2000 Generali Ladies Linz

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2000 Generali Ladies Linz
Date17–22 October
Edition14th
Category Tier II Series
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money USD $565,000
SurfaceHard (indoor)
Location Linz, Austria
VenueDesign Center Linz
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo / Flag of the United States.svg Chanda Rubin
  1999  · Linz Open ·  2001  

The 2000 Generali Ladies Linz was the 2000 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz women's tennis tournament. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from 17 October until 22 October 2000 at the Design Center in Linz, Austria. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles195137884925111.756.7541
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
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

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lindsay Davenport 21
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Venus Williams 32
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Monica Seles 53
Flag of France.svg  FRA Nathalie Tauziat 74
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chanda Rubin 145
Flag of France.svg  FRA Amélie Mauresmo 156
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Dementieva 197
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Silvija Talaja 228
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Patty Schnyder 249

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:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ai Sugiyama Flag of France.svg  FRA Nathalie Tauziat 111
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  ZIM Cara Black Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 382
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Arendt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Manon Bollegraf 513
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Barbara Schett Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Caroline Vis 554

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:

Finals

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.

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References

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