2000 Wimbledon Championships


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 England. It was the 114th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were 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 : Andre Agassi, Ken McGregor, Bob Hewitt, Ken Fletcher, Tony Roche, Rosie Casals, Owen Davidson, Frew McMillan, Peter Fleming, Pam Shriver, Helena Suková, Natasha Zvereva, Gigi Fernández, Henry "Bunny" Austin, Kurt Nielsen, Ken Rosewall, Darlene Hard, Fred Stolle, Hana Mandlíková, Goran Ivanišević, 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. Other attendees were then presented with their commemoration later in the same day in the Royal Box: Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Martina Hingis and Pete Sampras. Several post war champions were absent, but the only champions from the open era 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. The inclusion of singles finalists and the exclusion of doubles champions who had not won at least four titles was mildly controversial, with Frew McMillan bemoaning to BBC Radio that his two-time mixed doubles championship partner 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.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round 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
£176,070
Mixed Doubles *£83,100

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Pete Sampras defeated Pat Rafter, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2
Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport, 6–3, 7–6
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1

Women's Doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed Doubles

Donald Johnson / Kimberly Po defeated Lleyton Hewitt / Kim Clijsters, 6–4, 7–6

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Nicolas Mahut defeated Mario Ančić, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5

Girls' Singles

María Emilia Salerni defeated Tatiana Perebiynis, 6–4, 7–5

Boys' Doubles

Dominique Coene / Kristof Vliegen defeated Andrew Banks / Benjamin Riby, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3

Girls' Doubles

Ioana Gașpar / Tatiana Perebiynis defeated Dája Bedáňová / María Emilia Salerni, 7–6, 6–3

Singles players

;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Pete Sampras
  2. Andre Agassi '
  3. Magnus Norman '
  4. Gustavo Kuerten '
  5. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  6. Cédric Pioline '
  7. Lleyton Hewitt '
  8. Tim Henman '
  9. Thomas Enqvist '
  10. Mark Philippoussis '
  11. Richard Krajicek '
  12. Pat Rafter '
  13. Nicolas Kiefer '
  14. Greg Rusedski '
  15. Marat Safin '
  16. Nicolás Lapentti '''

    Women's singles

  17. Martina Hingis '
  18. Lindsay Davenport '
  19. Mary Pierce '
  20. Conchita Martínez '
  21. Venus Williams
  22. Monica Seles '
  23. Nathalie Tauziat '
  24. Serena Williams '
  25. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
  26. Sandrine Testud '
  27. Anke Huber '
  28. Amanda Coetzer '
  29. Amélie Mauresmo '
  30. Julie Halard-Decugis '
  31. Barbara Schett '
  32. Dominique Van Roost