2000 Gelsor Open Romania

The 2000 Gelsor Open Romania was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest in Romania and was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 11 September through 17 September 2000. Unseeded Joan Balcells won the singles title.

2000 Gelsor Open Romania
Date11–17 September
Edition8th
CategoryATP International Series 2
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$375,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
Champions
Singles
Joan Balcells
Doubles
Alberto Martín / Eyal Ran

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ARG Mariano Puerta 18 1
 MAR Karim Alami 33 2
 AUT Stefan Koubek 45 3
 ESP Francisco Clavet 46 4
 SWE Magnus Gustafsson 52 5
 ESP Alberto Martín 62 6
 ESP Albert Portas 70 7
 ESP Álex Calatrava 73 8
  • 1 Rankings were as of August 28, 2000.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Tomás Carbonell  ARG Martín García 70 1
 ARG Pablo Albano  ARG Lucas Arnold Ker 90 2
 RUS Andrei Olhovskiy  CZE Cyril Suk 96 3
 RSA Chris Haggard  BEL Tom Vanhoudt 117 4
  • Rankings were as of August 28, 2000.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Singles
Main article: 2000 Gelsor Open Romania – Singles

Joan Balcells defeated Markus Hantschk 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)

  • It was Balcells' only title of the year and also of his career.[1]

Doubles
Main article: 2000 Gelsor Open Romania – Doubles

Alberto Martín / Eyal Ran defeated Devin Bowen / Mariano Hood 7–6(7–4), 6–1

  • It was Martín's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career (singles and doubles combined). It was Ran's only title of the year and the also of his career.

References
  1. Juan Balcells of Spain won his first ATP Tour title
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