2000 WTA Tour


The 2000 Sanex WTA Tour was the 30th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 2000, and concluded on November 13, 2000, after 58 events. For this season, a new event was added: the State Farm Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. It also saw the return of the China Open which was moved to Shanghai, after last being held in Beijing in 1996.
Martina Hingis finished the season as the number one ranked player for the third time in four years, and second year in a row. However, this was the first year she finished number one without winning a Grand Slam women's singles title. Hingis led the titles list with nine throughout the season, including the prestigious WTA Tour Championships. Venus Williams won the most Grand Slam titles with two, and finished the year as the No. 3 player in the world. Williams also won the Olympic Gold medal in Sydney that year, and was awarded the Player of the Year award by the WTA. Mary Pierce won her second Grand Slam title five years after her last, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win at home since Françoise Dürr in 1967. Lindsay Davenport also picked up her third and last Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.
In doubles competition, the Grand Slam titles were split between four teams: Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs, Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, and Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama. The Williams sisters also won the Olympic Gold medal, and were thus awarded Doubles Team of the Year at the WTA Awards.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2000 WTA Tour schedule.
;Key
Grand Slam events
Summer Olympic Games
Year-end championships
Tier I events
Tier II events
Tier III events
Tier IV events
Team events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Rankings

Below are the 2000 WTA year-end rankings:
NoPlayer NameNationPoints1999Change
1Martina Hingis6,0441=
2Lindsay DavenportUSA5,0212=
3Venus WilliamsUSA3,6943=
4Monica SelesUSA3,2556+2
5Conchita Martínez2,75215+10
6Serena WilliamsUSA2,3064-2
7Mary Pierce2,1625-2
8Arantxa Sánchez Vicario2,13117+9
9Anna Kournikova2,09812+3
10Nathalie Tauziat1,9187-3
11Elena Dementieva1,77362+51
12Amanda Coetzer1,75211-1
13Chanda RubinUSA1,72222+9
14Jennifer CapriatiUSA1,66323+9
15Julie Halard-Decugis1,4359-6
16Amélie Mauresmo1,42610-6
17Sandrine Testud1,41313-4
18Kim Clijsters1,39847+29
19Anke Huber1,36916-3
20Amy FrazierUSA1,25419-1

Number 1 ranking

Statistics

List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
The following players won their first title:
Titles won by nation: