2000 Swisscom Challenge
Date8–15 October
Edition17th
CategoryWTA Tier I
Draw28S / 16D
Prize moneyUSD $1,080,000
SurfaceCarpet, indoor
LocationZürich, Switzerland
VenueSchluefweg
Champions
Singles
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Doubles
Switzerland Martina Hingis / Russia Anna Kournikova
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The 2000 Swisscom Challenge was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 17th edition of the event and was part of the Tier I Series of the 2000 WTA Tour. It took place at the Schluefweg in Zürich, Switzerland, from 8 through 15 October 2000. Martina Hingis 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 260 182 117 65 36 1 6 3 1 0
Doubles 1 — ? — — —

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $166,000 $83,000 $41,500 $20,500 $13,300 $7,800 $3,500 $2,200 $1,000
Doubles * $51,000 $27,150 $17,000 $8,700 $4,400 — — — —

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
  SUI Martina Hingis 1 1
 USA Lindsay Davenport 2 2
 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 7 3
 RUS Anna Kournikova 12 4
 RSA Amanda Coetzer 13 5
 USA Jennifer Capriati 14 6
 USA Chanda Rubin 16 7
 RUS Elena Dementieva 17 8

1 Rankings as of 2 October 2000.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 JPN Ai Sugiyama  FRA Nathalie Tauziat 11 1
  SUI Martina Hingis  RUS Anna Kournikova 12 2
 ZIM Cara Black  RUS Elena Likhovtseva 31 3
 USA Chanda Rubin  AUT Barbara Schett 37 4

1 Rankings as of 2 October 2000.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2000 Swisscom Challenge – Singles

It was the 7th title in the season for Hingis and the 33rd title in her singles career.

Doubles

Main article: 2000 Swisscom Challenge – Doubles

It was the 31st title for Hingis and the 10th title for Kournikova in their respective careers.

References

  1. ^ Bulman, Erica (14 October 2000). "Hingis beats Davenport to win in Zurich". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ^ "En Directo / Live Po/Sidot - Hingis/Kournikova Tennis WTA Zurich" (in Spanish). Eurosport. 14 October 2000. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

External links

Zurich tournaments
2000 WTA Tour « 1999 2001 »
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