2000 WTA Tour
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 was ranked number one at year-end with over 6,000 points collected. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | January 3 - 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 |  |
| Most tournament finals | |
| Prize money leader | (US$3,457,049) |
| Points leader | |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |  |
| Doubles Team of the year | |
| Most improved player of the year |  |
| Newcomer of the year |  |
| Comeback player of the year |  |
← 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
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
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February
March
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar | Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells, United States Tier I event $2,000,000 - Hard - 80S/32Q/32D Singles - Doubles | 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 | |  |  |
6–2, 6–3 |  | ||||
| 20 Mar | Ericsson Open Miami, United States Tier I event $2,525,000 - Hard - 96S/64Q/32D Singles - Doubles | 6–3, 6–2 | | |  |
 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |  |
April
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May
June
July
August
September
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep | Sydney Olympics Sydney, Australia $0 - Hard - 64S/31D Singles - Doubles |  |  |  | Fourth place |  .svg.png){kind=small} |
6–2, 6–4 | | 6–1, 6–4 | .svg.png){kind=small} | |||
6–1, 6–1 | | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 | | |||
| 25 Sep | SEAT Open Luxembourg, Luxembourg Tier III event $170,000 - Hard (i) - 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |  |  |  | |
6–3, 7–6(0) | | |||||
October
November
Rankings
Below 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
| 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
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
The following players won their first title:
Titles won by nation: