2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

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2000 Sparkassen Cup
Date30 October – 5 November
Edition11th
Category Tier II
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money USD $535,000
Surface Hard / Indoor
Location Leipzig, Germany
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Flag of France.svg Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
  1999  · Sparkassen Cup ·  2001  

The 2000 Sparkassen Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 30 October through 5 November 2000. Unseeded Kim Clijsters won the singles title and earned $87,000 first-prize money. [1]

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Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Singles$87,000$43,500$21,750$11,000$7,600$4,000$1,950$1,300$825
Doubles *$27,000$13,800$8,400$4,500$2,400

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Nathalie Tauziat 81
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 92
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anna Kournikova 113
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Dementieva 184
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Magdalena Maleeva 225
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Barbara Schett 246
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 257
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jelena Dokic 278

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alexandra Fusai Flag of France.svg  FRA Nathalie Tauziat 271
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Flag of France.svg  FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 402
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Nicole Arendt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Manon Bollegraf 493
Flag of Romania.svg  ROM Cătălina Cristea Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 694

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

It was the 2nd title of the season for Clijsters and the 3rd title of her singles career.

Doubles

It was the 61st title for Sánchez Vicario and the 1st title for Sidot in their respective doubles careers.

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References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (2001). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2001. London: HarperCollins. p. 188. ISBN   9780007111299.
  2. "Clijsters wins Leipzig in two-hour battle" . The Independent. Associated Press. 5 November 2000. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 23 August 2017.