2000 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
2000 Direct Line International Championships
Final
Champions Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs
Score2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
  1999  · Eastbourne International ·  2001  

Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions but Hingis did not compete this year. Kournikova partnered Natasha Zvereva and reached the quarterfinals where they were beaten by Els Callens and Dominique Van Roost.

Contents

Ai Sugiyama and Nathalie Tauziat won the title, beating Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3).

Seeds

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

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs (final)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport / Flag of the United States.svg Corina Morariu (first round)
  3. Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kournikova / Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama / Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat (champions)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of the United States.svg L Raymond
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Stubbs
66 
  Flag of the United States.svg K Po
Flag of France.svg A-G Sidot
4 2  1 Flag of the United States.svg L Raymond
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Stubbs
66 
  Flag of South Africa.svg A Coetzer
Flag of the United States.svg L McNeil
77   Flag of South Africa.svg A Coetzer
Flag of the United States.svg L McNeil
2 4  
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg L Courtois
Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva
655  1 Flag of the United States.svg L Raymond
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Stubbs
66 
3 Flag of Russia.svg A Kournikova
Flag of Belarus.svg N Zvereva
67   Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E Callens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg D Van Roost
3 2  
Q Flag of the United States.svg L Osterloh
Flag of the United States.svg A Stevenson
3 67 3 Flag of Russia.svg A Kournikova
Flag of Belarus.svg N Zvereva
3 65
  Flag of South Africa.svg L Horn
Flag of the Netherlands.svg C Vis
4 63   Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E Callens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg D Van Roost
62 7
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E Callens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg D Van Roost
63 61 Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs
63 63
  Flag of Hungary.svg K Marosi-Aracama
Flag of Spain.svg M Serna
644  4 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama
Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat
2 67
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Molik
Flag of Slovenia.svg K Srebotnik
76   Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Molik
Flag of Slovenia.svg K Srebotnik
72 ret
WC Flag of South Africa.svg M De Swardt
Flag of the United States.svg M Navratilova
4 65 4 Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama
Flag of France.svg N Tauziat
5 1  
4 Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama
Flag of France.svg N Tauziat
67 4 Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama
Flag of France.svg N Tauziat
76 
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg S Jeyaseelan
Flag of Croatia.svg J Kostanić
64 3   Flag of the United States.svg N Arendt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Bollegraf
622  
  Flag of the United States.svg A Frazier
Flag of the United States.svg K Schlukebir
3 66  Flag of the United States.svg A Frazier
Flag of the United States.svg K Schlukebir
2 5  
  Flag of the United States.svg N Arendt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Bollegraf
64 6  Flag of the United States.svg N Arendt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Bollegraf
67 
2 Flag of the United States.svg L Davenport
Flag of the United States.svg C Morariu
4 61

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