2000 Generali Ladies Linz | |
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Date | 17–22 October |
Edition | 14th |
Category | Tier II Series |
Draw | 28S / 16D |
Prize money | USD $565,000 |
Surface | Hard (indoor) |
Location | Linz, Austria |
Venue | Design Center Linz |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Lindsay Davenport | |
Doubles | |
Amélie Mauresmo / Chanda Rubin |
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.
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 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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 | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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USA | Lindsay Davenport | 2 | 1 |
USA | Venus Williams | 3 | 2 |
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.
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:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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JPN | Ai Sugiyama | FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 11 | 1 |
USA | Nicole Arendt | NED | Manon Bollegraf | 51 | 3 |
AUT | Barbara Schett | NED | Caroline Vis | 55 | 4 |
Rankings are as of 9 October 2000.
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:
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