2000 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles
# 2000 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles

Magnus Norman was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.

Qualifier Fernando González won the first title of his career by defeating his compatriot Nicolás Massú 6–2, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

* Andrew Ilie (first round)
* Jan-Michael Gambill (first round)
* Gianluca Pozzi (quarterfinals)
* Jason Stoltenberg (second round)
* Paul Goldstein (second round)
* Nicolás Massú (final)
* André Sá (first round)
* Justin Gimelstob (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* 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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A Ilie | 6 | $6^6$ | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dupuis | 3 | $7^8$ | $7^7$ | | A Dupuis | 5 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Mamiit | 2 | 5 | | Q | F González | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F González | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | Q | F González | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Srichaphan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Srichaphan | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lareau | 1 | 3 | | | P Srichaphan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Siemerink | 4 | 6 | 7 | | J Siemerink | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Gimelstob | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | F González | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| 4 | J Stoltenberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Rodríguez | 0 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | Á López Morón | 1 | 4 | | 4 | J Stoltenberg | $6^6$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Vaněk | $6^2$ | 6 | 6 | | J Vaněk | $7^8$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Arthurs | $7^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | J Vaněk | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Manta | $7^9$ | $6^2$ | $6^3$ | | | | | | | M Rodríguez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Rodríguez | $6^7$ | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | M Rodríguez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Agénor | 2 | 1 | | 5 | P Goldstein | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | P Goldstein | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Fernando González | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | N Massú | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Nicolás Massú | 2 | 3 |
| | L Tieleman | 2 | 3 | | 6 | N Massú | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Krošlák | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ | | J Krošlák | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Jonsson | 1 | 6 | $6^4$ | | | | | | 6 | N Massú | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Russell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | G Pozzi | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Armando | 4 | 2 | | WC | M Russell | $7^7$ | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Popp | 3 | 2 | | 3 | G Pozzi | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | G Pozzi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | N Massú | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | A Sá | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | R Delgado | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | R Sabău | 6 | 7 | | Q | R Sabău | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Zíb | 6 | 4 | 4 | | M Hantschk | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hantschk | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Hantschk | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Paes | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | R Delgado | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | X Malisse | 6 | 6 | | Q | X Malisse | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Delgado | 5 | 7 | 6 | Q | R Delgado | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J-M Gambill | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Qualifying seeds

* James Sekulov (first round)
* Tuomas Ketola (first round)
* Xavier Malisse (qualified)
* Mariano Hood (qualifying competition)
* Arvind Parmar (first round)
* Todd Woodbridge (first round)
* Luis Horna (second round, retired)
* Barry Cowan (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Ramón Delgado
* Fernando González
* Xavier Malisse
* Răzvan Sabău

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | James Sekulov | 6 | $6^8$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Herbert Wiltschnig | 1 | $7^{10}$ | 6 | Herbert Wiltschnig | Herbert Wiltschnig | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| Ramón Delgado | Ramón Delgado | 6 | 6 | | Ramón Delgado | Ramón Delgado | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Christian Vinck | Christian Vinck | 3 | 2 | | | | | | Ramón Delgado | Ramón Delgado | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| James Blake | James Blake | 2 | $7^8$ | 4 | | | | | Bob Bryan | Bob Bryan | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Bob Bryan | Bob Bryan | 6 | $6^6$ | 6 | | Bob Bryan | $7^8$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | Eric Taino | 3 | 1 | | 7 | Luis Horna | $6^6$ | $4^r$ | | | | | |
| 7 | Luis Horna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Tuomas Ketola | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fernando González | 6 | 6 | | Fernando González | Fernando González | 6 | $6^2$ | $7^8$ | | | | |
| Giorgio Galimberti | Giorgio Galimberti | 6 | 6 | | Giorgio Galimberti | Giorgio Galimberti | 2 | $7^7$ | $6^6$ | | | | |
| Frédéric Niemeyer | Frédéric Niemeyer | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | Fernando González | Fernando González | 6 | 6 |
| Luis Morejón | Luis Morejón | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | Sebastián Prieto | Sebastián Prieto | 2 | 3 |
| Sebastián Prieto | Sebastián Prieto | 6 | 4 | 6 | | Sebastián Prieto | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Thomas Blake | 7 | 6 | | WC | Thomas Blake | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 8 | Barry Cowan | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mosé Navarra | 2 | 1 | | 3 | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Phillip King | 3 | 4 | | | Karsten Braasch | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Karsten Braasch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | Xavier Malisse | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Guillaume Raoux | Guillaume Raoux | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | Mike Bryan | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Bryan | Mike Bryan | 6 | 3 | 6 | Mike Bryan | Mike Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Taylor Dent | 6 | 6 | | Taylor Dent | Taylor Dent | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | Arvind Parmar | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Mariano Hood | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kevin Kim | 4 | 3 | | 4 | Mariano Hood | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Jonathan Stark | 6 | 4 | 3 | | Ricardo Schlachter | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Ricardo Schlachter | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | Mariano Hood | 6 | $6^3$ | 4 |
| WC | Jeff Salzenstein | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | Răzvan Sabău | 2 | $7^7$ | 6 |
| | Glenn Weiner | 6 | $7^7$ | | Glenn Weiner | Glenn Weiner | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Răzvan Sabău | $7^8$ | $7^8$ | | Răzvan Sabău | Răzvan Sabău | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Todd Woodbridge | $6^6$ | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | | |
