2000 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
# 2000 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

Donald Johnson and Piet Norval defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes in the final, $7–6^{(10–8)},$ 6–3, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2000 ATP Tour World Championships.

Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien were the reigning champions, but did not compete together in 2000. Lareau failed to qualify with another partner, while O'Brien qualified with Jared Palmer, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.

## Seeds

* Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (semifinals)
* Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle (round robin)
* Alex O'Brien / Jared Palmer (round robin)
* Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (round robin)
* Donald Johnson / Piet Norval (champions)
* Jaime Oncins / Daniel Orsanic (round robin)
* Simon Aspelin / Johan Landsberg (semifinals)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (final)

## 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Simon Aspelin Johan Landsberg | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Donald Johnson Piet Norval | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Donald Johnson Piet Norval | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Donald Johnson Piet Norval | $7^{10}$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | $6^8$ | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6 | 7 | | 8 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | $6^8$ | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 3 | 5 | | | | | | |

### Red group

| | | Ferreira Leach | Eagle Florent | Ocins Orsanic | Aspelin Landsberg | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | | 4–6, 6–3, $7–6^{(7–2)}$ | 6–1, 5–7, 5–7 | 1–6, 6–3, 1–6 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 41–45 | 2 |
| 4 | Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent | 6–4, 3–6, $6–7^{(2–7)}$ | | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 | 5–7, $6–7^{(4–7)}$ | 1–2 | 3–5 | 41–42 | 3 |
| 6 | Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic | 1–6, 7–5, 7–5 | 1–6, 6–3, 4–6 | | 2–6, 4–6 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 32–43 | 4 |
| 7 | Simon Aspelin Johan Landsberg | 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 | 7–5, $7–6^{(7–4)}$ | 6–2, 6–4 | | 3–0 | 6–1 | 41–25 | 1 |

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

### Gold group

| | | Haarhuis Stolle | O'Brien Palmer | Johnson Norval | Bhupathi Paes | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle | | 5–7, 6–2, 6–4 | 2–6, $6–7^{(6–8)}$ | 5–7, 4–6 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 34–39 | 3 |
| 3 | Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer | 7–5, 2–6, 4–6 | | 5–7, $6–7^{(7–9)}$ | 2–6, 6–4, $7–6^{(7–5)}$ | 1–2 | 3–5 | 39–47 | 4 |
| 5 | Donald Johnson Piet Norval | 6–2, $7–6^{(8–6)}$ | 7–5, $7–6^{(9–7)}$ | | 4–6, 4–6 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 35–31 | 2 |
| 8 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 7–5, 6–4 | 6–2, 4–6, $6–7^{(5–7)}$ | 6–4, 6–4 | | 2–1 | 5–2 | 41–32 | 1 |

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

