Jonas Björkman and Byron Black were the defending champions, but Black did not compete this year. Björkman teamed up with Max Mirnyi and lost in the quarterfinals to Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2000 Cincinnati Masters | |
| Champions |  Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
| Runners-up |  Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach |
| Score | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
| Draw | 32 (6WC/2Q) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title by defeating Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach 7–6(8–6), 6–4 in the final.[1][2]
Seeds
edit
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
Alex O'Brien / Jared Palmer (first round)
Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (final)- David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager (first round)
Jiří Novák / David Rikl (semifinals)- Wayne Ferreira /
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round, retired due to an injury on Ferreira) - Martin Damm /
Dominik Hrbatý (quarterfinals) 
Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor (semifinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
edit| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 |  Jiří Novák David Rikl
| 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
| 78 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
| 66 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 8 |  Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
Top half
edit| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Koenig D Macpherson
| 2 | 65 | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Tarango P Tramacchi
| 78 | 4 | 77 | J Tarango P Tramacchi
| 65 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 P Nyborg C Suk
| 66 | 6 | 64 | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Safin V Voltchkov
| 4 | 4 | 7 | M Damm D Hrbatý
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Barnard C Haggard
| 6 | 6 | M Barnard C Haggard
| 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 W Black K Ullyett
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | M Damm D Hrbatý
| 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | M Damm D Hrbatý
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde
| 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | D Adams J-L de Jager
| 67 | 7 | 3 | 5 | J Novák D Rikl
| 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| J Eagle A Florent
| 79 | 5 | 6 | J Eagle A Florent
| 4 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Galbraith B MacPhie
| 4 | 6 | 5 |  R Federer A Kratzmann
| 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Federer A Kratzmann
| 6 | 2 | 7 | R Federer A Kratzmann
| 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 T Carbonell M García
| 6 | 6 | 5 | J Novák D Rikl
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Etlis J Waite
| 3 | 4 | T Carbonell M García
| 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  A Gaudenzi M Rosset
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | J Novák D Rikl
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | J Novák D Rikl
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
edit| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S Humphries F Santoro
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov
| 6 | 2 | 0r | |||||||||||||||||||
 A Kitinov A Olhovskiy
| 2 | 4 | L Hewitt S Stolle
| 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Hewitt S Stolle
| 6 | 6 | L Hewitt S Stolle
| 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Bryan M Bryan
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | E Ferreira R Leach
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  G Kuerten C Woodruff
| 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | G Kuerten C Woodruff
| 66 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Johnson P Norval
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | E Ferreira R Leach
| 78 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Ferreira R Leach
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | E Ferreira R Leach
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | S Lareau D Nestor
| 6 | 77 | 8 | S Lareau D Nestor
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | À Corretja A Costa
| 2 | 64 | 8 | S Lareau D Nestor
| 77 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 M Bhupathi M Knowles
| 6 | 4 | 2 | WC | T Johansson M Norman
| 64 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | T Johansson M Norman
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | S Lareau D Nestor
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  N Kiefer N Lapentti
| 1 | 65 | J Björkman M Mirnyi
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Björkman M Mirnyi
| 6 | 77 | J Björkman M Mirnyi
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | N Godwin M Hill
| 66 | 77 | 6 | N Godwin M Hill
| 3 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | A O'Brien J Palmer
| 78 | 65 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
editQualifying seeds
edit- Neville Godwin / Michael Hill (qualified)
- Paul Kilderry /
Thomas Shimada (first round) 
Andrea Gaudenzi / 
Marc Rosset (qualified)
Marc-Kevin Goellner / Marcos Ondruska (qualifying competition)
Qualifiers
editQualifying draw
editFirst qualifier
edit| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Neville Godwin Michael Hill
| 65 | 77 | 78 | |||||||||
| WC | Taylor Dent Brandon Hawk
| 77 | 65 | 66 | |||||||||
| 1 | Neville Godwin Michael Hill
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Marc-Kevin Goellner Marcos Ondruska
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| WC | Todd Martin Nathan Overholser
| 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Marc-Kevin Goellner Marcos Ondruska
| 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
Second qualifier
edit| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Paul Kilderry Thomas Shimada
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Kyle Spencer Jim Thomas
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Kyle Spencer Jim Thomas
| 2 | 7 | 63 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Andrea Gaudenzi Marc Rosset
| 6 | 5 | 77 | |||||||||
| WC |  Karim Alami Hicham Arazi
| 4 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Andrea Gaudenzi Marc Rosset
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Past Champions". Western & Southern Open. Cincinnati. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
2000, Men's Doubles: Todd Woodbridge (AUS), Mark Woodforde (AUS)
- ^ "Sunday's results". ESPN. 13 August 2000. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
Tennis Masters Series -- Cincinnati; Doubles, Championship; Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (1), Australia, def. Ellis Ferreira, South Africa, and Rick Leach (3), United States, 7-6 (6), 6-4.