French Open 2000

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French Open 2000
Date: May 29 - June 11, 2000
Edition: 99th  French Open
Place: Paris
Covering: sand
Defending champion
Men's singles : United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi
Ladies singles : GermanyGermany Steffi Graf
Men's double : IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
IndiaIndia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : SloveniaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik Pieter Norval
South AfricaSouth Africa 
winner
Men's singles : BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten
Ladies singles : FranceFrance Mary Pierce
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Mary Pierce
FranceFrance 
Mixed : South AfricaSouth Africa Mariaan de Swardt David Adams
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Grand Slams 2000

The 99th French Open 2000 took place from May 29th to June 11th, 2000 in Paris , France .

The field of participants in the main round was limited to 128 participants in singles and 64 pairings in doubles.

Defending champion in the singles were Andre Agassi in the men and Steffi Graf in the women, who no longer appeared to defend the title because she ended her career in 1999. In the men's doubles Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions, in the women's doubles the two sisters Serena and Venus Williams . Katarina Srebotnik and Piet Norval won in mixed the year before.

The winner in the men's singles was Gustavo Kuerten , who had already won here in 1997. In the women's category, Mary Pierce won , who was successful in a Grand Slam for the second and last time in her career and is the last French winner to date. She also won the women's doubles competition together with her partner Martina Hingis , while the men's "Woodies" ( Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge ) won. The two South Africans Mariaan de Swardt and David Adams were successful in mixed .

Men's singles

Main article: French Open 2000 / men's singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Andre Agassi 2nd round
02. United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras 1 round
03. SwedenSweden Magnus Norman final
04th RussiaRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov Quarter finals

05. BrazilBrazil Gustavo Kuerten victory

06th FranceFrance Cédric Pioline Round of 16

07th SwedenSweden Thomas Enqvist 3rd round

08th. GermanyGermany Nicolas Kiefer 1 round
No. player Round reached
09. AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt Round of 16

10. SpainSpain Alex Corretja Quarter finals

11. EcuadorEcuador Nicolás Lapentti Round of 16

12. RussiaRussia Marat Safin Quarter finals

13. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tim Henman 3rd round

14th SlovakiaSlovakia Dominik Hrbatý 2nd round

15th MoroccoMorocco Younes El Aynaoui Round of 16

16. SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero Semifinals

Ladies singles

Main article: French Open 2000 / women singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Semifinals
02. United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 1 round
03. United StatesUnited States Monica Seles Quarter finals
04th United StatesUnited States Venus Williams Quarter finals

05. SpainSpain Conchita Martínez final

06th FranceFrance Mary Pierce victory

07th FranceFrance Nathalie Tauziat 3rd round

08th. SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Semifinals
No. Player Round reached
09. South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer 3rd round

10. FranceFrance Sandrine Testud 3rd round

11. GermanyGermany Anke Huber Round of 16

12. FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis 1 round

13. FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo Round of 16

14th RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa 2nd round

15th United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati 1 round

16. AustriaAustria Barbara Schett Round of 16

Men's doubles

Main article: French Open 2000 / men's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States 
1 round
02. AustraliaAustralia Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia 
victory
03. NetherlandsNetherlands Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle
AustraliaAustralia 
final
04th South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
United StatesUnited States 
1 round

05. ZimbabweZimbabwe Byron Black Jonas Bjorkman
SwedenSweden 
2nd round

06th South AfricaSouth Africa David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager
South AfricaSouth Africa 
1 round

07th South AfricaSouth Africa Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov
RussiaRussia 
Quarter finals

08th. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiří Novák David Rikl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Quarter finals
No. pairing Round reached
09. IndiaIndia Mahesh Bhupathi David Prinosil
GermanyGermany 
2nd round

10. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Martin Dam Dominik Hrbatý
SlovakiaSlovakia 
Round of 16

11. ZimbabweZimbabwe Wayne Black Andrew Kratzmann
AustraliaAustralia 
2nd round

12. United StatesUnited States Justin Gimelstob Mark Knowles
BahamasBahamas 
1 round

13. CanadaCanada Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
Quarter finals

14th SwedenSweden Nickla's cult Mikael Tillström
SwedenSweden 
Round of 16

15th FranceFrance Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango
United StatesUnited States 
1 round

16. South AfricaSouth Africa Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
Round of 16

Ladies doubles

Main article: French Open 2000 / women's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01.
02. United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16
03. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Mary Pierce
FranceFrance 
victory
04th RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Natallja Swerava
Belarus 1995Belarus 
Round of 16

05. FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
Semifinals

06th FranceFrance Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
Semifinals

07th United StatesUnited States Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud
FranceFrance 
Round of 16

08th. SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
Quarter finals
No. pairing Round reached
09. BelgiumBelgium Laurence Courtois Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
1 round

10. SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
final

11. United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Round of 16

12. SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
2nd round

13. United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
FranceFrance 
Round of 16

14th SwedenSweden Åsa Carlsson Émilie Loit
FranceFrance 
1 round

15th GermanyGermany Anke Huber Barbara Schett
AustriaAustria 
Quarter finals

16. South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Horn Laura Montalvo
ArgentinaArgentina 
Quarter finals

Mixed

Main article: French Open 2000 / Mixed

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
final
02. IndiaIndia Leander Paes Lisa Raymond
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16
03. AustraliaAustralia Sandon Stolle Natallja Swerawa
Belarus 1995Belarus 
2nd round
04th South AfricaSouth Africa John-Laffnie de Jager Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
Semifinals

05. United StatesUnited States Jeff Tarango Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
Quarter finals

06th United StatesUnited States Rick Leach Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands 
2nd round

07th South AfricaSouth Africa Ellis Ferreira Tina Križan
SloveniaSlovenia 
2nd round

08th. FranceFrance Olivier Delaître Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
2nd round
No. pairing Round reached
09. South AfricaSouth Africa Pieter Norval Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
2nd round

10. AustraliaAustralia Mark Woodforde Kristie Boogert
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Semifinals

11. United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson Kimberly Po
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals

12. South AfricaSouth Africa David Adams Mariaan de Swardt
South AfricaSouth Africa 
victory

13. SwedenSweden Nicklas Kulti Åsa Carlsson
SwedenSweden 
Round of 16

14th
retreat

15th AustraliaAustralia Andrew Kratzmann Miriam Oremans
NetherlandsNetherlands 
2nd round

16. SpainSpain Tomás Carbonell Virginia Ruano Pascual
SpainSpain 
2nd round

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