2000 Generali Open – Singles
# 2000 Generali Open – Singles

Albert Costa was the 2-time defending champion, but lost in the third round to Francisco Clavet.

Àlex Corretja won the title after Emilio Benfele Álvarez was forced to retire due to an injury. The score was 6–3, 6–1, 3–0.

## Seeds

All seeds received a bye to the second round.

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
* Àlex Corretja (champion)
* Marat Safin (second round)
* Nicolás Lapentti (quarterfinals)
* (n/a)
* Younes El Aynaoui (second round, retired)
* Albert Costa (third round)
* Fernando Vicente (second round)
* Mariano Zabaleta (quarterfinals)
* Francisco Clavet (semifinals)
* Albert Portas (second round)
* Carlos Moyá (second round)
* Sláva Doseděl (third round)
* Jeff Tarango (second round)
* (n/a)
* Rainer Schüttler (second 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

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Francisco Clavet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Francisco Clavet | 6 | 6 | | 10 | Francisco Clavet | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Nicolás Lapentti | 4 | 6 | $6^1$ | | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | Emilio Benfele Álvarez | 3 | 1 | $0^r$ | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Àlex Corretja | 6 | 6 | 3 | | |
| Alberto Martín | Alberto Martín | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Àlex Corretja | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Agustín Calleri | Agustín Calleri | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Agustín Calleri | Agustín Calleri | 7 | 4 | 6 | | Agustín Calleri | 3 | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Àlex Corretja | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Mariano Zabaleta | 3 | 0 | | 2 | Àlex Corretja | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Àlex Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Gumy | 6 | 6 | | | H Gumy | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sá | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Sargsian | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Sargsian | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | J Melzer | 6 | 3 | 1 | | S Sargsian | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LL | H Wiltschnig | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | F Clavet | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 10 | F Clavet | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á López Morón | 1 | 4 | | | A Berasategui | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Berasategui | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 10 | F Clavet | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | PH Mathieu | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | A Costa | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | O Stanoytchev | $6^0$ | 1 | | Q | PH Mathieu | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | A Costa | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 4 | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Vašek | 3 | 3 | | M Kratochvil | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kratochvil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| PR | M Filippini | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | B Ulihrach | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 6 | 6 | | B Ulihrach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | J Tarango | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Lapentti | 4 | 6 | $6^1$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 4 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | 12 | C Moyá | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Guardiola | $6^6$ | 4 | | A Voinea | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Voinea | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | A Voinea | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Hipfl | 4 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 1 | | E Benfele Álvarez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | LL | F Costa | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 6 | Y El Aynaoui | $6^4$ | $2^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | F Cabello | 0 | 2 | | A Martín | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | | | | A Martín | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | W Arthurs | $6^3$ | $6^5$ | | | | | | N Massú | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | N Massú | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | N Massú | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 11 | A Portas | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Martín | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Calleri | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | 13 | S Doseděl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Browne | 4 | $6^1$ | | F Meligeni | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | 13 | S Doseděl | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | H Moretti | 2 | 2 | | | | | | A Calleri | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Calleri | 6 | 6 | | A Calleri | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | M Safin | 4 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 8 | F Vicente | $6^3$ | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Coria | $6^4$ | 3 | | Q | F Luzzi | $7^7$ | $6^2$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Luzzi | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | Q | F Luzzi | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Balcells | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 9 | M Zabaleta | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Ruud | 6 | 6 | | | C Ruud | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 9 | M Zabaleta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | M Zabaleta | 3 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | À Corretja | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 16/WC | R Schüttler | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Fasching | 3 | 4 | | | I Ljubičić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | I Ljubičić | $6^{12}$ | 4 | | | | |
| Q | F González | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | À Corretja | $7^{14}$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | C Trimmel | 6 | 2 | 0 | Q | F González | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | À Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
