2000 Wimbledon Championships

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2000 Wimbledon Championships
Date26 June – 9 July
Edition114th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S/64D/64XD
Prize money£8,056,480
Surface Grass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
Venue All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Pete Sampras
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Men's doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams / Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Johnson / Flag of the United States.svg Kimberly Po
Boys' singles
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut
Girls' singles
Flag of Argentina.svg María Emilia Salerni
Boys' doubles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dominique Coene / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kristof Vliegen
Girls' doubles
Flag of Romania.svg Ioana Gașpar / Flag of Ukraine.svg Tatiana Perebiynis
←  1999  · Wimbledon Championships ·  2001  →

The 2000 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] It was the 114th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 26 June to 9 July 2000. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

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Pete Sampras won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Pat Rafter in the final. It was also his last Wimbledon title. Lindsay Davenport was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Venus Williams in the women's final. It was the first of five Wimbledon titles for Venus Williams.

Millennium celebrations

In order to celebrate the millennium, the All England Club invited all surviving singles champions, any player that had appeared in two or more singles finals without winning the championship, and any player who had won four or more doubles titles, to a presentation ceremony on Centre Court on Saturday, July 1. Each honouree was presented with a crystal plate, engraved with their name, by the President of the Lawn Tennis Association, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester. Those who attended were (in order of presentation): Singles champion Andre Agassi; Doubles champions: Ken McGregor, Bob Hewitt, Ken Fletcher, Tony Roche, Rosie Casals, Owen Davidson, Frew McMillan, Peter Fleming, Pam Shriver, Helena Suková, Natasha Zvereva, Gigi Fernández; Singles finalists: Henry "Bunny" Austin, Kurt Nielsen, Ken Rosewall, Darlene Hard, Fred Stolle, Hana Mandlíková, Goran Ivanišević; Singles champions: Sidney Wood, Pauline Betz, Bob Falkenburg, Ted Schroeder, John "Budge" Patty, Richard "Dick" Savitt, Frank Sedgman, Elias "Vic" Seixas, Jaroslav Drobný, Marion "Tony" Trabert, Shirley Fry Irvin, Ashley Cooper, Maria Bueno, Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo, Neale Fraser, Angela Mortimer, Rod Laver, Margaret Smith Court, Roy Emerson, Billie Jean King, Manuel Santana, John Newcombe, Ann Jones, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Stan Smith, Jan Kodeš, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, Virginia Wade, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Patrick "Pat" Cash, Steffi Graf, Stefan Edberg, Michael Stich, Conchita Martínez, Jana Novotná and Lindsay Davenport. Andre Agassi was presented first in order to accommodate his match schedule. Other attendees were then presented with their commemoration later in the same day in the Royal Box: Doubles champions: Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge; Singles finalist: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario; and Singles champions: Martina Hingis and Pete Sampras. Several post war champions were absent, but the only champions from the open era (post 1968) not to attend were Jimmy Connors and Richard Krajicek. Both Ilie Năstase and Ivan Lendl were also invited as two-time singles finalist, but did not attend. [3] The inclusion of singles finalists and the exclusion of doubles champions who had not won at least four titles was mildly controversial, with Frew McMillan bemoaning to BBC Radio that his two-time mixed doubles championship partner Betty Stöve had not been invited, despite the Dutch woman holding three Wimbledon doubles titles and having reached the singles final once; whereas Hana Mandlíková and Goran Ivanišević both attended, neither one of whom had ever won a Wimbledon title of any kind prior to Wimbledon 2000.

Prize money

The total prize money for 2000 championships was £8,056,480. The winner of the men's title earned £477,500 while the women's singles champion earned £430,000. [4] [5]

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's singles£477,500£238,750£119,380£62,080£33,420£19,330£11,700£7,160
Women's singles£430,000£215,000£101,470£52,760£28,410£15,460£9,360£5,730
Men's doubles *£195,630—
Women's doubles *£176,070—
Mixed doubles *£83,100—

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Pete Sampras defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Rafter, 6–7(10-12), 7–6(7-5), 6–4, 6–2 [6]

  • It was Sampras's 2nd title of the year, and his 63rd overall. It was his 13th career Grand Slam title (a record until Roger Federer surpassed him in 2009), and his 7th (and last) Wimbledon title (a record, tied with William Renshaw, and subsequently surpassed by Federer in 2017)

Women's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams defeated Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport, 6–3, 7–6(7-3) [7]

  • It was Williams's 1st title of the year, and her 10th overall. It was her 1st career Grand Slam title.

Men's doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde defeated Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 [8]

Women's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Serena Williams / Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams defeated Flag of France.svg Julie Halard-Decugis / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–2 [9]

Mixed doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Donald Johnson / Flag of the United States.svg Kimberly Po defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lleyton Hewitt / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters, 6–4, 7–6(7-3) [10]

Juniors

Boys' singles

Flag of France.svg Nicolas Mahut defeated Flag of Croatia.svg Mario Ančić, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 [11]

Girls' singles

Flag of Argentina.svg María Emilia Salerni defeated Flag of Ukraine.svg Tatiana Perebiynis, 6–4, 7–5 [12]

Boys' doubles

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dominique Coene / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kristof Vliegen defeated Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Banks / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benjamin Riby, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 [13]

Girls' doubles

Flag of Romania.svg Ioana Gașpar / Flag of Ukraine.svg Tatiana Perebiynis defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dája Bedáňová / Flag of Argentina.svg María Emilia Salerni, 7–6(7-2), 6–3 [14]

Singles players

Men's singles
Women's singles

Singles seeds

References

  1. ↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. ISBN   978-0942257700.
  2. ↑ Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. ISBN   0007117078.
  3. ↑ "Wimbledon honours former champions". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. 1 July 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. pp. 327–334. ISBN   978-1899039401.
  5. ↑ "About Wimbledon – Prize Money and Finance". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Boys' Doubles Finals 1982-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Girls' Doubles Finals 1982-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships . Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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