Iroda Tulyaganova – Tashkent
- Template:Flagicon Meghann Shaughnessy – Shanghai
- Template:Flagicon Dája Bedáňová – Bratislava
Titles won by nation:
- Template:Flagu – 20 (Australian Open, Hanover, Oklahoma City, Indian Wells, Amelia Island, Rome, Birmingham, Wimbledon, Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, New Haven, U.S. Open, Sydney Olympics, Luxembourg, Tokyo Cup, Linz, Shanghai, Quebec City and Philadelphia)
- Template:Flagu – 9 (Tokyo, Miami, Hamburg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Montreal, Filderstadt, Zurich, Moscow and WTA Tour Championships)
- Template:Flagu – 6 (Sydney, Paris, Hilton Head, French Open, Eastbourne and Tokyo Open)
- Script error: No such module "flag". – 3 (Warsaw, Palermo and Kuala Lumpur)
- Script error: No such module "flag". – 2 (Bogotá and Klagenfurt)
- Template:Flagu – 2 (Hobart and Leipzig)
- Script error: No such module "flag". – 2 (Gold Coast and Strasbourg)
- Template:Flagu – 2 (Estoril and Sopot)
- Script error: No such module "flag". – 2 (Auckland and Pattaya City)
- Template:Flagu – 2 (Berlin and Madrid)
- Script error: No such module "flag". – 1 (Bratislava)
- Script error: No such module "flag". – 1 (São Paulo)
- Script error: No such module "flag". – 1 (Knokke-Heist)
- Template:Flagu – 1 (Budapest)
- Template:Flagu – 1 (Antwerp)
- Script error: No such module "flag". – 1 (Bol)
- Script error: No such module "flag". – 1 (Tashkent)
See also
External links
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