2000 WTA Madrid Open
# 2000 WTA Madrid Open

The 2000 WTA Madrid Open (also known as the Open de España Villa de Madrid or Trofeo Volkswagen for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain from 22–27 May 2000. It was the fifth edition of the event on the WTA Tour. It was classified as a Tier III event on the 2000 WTA Tour.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 140 | 98 | 63 | 35 | 18 | 1 | ? | ? | ? |
| Doubles | 140 | 98 | 63 | 35 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $27,000 | $13,500 | $6,700 | $3,700 | $2,100 | $1,300 | ? | ? | ? |
| Doubles | $8,000 | $4,450 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $750 | — | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| FRA | Mary Pierce | 5 | 1 |
| USA | Amy Frazier | 19 | 2 |
| JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 20 | 3 |
| USA | Lisa Raymond | 27 | 4 |
| AUT | Sylvia Plischke | 29 | 5 |
| ARG | Paola Suárez | 33 | 6 |
| USA | Kristina Brandi | 39 | 7 |
| ESP | Gala León García | 41 | 8 |

$^1:$ Rankings are as of May 15, 2000.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Iva Majoli
* Virginia Ruano Pascual

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Lourdes Domínguez Lino
* Germana Di Natale
* Anabel Medina Garrigues
* Gisela Riera

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Samantha Reeves

### Retirements

* Germana Di Natale
* Paola Suárez

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Lisa Raymond | AUS | Rennae Stubbs | 7 | 1 |
| SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | JPN | Ai Sugiyama | 37 | 2 |
| ESP | Virginia Ruano Pascual | ARG | Paola Suárez | 46 | 3 |
| SWE | Åsa Carlsson | USA | Kimberly Po | 62 | 4 |

$^1:$ Rankings are as of May 15, 2000.

### Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Mariaan de Swardt / Martina Navratilova

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Ana Salas Lozano / Elena Salvador

### Withdrawals

Before the tournament

* Paula García / Kelly Liggan →replaced by Ana Salas Lozano / Elena Salvador

During the tournament

* Henrieta Nagyova / Magüi Serna
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez

## Champions

### Singles

* Gala León García defeated Fabiola Zuluaga, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2

### Doubles

* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs defeated Gala León García / María Sánchez Lorenzo, 6–1, 6–3
