2000 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP tour. The 2000 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the Tennis Masters Series, the ATP International Series Gold, the ATP International Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Tennis Masters Cup and the ATP Tour World Doubles Championships. Also included in the 2000 calendar are the Davis Cup and the Hopman Cup, which do not distribute ranking points, and are both organised by the ITF.
Schedule
Schedule of events on the 2000 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.;Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Tennis Masters Cup |
Summer Olympics |
Tennis Masters Series |
ATP International Series Gold |
ATP International Series |
Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2000 ATP Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the Summer Olympics, the year-end championships total number of titles cumulated importance of those titles a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order.;Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Summer Olympics |
Tennis Masters Series |
ATP International Series Gold |
ATP International Series |
All titles |
Titles won by player
Titles won by nation
ATP rankings
These are the ATP Rankings of the top twenty singles players, doubles players, and the top ten doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the end of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the 2000 season, with number of rankings points, number of tournaments played, year-end ranking in 1999, highest and lowest position during the season, and number of spots gained or lost from the 1999 to the 2000 year-end rankings.Singles
Doubles (Individual)
Doubles (Team)
Retirements
Following is a list of notable players or top 50 who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2000 season:- Neil Broad He turned professional in 1986 and reached his career-high doubles ranking of world no. 9 in 1990. He reached the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1990, the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1997, and the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1998. He earned seven career doubles titles and a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics. He played his last career match at Wimbledon partnering Arvind Parmar.
- Andrei Cherkasov He turned professional in 1988 and reached his career-high singles ranking of no. 13 in 1991. He reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 1990, the French Open in 1992, and the US Open in 1990. He won a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics.
- Jim Courier He turned professional in 1988 and became world no. 1 in 1992. He won the Australian Open in 1992 and 1993, the French Open in 1991 and 1992, and was a finalist at Wimbledon in 1993 and the US Open in 1991, as well as the year-end finals in 1991 and 1992. He was also ranked no. 20 in doubles and earned six career doubles titles. His last career match was at the Miami Masters in March against Thomas Enqvist.
- Marcelo Filippini He became a professional in 1987 and reached his career-high ranking of world no. 30 in 1990. He reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and earned five career titles. He was also ranking no. 34 in doubles and earned 3 titles. His last match was in Kitzbühel in July against Bohdan Ulihrach.
- Petr Korda He turned professional in 1997 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 2 in 1998. He won the Australian Open in 1998, was a finalist at the French Open and a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and the US Open. He earned 10 career ATP titles. He played his last career match in Prague in December against Martin Hromec.
- Nicklas Kulti He turned professional in 1989 and reached his career-high ranking of world no. 32 in 1993. He reached the quarterfinals at the French Open in 1992 and earned three career ATP titles. In doubles, he was ranked no. 11 in 1997 and earned 13 titles. He was a finalist in the French Open in 1995 and the US Open in 1997, as well as a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2000. He played his last career match in Stockholm in November partnering Jared Palmer.
- Richey Reneberg He turned professional in 1987 and reached his career-high singles ranking of no. 20 in 1991. He earned 3 singles titles and 19 doubles titles. He was ranked no. 1 in doubles in 1993 and played his last match in Bermuda in April partnering Jim Grabb.
- Javier Sánchez He turned professional in 1986 and reached his career-high ranking of no. 23 in 1994. He reached the quarterfinals at the US Open in 1991 and 1996 and earned four career singles titles. In doubles, he was ranked no. 9 in 1990 and earned 26 career titles. He played his last match in Bogotá in March partnering Tomás Carbonell.
- Mark Woodforde He turned professional in 1984 and reached a career-high ranking of world no. 19 in singles and no. 1 in doubles. He won four singles titles and 67 men's doubles titles, including the Australian Open twice, the French Open once, Wimbledon six times, the US Open three times, and the year-end finals twice. He won a gold medal in men's doubles at the 1996 Olympics and a silver in 2000. He also earned five mixed doubles Grand Slam titles: Australia in 1992 and 1996, French in 1992, Wimbledon in 1993, and the US Open in 1992.