2000 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles

Singles
Singles
2000 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Final
Champion	Monica Seles
Runner-up	Conchita Martínez
Score	6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw	56 (8 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

Monica Seles was the defending champion and successfully defender her title by defeating Conchita Martínez 6–3, 6–2 in the final.

The tournament was delayed several days due to bad weather. Players were forced to play two matches on a single day in order to complete the tournament. Third round and quarterfinals were played on Saturday – the semifinals and final were played on Sunday.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

The first eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
Serena Williams (second round, retired due to a left knee tendinitis)
Monica Seles (champion)
Conchita Martínez (final)
Sandrine Testud (second round)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
Anna Kournikova (quarterfinals)
Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)
Amy Frazier (first round)
Amanda Coetzer (third round)
Ai Sugiyama (second round)
Elena Likhovtseva (semifinal)
Ruxandra Dragomir (first round)
Silvija Talaja (third round)
Chanda Rubin (third round)
Lisa Raymond (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Mary Pierce	6	4	4

12	Elena Likhovtseva	2	6	6
					12	Elena Likhovtseva	3	2

					4	Conchita Martínez	6	6
4	Conchita Martínez	6	6

8	Barbara Schett	4	3
									4	Conchita Martínez	3	2

									3	Monica Seles	6	6
6	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1	3

3	Monica Seles	6	6
					3	Monica Seles	6	6

						Paola Suárez	3	2
7	Anna Kournikova	6	2	4

	Paola Suárez	2	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	M Pierce	6	6
Q	T Singian	6	6		Q	T Singian	1	3
WC	L Osterloh	1	3							1	M Pierce	6	7
Q	P Nola	3	2							14	S Talaja	4	5
	A Stevenson	6	6			A Stevenson	6	2	2
Q	L Wild	3	1		14	S Talaja	4	6	6
14	S Talaja	6	6											1	M Pierce	6	4	4
12	E Likhovtseva	7⁹	6											12	E Likhovtseva	2	6	6
	J Kruger	6⁷	2		12	E Likhovtseva	6	3
	H Nagyová	6	6			H Nagyová	2	0^r
	T Pisnik	0	2							12	E Likhovtseva	6	7⁷
	N Petrova	5	6	2							P Schnyder	3	6⁴
	P Schnyder	7	4	6		P Schnyder	7⁷	7⁷
					5	S Testud	6⁴	6⁰

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					4	C Martínez	7	6
Q	H Parkinson	1	4			E Dementieva	5	2
	E Dementieva	6	6							4	C Martínez	6	6
Q	A Jidkova	4	3								J Dokic	1	4
	J Dokic	6	6			J Dokic	6	6
	R Grande	6	6¹	7⁷		R Grande	2	3
9	A Frazier	2	7⁷	6⁵										4	C Martínez	6	6
15	C Rubin	7	6											8	B Schett	4	3
	M Drake	5	3		15	C Rubin	6	3	6
	E deLone	4	1			A Myskina	1	6	4
	A Myskina	6	6							15	C Rubin	0	2
	G León García	6	6							8	B Schett	6	6
	J Nejedly	1	1			G León García	2	2
					8	B Schett	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					6	A Sánchez Vicario	6	0	6
WC	T Snyder	1	6	6	WC	T Snyder	4	6	4
	K Brandi	6	4	4						6	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	A Glass	5	1							10	A Coetzer	2	4
	M Serna	7	6			M Serna	4	4
	T Panova	0	4		10	A Coetzer	6	6
10	A Coetzer	6	6											6	A Sánchez Vicario	1	3
13	R Dragomir	6	4	5										3	M Seles	6	6
	Å Carlsson	4	6	7		Å Carlsson	2	4
	E Gagliardi	4	4			C Morariu	6	6
	C Morariu	6	6								C Morariu	3	1
	A Smashnova	6	6							3	M Seles	6	6
WC	I Majoli	3	1			A Smashnova	6⁰	0
					3	M Seles	7⁷	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					7	A Kournikova	7	7⁷
	M Lučić	1	3			A Kremer	5	6⁴
	A Kremer	6	6							7	A Kournikova	6	7
	F Zuluaga	4	6³								N Pratt	0	5
	N Pratt	6	7⁷			N Pratt	6	7
	I Spîrlea	3	7	3	11	A Sugiyama	1	5
11	A Sugiyama	6	5	6										7	A Kournikova	6	2	4
16	L Raymond	6	0	6											P Suárez	2	6	6
Q	J Hopkins	4	6	1	16	L Raymond	4	4
	S Jeyaseelan	6	6			S Jeyaseelan	6	6
	M Maleeva	4	2								S Jeyaseelan	2	3
Q	T Obziler	1	1								P Suárez	6	6
	P Suárez	6	6			P Suárez	6	4	5
					2	S Williams	3	6	2^r

References

^ "Seles vs. Martinez in Amelia Island final". Amelia Island. UPI. 16 April 2000. Retrieved 25 August 2017. After rain caused havoc with the schedule, both Seles and Martinez recorded third-round and quarterfinal wins on Saturday.
^ "Monica Seles ganó el torneo de tenis de Amelia Island" [Monica Seles wins the Amelia Island tennis tournament] (in Spanish). Amelia Island: Caracol Radio. 16 April 2000. Retrieved 25 August 2017. The tournament was delayed because the rain interrupted play on Thursday and forced a suspension of all matches, interrupting the normal course of the tournament. 'It was so hard to all players with so many matches in a row that we had to play', Seles said after her crowning. 'Everybody had to play two matches in a single day. I thought that we'd never finish this tournament', she added.

External links

Official Results Archive (ITF) Archived 2016-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
Official Results Archive (WTA)

[1] "Seles vs. Martinez in Amelia Island final". Amelia Island. UPI. 16 April 2000. Retrieved 25 August 2017. After rain caused havoc with the schedule, both Seles and Martinez recorded third-round and quarterfinal wins on Saturday.

[2] "Monica Seles ganó el torneo de tenis de Amelia Island" [Monica Seles wins the Amelia Island tennis tournament] (in Spanish). Amelia Island: Caracol Radio. 16 April 2000. Retrieved 25 August 2017. The tournament was delayed because the rain interrupted play on Thursday and forced a suspension of all matches, interrupting the normal course of the tournament. 'It was so hard to all players with so many matches in a row that we had to play', Seles said after her crowning. 'Everybody had to play two matches in a single day. I thought that we'd never finish this tournament', she added.

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