2000 Gelsor Open Romania

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2000 Gelsor Open Romania
Date11–17 September
Edition8th
Category ATP International Series 2
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$375,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Bucharest, Romania
Venue Arenele BNR
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Joan Balcells [1]
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Martín / Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran [2]
  1999  · Romanian Open ·  2001  

The 2000 Gelsor Open Romania was a men's 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. It was the eighth and final edition of the tournament and was held from 11 September through 17 September 2000. Unseeded Joan Balcells won the singles title.

Contents

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Mariano Puerta 181
Flag of Morocco.svg MAR Karim Alami 332
Flag of Austria.svg AUT Stefan Koubek 453
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Francisco Clavet 464
Flag of Sweden.svg SWE Magnus Gustafsson 525
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Alberto Martín 626
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Albert Portas 707
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Álex Calatrava 738

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

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Tomás Carbonell Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Martín García 701
Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Pablo Albano Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Lucas Arnold Ker 902
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Andrei Olhovskiy Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Cyril Suk 963
Flag of South Africa.svg RSA Chris Haggard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL Tom Vanhoudt 1174

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Singles

Flag of Spain.svg Joan Balcells defeated Flag of Germany.svg Markus Hantschk 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)

Doubles

Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Martín / Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran defeated Flag of the United States.svg Devin Bowen / Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Hood 7–6(7–4), 6–1

References

  1. "2000 Bucharest – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "2000 Bucharest – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. "Safin is still on his game". Los Angeles Times. 18 September 2000.