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Tennis tournament
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 Rank 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

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 Rank 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

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.

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