2000 Wimbledon Championships
# 2000 Wimbledon Championships

The 2000 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 114th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 26 June to 9 July 2000. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Pete Sampras won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Pat Rafter in the final. It was also his last Wimbledon title. Lindsay Davenport was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Venus Williams in the women's final. It was the first of five Wimbledon titles for Venus Williams.

## Millennium celebrations

In order to celebrate the millennium, the All England Club invited all surviving singles champions, any player that had appeared in two or more singles finals without winning the championship, and any player who had won four or more doubles titles, to a presentation ceremony on Centre Court on Saturday, July 1. Each honouree was presented with a crystal plate, engraved with their name, by the President of the Lawn Tennis Association, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester. Those who attended were (in order of presentation): Singles champion Andre Agassi; Doubles champions: Ken McGregor, Bob Hewitt, Ken Fletcher, Tony Roche, Rosie Casals, Owen Davidson, Frew McMillan, Peter Fleming, Pam Shriver, Helena Suková, Natasha Zvereva, Gigi Fernández; Singles finalists: Henry "Bunny" Austin, Kurt Nielsen, Ken Rosewall, Darlene Hard, Fred Stolle, Hana Mandlíková, Goran Ivanišević; Singles champions: Sidney Wood, Pauline Betz, Bob Falkenburg, Ted Schroeder, John "Budge" Patty, Richard "Dick" Savitt, Frank Sedgman, Elias "Vic" Seixas, Jaroslav Drobný, Marion "Tony" Trabert, Shirley Fry Irvin, Ashley Cooper, Maria Bueno, Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo, Neale Fraser, Angela Mortimer, Rod Laver, Margaret Smith Court, Roy Emerson, Billie Jean King, Manuel Santana, John Newcombe, Ann Jones, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Stan Smith, Jan Kodeš, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, Virginia Wade, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Patrick "Pat" Cash, Steffi Graf, Stefan Edberg, Michael Stich, Conchita Martínez, Jana Novotná and Lindsay Davenport. Andre Agassi was presented first in order to accommodate his match schedule. Other attendees were then presented with their commemoration later in the same day in the Royal Box: Doubles champions: Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge; Singles finalist: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario; and Singles champions: Martina Hingis and Pete Sampras. Several post war champions were absent, but the only champions from the open era (post 1968) not to attend were Jimmy Connors and Richard Krajicek. Both Ilie Năstase and Ivan Lendl were also invited as two-time singles finalist, but did not attend. The inclusion of singles finalists and the exclusion of doubles champions who had not won at least four titles was mildly controversial, with Frew McMillan bemoaning to BBC Radio that his two-time mixed doubles championship partner Betty Stöve had not been invited, despite the Dutch woman holding three Wimbledon doubles titles and having reached the singles final once; whereas Hana Mandlíková and Goran Ivanišević both attended, neither one of whom had ever won a Wimbledon title of any kind prior to Wimbledon 2000.

## Prize money

The total prize money for 2000 championships was £8,056,480. The winner of the men's title earned £477,500 while the women's singles champion earned £430,000.

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | £477,500 | £238,750 | £119,380 | £62,080 | £33,420 | £19,330 | £11,700 | £7,160 |
| Women's singles | £430,000 | £215,000 | £101,470 | £52,760 | £28,410 | £15,460 | £9,360 | £5,730 |
| Men's doubles * | £195,630 | | | | | | | — |
| Women's doubles * | £176,070 | | | | | | | — |
| Mixed doubles * | £83,100 | | | | | | | — |

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## Champions

### Seniors

**Men's singles**

Pete Sampras defeated Patrick Rafter, $6–7^{(10-12)},$ $7–6^{(7-5)},$ 6–4, 6–2

* It was Sampras's 2nd title of the year, and his 63rd overall. It was his 13th career Grand Slam title (a record until Roger Federer surpassed him in 2009), and his 7th (and last) Wimbledon title (a record, tied with William Renshaw, and subsequently surpassed by Federer in 2017)

**Women's singles**

Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport, 6–3, $7–6^{(7-3)}$

* It was Williams's 1st title of the year, and her 10th overall. It was her 1st career Grand Slam title.

**Men's doubles**

Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1

**Women's doubles**

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–2

**Mixed doubles**

Donald Johnson / Kimberly Po defeated Lleyton Hewitt / Kim Clijsters, 6–4, $7–6^{(7-3)}$

### Juniors

**Boys' singles**

Nicolas Mahut defeated Mario Ančić, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5

**Girls' singles**

María Emilia Salerni defeated Tatiana Perebiynis, 6–4, 7–5

**Boys' doubles**

Dominique Coene / Kristof Vliegen defeated Andrew Banks / Benjamin Riby, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3

**Girls' doubles**

Ioana Gașpar / Tatiana Perebiynis defeated Dája Bedáňová / María Emilia Salerni, $7–6^{(7-2)},$ 6–3

## Singles players

### Men's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| Pete Sampras (1) | Pete Sampras (1) | Pat Rafter (12) | Pat Rafter (12) |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Vladimir Voltchkov (Q) | Vladimir Voltchkov (Q) | Andre Agassi (2) | Andre Agassi (2) |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Jan-Michael Gambill | Byron Black | Alexander Popp | Mark Philippoussis (10) |
| 4th round out ||||
| Jonas Björkman | Thomas Enqvist (9) | Gianluca Pozzi | Wayne Ferreira |
| Thomas Johansson | Marc Rosset | Tim Henman (8) | David Prinosil (Q) |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Justin Gimelstob | Neville Godwin (Q) | Christian Vinck (Q) | Paul Goldstein |
| Olivier Rochus (Q) | Albert Portas | Andrei Pavel | Younes El Aynaoui |
| Magnus Gustafsson | Rainer Schüttler | Tommy Haas | Gustavo Kuerten (4) |
| Hicham Arazi | Sjeng Schalken | Martin Damm | Jérôme Golmard |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Karol Kučera | Michaël Llodra (Q) | Alberto Martín | Ctislav Doseděl |
| Francisco Clavet | Harel Levy (Q) | Jeff Tarango | Fabrice Santoro |
| Magnus Norman (3) | Alex O'Brien (Q) | Dominik Hrbatý | Vince Spadea |
| Richard Krajicek (11) | Daniel Nestor (PR) | Martin Lee (WC) | Cédric Pioline (6) |
| Yevgeny Kafelnikov (5) | Max Mirnyi | Nicolas Escudé | Todd Woodbridge (WC) |
| Andreas Vinciguerra | Arvind Parmar (WC) | Michael Chang | Justin Bower (Q) |
| Arnaud Clément | Sébastien Lareau (LL) | Christophe Rochus | Arnaud Di Pasquale |
| Marat Safin (15) | Stéphane Huet (Q) | Stefan Koubek | Todd Martin |
| 1st round out ||||
| Jiří Vaněk | Wayne Black (LL) | Karim Alami | Barry Cowan (WC) |
| Werner Eschauer (LL) | Fernando Vicente | Andriy Medvedev | Nicolás Lapentti (16) |
| Markus Hantschk | Hernán Gumy | Jason Stoltenberg | Nicolás Massú |
| Julien Boutter | Sébastien Grosjean | Andrea Gaudenzi | Lleyton Hewitt (7) |
| Mark Woodforde (WC) | Richard Fromberg | Jiří Novák | Ivan Ljubičić |
| Mariano Zabaleta | Andrew Ilie | Tomáš Zíb | Greg Rusedski (14) |
| Michael Kohlmann (LL) | Wayne Arthurs | Alberto Berasategui | Miles Maclagan (WC) |
| Juan Antonio Marín | Félix Mantilla | Juan Ignacio Chela | Christian Ruud |
| Roger Federer | Fernando Meligeni | Paul Kilderry (Q) | Bohdan Ulihrach |
| Carlos Moyá | Guillermo Cañas | Jan Siemerink | Jamie Delgado (WC) |
| Nicolas Kiefer (13) | Laurence Tieleman | Franco Squillari | André Sá |
| Ronald Agénor | Gastón Gaudio | Davide Sanguinetti | Chris Woodruff |
| Paradorn Srichaphan | Goran Ivanišević | Igor Gaudi (Q) | Michael Russell (Q) |
| George Bastl | Mikael Tillström | Markus Hipfl | Jürgen Melzer (Q) |
| Galo Blanco | Dejan Petrovic (Q) | Sargis Sargsian | Mahesh Bhupathi (WC) |
| Cyril Saulnier (LL) | Adrian Voinea | Fredrik Jonsson (LL) | Taylor Dent (Q) |

### Women's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| - | - | - | - |
| Venus Williams (5) | Venus Williams (5) | Lindsay Davenport (2) | Lindsay Davenport (2) |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Serena Williams (8) | Serena Williams (8) | Jelena Dokic | Jelena Dokic |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Martina Hingis (1) | Lisa Raymond | Magüi Serna | Monica Seles |
| 4th round out ||||
| Anke Huber (11) | Sabine Appelmans | Olga Barabanschikova | Tamarine Tanasugarn |
| Kristina Brandi | Lilia Osterloh | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (9) | Jennifer Capriati |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Silvija Talaja | Tina Pisnik | Anna Smashnova | Nathalie Dechy |
| Sonya Jeyaseelan | Amy Frazier | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | Cristina Torrens Valero |
| Anastasia Myskina | Brie Rippner (Q) | Patricia Wartusch | Miriam Oremans |
| Sarah Pitkowski | Sandra Načuk | Yayuk Basuki (PR) | Paola Suárez |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Yi Jing-Qian | Mirjana Lučić | Lubomira Bacheva | Louise Latimer (WC) |
| Kristie Boogert | Katalin Marosi-Aracama | Cara Black | Ai Sugiyama |
| Conchita Martínez (4) | Jana Kandarr | Lisa Raymond | Nadia Petrova |
| Anna Kournikova | Natasha Zvereva | Magdalena Grzybowska (Q) | Yvette Basting (Q) |
| Kim Clijsters | Florencia Labat | Shinobu Asagoe (Q) | Gala León García |
| Amanda Coetzer (12) | Alexandra Stevenson | Magdalena Maleeva | Mary Pierce (3) |
| Els Callens | Cătălina Cristea | Lucie Ahl (WC) | Rita Grande |
| Meghann Shaughnessy | Marlene Weingärtner | Patty Schnyder | Elena Likhovtseva |
| 1st round out ||||
| Ángeles Montolio | Giulia Casoni (Q) | Denisa Chládková | Irina Spîrlea |
| Maureen Drake | Hannah Collin (WC) | Holly Parkinson | Joanne Ward (WC) |
| Julie Halard-Decugis (14) | Ruxandra Dragomir | Alina Jidkova | Petra Mandula |
| Sam Smith (WC) | Chanda Rubin | Yuka Yoshida (Q) | Květa Hrdličková |
| Anne Kremer | Erika deLone | Henrieta Nagyová | Jana Nejedly |
| Lorna Woodroffe (WC) | Sandra Kleinová | Elena Dementieva | Barbara Schett (15) |
| Sandrine Testud (10) | Dája Bedáňová (Q) | Julie Pullin (WC) | Rossana de los Ríos (Q) |
| Seda Noorlander | Amanda Hopmans | Adriana Gerši | Åsa Carlsson |
| Nathalie Tauziat (7) | Laurence Courtois | Joannette Kruger | Nadejda Ostrovskaya |
| Mariaan de Swardt | Tara Snyder | Gréta Arn (Q) | Amélie Mauresmo (13) |
| Mashona Washington (Q) | Silvia Farina | Rita Kuti-Kis | Katarina Srebotnik |
| Amélie Cocheteux | Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Q) | Karen Cross (WC) | Nicole Pratt |
| Karina Habšudová | María Vento | Barbara Rittner | Tatiana Panova |
| Jelena Kostanić | Barbara Schwartz | Melanie Schnell (Q) | Justine Henin |
| Dominique Van Roost (16) | María Sánchez Lorenzo | Sylvia Plischke | Marissa Irvin |
| Emmanuelle Gagliardi | Tathiana Garbin | Miroslava Vavrinec | Corina Morariu |
