Tennis tournament
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.[1] [2] 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.[3] 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.[4] [5]
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
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Women's doubles * £176,070
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Mixed doubles *
£83,100
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* per team
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Pete Sampras Patrick Rafter , 6–7(10-12) , 7–6(7-5) , 6–4, 6–2 [6]
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 Lindsay Davenport , 6–3, 7–6(7-3) [7]
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 Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle , 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 [8]
Women's doubles
Serena Williams Venus Williams Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama , 6–3, 6–2 [9]
Mixed doubles
Donald Johnson Kimberly Po Lleyton Hewitt / Kim Clijsters , 6–4, 7–6(7-3) [10]
Juniors
Boys' singles
Nicolas Mahut Mario Ančić , 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 [11]
Girls' singles
María Emilia Salerni Tatiana Perebiynis , 6–4, 7–5 [12]
Boys' doubles
Dominique Coene Kristof Vliegen Andrew Banks / [13]
Girls' doubles
Ioana Gașpar Tatiana Perebiynis Dája Bedáňová / María Emilia Salerni , 7–6(7-2) , 6–3 [14]
Pete Sampras
Todd Woodbridge / 
Nicolas Mahut
María Emilia Salerni
Dominique Coene / 
Ioana Gașpar / 
Tatiana Perebiynis
