WTA Tour 2000

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WTA Tour 2000
Period: December 1999 - November 2000
Edition: 30th
Number of tournaments: 58
Categories: Grand Slam (4)
WTA Championships
Tier I (9)
Tier II (16)
Tier III (13)
Tier IV (14)
successes
Most tournament victories: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis (9)
Most of the finals: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis (13)
Most prize money: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Most points: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Awards
Player of the year: United StatesUnited States Venus Williams
Double team of the year: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
Newcomer of the year: RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa
Newcomer of the year: Czech RepublicCzech Republic Dája Bedáňová
Returner of the year: CroatiaCroatia Iva Majoli
The Grand Slam winners 2000
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Australian Open :
Lindsay Davenport
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French Open :
Mary Pierce
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Wimbledon Championships and US Open :
Venus Williams


The WTA Tour 2000 (officially: Sanex WTA Tour 2000 ) was the 31st year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

The team competitions Hopman Cup and Fed Cup are not part of the WTA Tour. They are listed here, however, as the top players usually play these tournaments as well.

Tournament schedule

category
Grand Slam
Tour Championships
Tier I.
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IVa & IVb
Others
Hopman Cup
Fed Cup
Olympic games

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32Q / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32Q = 32 pairings play the qualification
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

January

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
03.01 Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF - $ 900,000 hard court
AustraliaAustralia 

South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Wayne Ferreira
South AfricaSouth Africa 
ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Paradorn Srichaphan
ThailandThailand 

3-0
Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourt Championships Gold Coast , Australia Tier III - $ 170,000 Hard Court - 30E / 31Q / 16D / 8Q
AustraliaAustralia 

CroatiaCroatia Silvija Talaja SpainSpain Conchita Martínez 6: 0, 0: 6, 6: 4
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
BelgiumBelgium Sabine Appelman's Rita Grande
ItalyItaly 
6: 3, 6: 0
ASB Bank Classic Auckland , New Zealand Tier IVb - $ 110,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
New ZealandNew Zealand 

LuxembourgLuxembourg Anne Kremer ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black 6: 4, 6: 4
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Alexandra Fusai
FranceFrance 
AustriaAustria Barbara Schwartz Patricia Wartusch
AustriaAustria 
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
10.01. adidas International Sydney , Australia Tier II - $ 460,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
AustraliaAustralia 

FranceFrance Amélie_Mauresmo United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 7: 6 2 , 6: 4
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Mary Pierce
FranceFrance 
6: 0, 6: 3
ANZ Tasmanian Women's International Hobart , Australia Tier IVb - 110,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 6Q
AustraliaAustralia 

BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters United StatesUnited States Chanda Ruby 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
ItalyItaly Rita Grande Émilie Loit
FranceFrance 
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Alicia Molik
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
January 17 Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - $ 3,544,313 Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
AustraliaAustralia 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 6: 1, 7: 5
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Mary Pierce
FranceFrance 
6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4
AustraliaAustralia Rennae Stubbs Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States 
SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia 
7: 5, 7: 6 3
31/01 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan Tier I - $ 1,080,000 Carpet (Hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
JapanJapan 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis FranceFrance Sandrine Testud 6: 3, 7: 5
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Mary Pierce
FranceFrance 
FranceFrance Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
6: 4, 6: 1

February

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07.02. Copa Colsanitas Bogotá , Colombia Tier IVa - $ 140,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
ColombiaColombia 

AustriaAustria Patricia Wartusch ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin 4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
ArgentinaArgentina Laura Montalvo Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
HungaryHungary Rita Kuti-Kis Petra Mandula
HungaryHungary 
6: 4, 6: 2
Open Gaz de France Paris , France Tier II - $ 535,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
FranceFrance 

FranceFrance Nathalie Tauziat United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 7: 5, 6: 2
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Sandrine Testud
FranceFrance 
SwedenSweden Åsa Carlsson Émilie Loit
FranceFrance 
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
02/14 Brasil Ladies Open São Paulo , Brazil Tier IVa - $ 140,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
BrazilBrazil 

HungaryHungary Rita Kuti-Kis ArgentinaArgentina Paola Suarez 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
ArgentinaArgentina Laura Montalvo Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
SlovakiaSlovakia Janette Husárová Florencia Labat
ArgentinaArgentina 
5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
Faber Grand Prix Hannover , Germany Tier II - $ 535,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
GermanyGermany 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Czech RepublicCzech Republic Denisa Chládková 6: 1, 6: 1
SwedenSweden Åsa Carlsson Natallja Swerawa
Belarus 1995Belarus 
ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Karina Habšudová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
6: 3, 6: 4
02/21 IGA Superthrift Tennis Classic Oklahoma , United States Tier III - $ 170,000 Indoor Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Monica Seles FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy 6: 1, 7: 6 3
United StatesUnited States Corina Morariu Kimberly Po
United StatesUnited States 
ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Olena Tatarkowa
UkraineUkraine 
6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
28.03. State Farm Women's Tennis Classic Scottsdale , United States Tier II - $ 535,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis
vs. Lindsay Davenport
United StatesUnited States 
canceled due to rain
canceled due to rain

March

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.03. Tennis Masters Series Indian Wells , United States Tier I - $ 2,000,000 Hard Court - 80E / 32Q / 32D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States 
RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Natallja Swerava
Belarus 1995Belarus 
6: 2, 6: 3
March 20 Ericsson Open Miami , United States Tier I - $ 2,525,000 Hard Court - 96E / 32Q / 48D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 6: 3, 6: 2
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands 
4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4

April

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04/10 Bausch & Lomb Championships Amelia Island , United States Tier II - $ 535,000 Clay - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Monica Seles SpainSpain Conchita Martínez 6: 3, 6: 2
deleted from the semi-finals
Estoril Open Oeiras , Portugal Tier IVa - $ 140,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 5Q
PortugalPortugal 

GermanyGermany Anke Huber FranceFrance Nathalie Dechy 6: 2, 1: 6, 7: 5
SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
NetherlandsNetherlands Amanda Hopman's Cristina Torrens Valero
SpainSpain 
6-0, 7-6 9
04/17 Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island , United States Tier I - $ 1,080,000 Clay - 56E / 16Q / 28D / 2Q
United StatesUnited States 

FranceFrance Mary Pierce SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6: 1, 6: 0
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
ArgentinaArgentina 
7: 5, 6: 3
Westel 900 Budapest Open Budapest , Hungary Tier IVb - $ 110,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
HungaryHungary 

ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin NetherlandsNetherlands Kristie Boogert 6: 2, 7: 6 4
BulgariaBulgaria Ljubomira Batschewa Cristina Torrens Valero
SpainSpain 
CroatiaCroatia Jelena Kostanić Sandra Načuk
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia 
6-0, 6-2

May

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
01.05. Croatian Bol Ladies Open Bol , Croatia Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court - 30E / 32QSS / 16D / 5Q
CroatiaCroatia 

SloveniaSlovenia Tina Pisnik FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 7: 6 4 , 7: 6 2
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States 
SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 2, 6: 2
Betty Barclay Cup Hamburg , Germany Tier II - $ 535,000 Clay Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
GermanyGermany 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6: 3, 6: 3
RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Natallja Swerava
Belarus 1995Belarus 
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 7 5 , 6: 2, 6: 4
08.05. German Open Berlin , Germany Tier I - $ 1,080,000 Clay Court - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 2Q
GermanyGermany 

SpainSpain Conchita Martínez South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer 6: 1, 6: 2
SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
SpainSpain 
South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States 
3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6 7
Warsaw Cup by Heros Warsaw , Poland Tier IVb - $ 110,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 3Q
PolandPoland 

SlovakiaSlovakia Henrieta Nagyová NetherlandsNetherlands Amanda Hopmans 2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
ItalyItaly Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
UzbekistanUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova Hanna Zaporozhanova
UkraineUkraine 
6: 3, 6: 1
May 15 Mexx Sport Benelux Open Antwerp , Belgium Tier IVa - $ 140,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
BelgiumBelgium 

South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer SpainSpain Cristina Torrens Valero 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
BelgiumBelgium Sabine Appelman's Kim Clijsters
BelgiumBelgium 
United StatesUnited States Jennifer Hopkins Petra Rampre
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 1, 6: 1
Italian Open Rome , Italy Tier I - $ 1,080,000 Clay - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 4Q
ItalyItaly 

United StatesUnited States Monica Seles FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo 6: 2, 7: 6 4
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Magüi Serna
SpainSpain 
6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 2
May 22nd Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court - 30E / 27Q / 14D
FranceFrance 

CroatiaCroatia Silvija Talaja HungaryHungary Rita Kuti-Kis 7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3
CanadaCanada Sonya Jeyaseelan Florencia Labat
ArgentinaArgentina 
South AfricaSouth Africa Kim Grant María Vento
Venezuela 1954Venezuela 
6: 4, 6: 3
Open de España Villa de Madrid Madrid , Spain Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
SpainSpain 

SpainSpain Gala León García ColombiaColombia Fabiola Zuluaga 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
SpainSpain Gala León García María Sánchez Lorenzo
SpainSpain 
6: 1, 6: 3
05/29 French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - $ 4,141,085 Clay - 128E / 64Q / 64D / 48M
FranceFrance 

FranceFrance Mary Pierce SpainSpain Conchita Martínez 6: 2 7: 5
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Mary Pierce
FranceFrance 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 2, 6: 4
South AfricaSouth Africa Mariaan de Swardt David Adams
South AfricaSouth Africa 
AustraliaAustralia Rennae Stubbs Todd Woodbridge
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3

June

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
12.06. DFS Classic Birmingham , UK Tier III - $ 170,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 8Q
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasu yarn 6: 2, 6: 7 7 , 6: 4
AustraliaAustralia Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea
AustraliaAustralia 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Irina Selyutina
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
6: 3, 7: 6 5
Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan Tier IVa - $ 140,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
UzbekistanUzbekistan 

UzbekistanUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na Li Ting
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
UzbekistanUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova Hanna Zaporozhanova
UkraineUkraine 
3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
19.06. Heineken Trophy ’s-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands Tier III - $ 170,000 Turf - 30E / 16D
NetherlandsNetherlands 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir 6: 2, 3: 0 task
United StatesUnited States Erika de Lone Nicole Pratt
AustraliaAustralia 
AustraliaAustralia Catherine Barclay Karina Habšudová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
7: 6 6 , 4: 3 problem
Direct Line International Ladies Tennis Eastbourne , UK Tier II - $ 535,000 Turf - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis BelgiumBelgium Dominique van Roost 7: 6 4 , 6: 4
JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
2: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 3
26.06. Wimbledon Championships London , UK Grand Slam - $ 5,235,332 Lawn - 128E / 98Q / 64D / 16Q / 64M
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 6: 3, 7: 6
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
6: 3, 6: 2
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po Donald Johnson
United StatesUnited States 
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Lleyton Hewitt
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 7: 6 3

July

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07/10 Internazionali Remmanili de Tennis di Palermo Palermo , Italy Tier IVb - $ 110,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 6Q
ItalyItaly 

SlovakiaSlovakia Henrieta Nagyová New ZealandNew Zealand Pavlina Nola 6: 3, 7: 5
ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Rita Grande
ItalyItaly 
RomaniaRomania Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano
SpainSpain 
6: 4, 0: 6, 7: 6 6
Uniqa Grand Prix Klagenfurt , Austria Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
AustriaAustria 

AustriaAustria Barbara Schett SwitzerlandSwitzerland Patty Schnyder 5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4
ArgentinaArgentina Laura Montalvo Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
AustriaAustria Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
7: 6 5 , 6: 1
07/17 Idea Prokom Open Sopot , Poland Tier III - $ 170,000 Clay Court- 32E / 32Q / 16D / 7Q
PolandPoland 

GermanyGermany Anke Huber SpainSpain Gala León García 7: 6 4 , 6: 3
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
SwedenSweden Åsa Carlsson Rita Grande
ItalyItaly 
7: 5, 6: 1
Sanex Trophy Knokke-Heist , Belgium Tier IVb - $ 110,000 Clay Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
BelgiumBelgium 

IsraelIsrael Anna Smaschnowa BelgiumBelgium Dominique van Roost 6: 2, 7: 5
ItalyItaly Giulia Casoni Iroda Tulyaganova
UzbekistanUzbekistan 
AustraliaAustralia Catherine Barclay Eva Dyrberg
DenmarkDenmark 
2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
07/24 Bank of the West Classic Stanford , United States Tier II - $ 535,000 Hard Court - 28E / 27Q / 16D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 6: 1, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud
FranceFrance 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Amy Frazier
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 4
07/31 Acura Classic San Diego , United States Tier II - $ 535,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 6Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Monica Seles 6: 0, 6: 7 3 , 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6

August

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07.08. estyle.com Classic Manhattan Beach , United States Tier II - $ 535,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 1
BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Dominique van Roost
BelgiumBelgium 
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
FranceFrance 
6: 2, 7: 5
08/14 duMaurier Open Montreal , Canada Tier I - $ 1,080,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 28D / 8Q
CanadaCanada 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 0: 6, 6: 3, 3: 0 task
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
08/21 Pilot Pen Tennis New Haven , United States Tier II - $ 535,000 Hard Court - 28E / 48Q / 16D / 8Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Monica Seles 6: 2, 6: 4
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
SpainSpain Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2
08/28 US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ 4,385,000 Hard Court - 128E / 128Q / 64D / 16Q / 32M
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 6: 4, 7: 5
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Jelena Lichowzewa
RussiaRussia 
6: 0, 1: 6, 6: 1
SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Jared Palmer
United StatesUnited States 
RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Max Mirny
Belarus 1995Belarus 
6: 4, 6: 3

September

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
18.09. Summer Olympics Sydney , Australia Olympic Games Hard Court - 64E / 31D
AustraliaAustralia 

United StatesUnited States Venus Williams RussiaRussia Jelena Dementjewa 6: 2, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Monica Seles AustraliaAustralia Jelena Dokic 6: 1, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams Venus Williams
United StatesUnited States 
NetherlandsNetherlands Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 1, 6: 1
BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Dominique van Roost
BelgiumBelgium 
Belarus 1995Belarus Volha Barabanschtschykawa Natallja Swerava
Belarus 1995Belarus 
4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
25.09. Seat Open Luxembourg Luxembourg , Luxembourg Tier III - $ 170,000 Carpet (hall) - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
LuxembourgLuxembourg 

United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati BulgariaBulgaria Magdalena Maleewa 4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
FranceFrance Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
BulgariaBulgaria Ljubomira Batschewa Cristina Torrens Valero
SpainSpain 
6: 3, 7: 6 0

October

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
02.10. Toyota Princess Cup Tokyo , Japan Tier II - $ 535,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
JapanJapan 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis 7: 5, 6: 1
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
JapanJapan Nana Miyagi Paola Suarez
ArgentinaArgentina 
6-0, 6-2
Porsche Grand Prix Filderstadt , Germany Tier II - $ 535,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
GermanyGermany 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters 6: 0, 6: 3
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Barbara Schett
AustriaAustria 
6: 4, 6: 2
09.10. Swisscom Challenge Zurich , Switzerland Tier I - $ 1,080,000 hard court (indoor) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport 6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 5
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
United StatesUnited States Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
FranceFrance 
6: 3, 6: 4
Japan Open Tennis Tokyo , Japan Tier III - $ 170,000 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
JapanJapan 

FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis United StatesUnited States Amy Frazier 5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu
United StatesUnited States 
SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 1, 6: 2
16..10. Heineken Open Shanghai , China Tier IVa - $ 140,000 Hard Court - 32E / 26Q / 16D / 7Q
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

United StatesUnited States Meghann Shaughnessy UzbekistanUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova 7: 6 2 , 7: 5
United StatesUnited States Lilia Osterloh Tamarine Tanasu yarn
ThailandThailand 
ItalyItaly Rita Grande Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
7: 5, 6: 1
Generali Open Linz , Austria Tier II - $ 535,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 2Q
AustriaAustria 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport United StatesUnited States Venus Williams 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 2
FranceFrance Amélie_Mauresmo Chanda Rubin
United StatesUnited States 
JapanJapan Ai Sugiyama Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
6: 4, 6: 4
23.10. EuroTel Slovak Indoor Bratislava , Slovakia Tier IVb - $ 110,000 Hard Court ( Indoor ) - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
SlovakiaSlovakia 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Dája Bedáňová NetherlandsNetherlands Miriam Oremans 6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 3
SlovakiaSlovakia Karina Habšudová Daniela Hantuchová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
HungaryHungary Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch
AustriaAustria 
without a fight
Kremlin Cup Moscow , Russia Tier I - $ 1,080,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D / 4Q
RussiaRussia 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa 6: 3, 6: 1
FranceFrance Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 5
10/30 Challenge Bell Québec , Canada Tier III - $ 170,000 Carpet (indoor) - 30E / 30Q / 16D / 4Q
CanadaCanada 

United StatesUnited States Chanda Ruby United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati 6: 4, 6: 2
AustraliaAustralia Nicole Pratt Meghann Shaughnessy
United StatesUnited States 
BelgiumBelgium Els Callens Kimberly Po
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 6: 4
Sparkassen Cup Leipzig , Germany Tier II - $ 535,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16Q / 4Q
GermanyGermany 

BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa 7: 6 6 , 4: 6, 6: 4
SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
FranceFrance 
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Laurence Courtois
BelgiumBelgium 
6: 7 6 , 7: 5, 6: 3

November

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.11. Advanta Championships Philadelphia , United States Tier II - $ 535,000 Carpet Indoor - 28E / 27Q / 16D / 4Q
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis 7: 6 7 , 6: 4
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 7: 5
Wismilak International Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia Tier III - $ 170,000 Hard Court - 30E / 31Q / 16D / 7Q
MalaysiaMalaysia 

SlovakiaSlovakia Henrieta Nagyová CroatiaCroatia Iva Majoli 6: 4, 6: 2
SlovakiaSlovakia Henrieta Nagyová Sylvia Plischke
AustriaAustria 
South AfricaSouth Africa Liezel Huber Vanessa Webb
CanadaCanada 
6: 4, 7: 6 4
11/13 Volvo Women's Open Pattaya , Thailand Tier IVb - $ 110,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
ThailandThailand 

LuxembourgLuxembourg Anne Kremer RussiaRussia Tatiana Panova 6: 1, 6: 4
IndonesiaIndonesia Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 3, 6: 3
Chase Championships New York , United States Masters - $ 2,000,000 Carpet (Hall) - 16E / 8D
United StatesUnited States 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis United StatesUnited States Monica Seles 6: 7 5 , 6: 4, 6: 4
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa
RussiaRussia 
United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 2, 6: 3
November 20 Fed Cup , Las Vegas Final , United States , Carpet
United StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States United States SpainSpain Spain 5-0
1 the date indicates the Monday of the corresponding week

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).