2000 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2000 Generali Ladies Linz is the 2000 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from October 14–22, 2000 at the TipsArena Linz. Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.

2000 Generali Ladies Linz
Date14 October – 22 October
Edition14th
CategoryTier II Series
Prize moneyUSD $565,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
LocationLinz, Austria
VenueTipsArena Linz
Champions
Singles
Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
Amélie Mauresmo / Chanda Rubin

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 195 137 88 49 25 1 11.75 6.75 4 1
Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $95,500 $51,000 $27,300 $14,600 $7,820 $4,175 $2,230 $1,195 $640
Doubles * $30,000 $16,120 $8,620 $4,610 $2,465 N/A N/A N/A N/A

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank Seed
 USA Lindsay Davenport 2 1
 USA Venus Williams 3 2
 USA Monica Seles 5 3
 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 7 4
 USA Chanda Rubin 14 5
 FRA Amélie Mauresmo 15 6
 RUS Elena Dementieva 19 7
 CRO Silvija Talaja 22 8
  SUI Patty Schnyder 24 9

Rankings are as of 9 October 2000.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Before the tournament

During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank Seed
 JPN Ai Sugiyama  FRA Nathalie Tauziat 11 1
 ZIM Cara Black  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 38 2
 USA Nicole Arendt  NED Manon Bollegraf 51 3
 AUT Barbara Schett  NED Caroline Vis 55 4

Rankings are as of 9 October 2000.

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

Champions

Singles

It was Davenport's 29th WTA singles title, and third title of the year.

Doubles

It was Mauresmo's 1st WTA doubles title. It was Rubin's 10th WTA doubles title, and second of the year. This was their first and only doubles title together as a pair. This was also Rubin's final WTA doubles title.

References

  1. "TENNIS; Davenport Ends Williams' 35-Match Streak". The New York Times. Linz. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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