2000 Axa Cup – Doubles

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Doubles
2000 AXA Cup
Champions Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams
Flag of South Africa.svg John-Laffnie de Jager
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Jan-Michael Gambill
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Humphries
Final score6–3, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(13–11)
Events
Singles Doubles
  1999  · Milan Indoor ·  2001  

2000 Axa Cup, Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski were the defending champions, only Henman competed (with Yevgeny Kafelnikov) but lost in the quarterfinals.

Contents

Third-seeds David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager won the title, defeating Jan-Michael Gambill and Scott Humphries in the final.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Kratzmann (first round)
  2. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Arthurs / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of South Africa.svg David Adams / Flag of South Africa.svg John-Laffnie de Jager (champions)
  4. Flag of France.svg Olivier Delaître / Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango (first round)


Draw

Key


First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Sweden.svg J Björkman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Kratzmann
2 62 
WC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg T Henman
Flag of Russia.svg Y Kafelnikov
677 WC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg T Henman
Flag of Russia.svg Y Kafelnikov
5 64 
LL Flag of the United States.svg D Bowen
Flag of Spain.svg A Martín
6561   Flag of Australia (converted).svg D Macpherson
Flag of Sweden.svg P Nyborg
777 
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg D Macpherson
Flag of Sweden.svg P Nyborg
7777   Flag of Australia (converted).svg D Macpherson
Flag of Sweden.svg P Nyborg
62 4
3 Flag of South Africa.svg D Adams
Flag of South Africa.svg J-L de Jager
66 3 Flag of South Africa.svg D Adams
Flag of South Africa.svg J-L de Jager
1 66
Q Flag of Japan.svg T Shimada
Flag of South Africa.svg M Wakefield
3 4  3 Flag of South Africa.svg D Adams
Flag of South Africa.svg J-L de Jager
3 66
  Flag of North Macedonia.svg A Kitinov
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg T Vanhoudt
6614   Flag of France.svg F Santoro
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Vacek
61 2
  Flag of France.svg F Santoro
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Vacek
4 7763 Flag of South Africa.svg D Adams
Flag of South Africa.svg J-L de Jager
667713
WC Flag of Slovakia.svg K Kučera
Flag of Russia.svg M Safin
2 776  Flag of the United States.svg J-M Gambill
Flag of the United States.svg S Humphries
3 79611
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg N Broad
Flag of South Africa.svg P Norval
6640 WC Flag of Slovakia.svg K Kučera
Flag of Russia.svg M Safin
3 64
  Flag of the United States.svg J-M Gambill
Flag of the United States.svg S Humphries
677   Flag of the United States.svg J-M Gambill
Flag of the United States.svg S Humphries
64 6
4 Flag of France.svg O Delaître
Flag of the United States.svg J Tarango
2 65   Flag of the United States.svg J-M Gambill
Flag of the United States.svg S Humphries
6566
  Flag of South Africa.svg M Barnard
Flag of South Africa.svg C Haggard
3 63   Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Florent
774 4
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Florent
64 6  Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Florent
677 
WC Flag of Croatia.svg G Ivanišević
Flag of Croatia.svg I Ljubičić
7623 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg W Arthurs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg S Stolle
3 63 
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg W Arthurs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg S Stolle
5 776


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