2000 Generali Ladies Linz
# 2000 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2000 Generali Ladies Linz was the 2000 Tier II WTA Tour tournament of the annually-held Generali Ladies Linz women's tennis tournament. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held from 17 October until 22 October 2000 at the Design Center in Linz, Austria. First-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 25 | 1 | 11.75 | 6.75 | 4 | 1 |
| Doubles | 195 | 137 | 88 | 49 | 1 | — | 11.75 | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $95,500 | $51,000 | $27,300 | $14,600 | $7,820 | $4,175 | $2,230 | $1,195 | $640 |
| Doubles * | $30,000 | $16,120 | $8,620 | $4,610 | $2,465 | — | — | — | — |

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## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | Lindsay Davenport | 2 | 1 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 3 | 2 |
| USA | Monica Seles | 5 | 3 |
| FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 7 | 4 |
| USA | Chanda Rubin | 14 | 5 |
| FRA | Amélie Mauresmo | 15 | 6 |
| RUS | Elena Dementieva | 19 | 7 |
| CRO | Silvija Talaja | 22 | 8 |
| SUI | Patty Schnyder | 24 | 9 |

Rankings are as of 9 October 2000.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Iva Majoli
* Sylvia Plischke
* Patricia Wartusch

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Denisa Chládková
* Karina Habšudová
* Amanda Hopmans
* Henrieta Nagyová

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Silvia Farina Elia
* Tatiana Panova

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Monica Seles → replaced by Silvia Farina Elia
* Lisa Raymond → replaced by Tatiana Panova

**During the tournament**

* Cara Black (Personal issues)

### Retirements

* Barbara Schett (Right toe infection)
* Tatiana Panova (Shoulder injury)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JPN | Ai Sugiyama | FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 11 | 1 |
| ZIM | Cara Black | RUS | Elena Likhovtseva | 38 | 2 |
| USA | Nicole Arendt | NED | Manon Bollegraf | 51 | 3 |
| AUT | Barbara Schett | NED | Caroline Vis | 55 | 4 |

Rankings are as of 9 October 2000.

### Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Daniela Kix / Jenny Zika

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Anne Kremer / Henrieta Nagyová

The following pair received entry as lucky losers:

* Sybille Bammer / Maja Palaveršić-Coopersmith

## Finals

### Singles

* Lindsay Davenport defeated Venus Williams, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2.

It was Davenport's 29th WTA singles title, and third title of the year.

### Doubles

* Amélie Mauresmo / Chanda Rubin defeated Ai Sugiyama / Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 6–4.

It was Mauresmo's 1st WTA doubles title. It was Rubin's 10th WTA doubles title, and second of the year. This was their first and only doubles title together as a pair. This was also Rubin's final WTA doubles title.

