2000 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles

Singles
2000 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Final
ChampionChile Fernando González
Runner-upChile Nicolás Massú
Score6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw32 (4Q/3WC)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Magnus Norman was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.

Qualifier Fernando González won the first title of his career by defeating his compatriot Nicolás Massú 6–2, 6–3 in the final.[1][2][3]

Seeds

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A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Australia Andrew Ilie (first round)
  2. United States Jan-Michael Gambill (first round)
  3. Italy Gianluca Pozzi (quarterfinals)
  4. Australia Jason Stoltenberg (second round)
  5. United States Paul Goldstein (second round)
  6. Chile Nicolás Massú (final)
  7. Brazil André Sá (first round)
  8. United States Justin Gimelstob (first round)

Draw

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Key

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia A Ilie 6 66 64
  France A Dupuis 3 78 77   France A Dupuis 5 64  
WC Philippines C Mamiit 2 5   Q Chile F González 7 77  
Q Chile F González 6 7   Q Chile F González 6 6  
  Thailand P Srichaphan 6 6     Thailand P Srichaphan 3 3  
  Canada S Lareau 1 3     Thailand P Srichaphan 7 6  
  Netherlands J Siemerink 4 6 7   Netherlands J Siemerink 5 3  
8 United States J Gimelstob 6 2 5 Q Chile F González 6 3 7
4 Australia J Stoltenberg 6 6     Argentina M Rodríguez 0 6 5
  Spain Á López Morón 1 4   4 Australia J Stoltenberg 66 6 4
  Czech Republic J Vaněk 62 6 6   Czech Republic J Vaněk 78 4 6
  Australia W Arthurs 77 4 3   Czech Republic J Vaněk 3 5  
  Switzerland L Manta 79 62 63   Argentina M Rodríguez 6 7  
  Argentina M Rodríguez 67 77 77   Argentina M Rodríguez 6 6  
  Haiti R Agénor 2 1   5 United States P Goldstein 4 2  
5 United States P Goldstein 6 6   Q Chile Fernando González 6 6  
6 Chile N Massú 6 6   6 Chile Nicolás Massú 2 3  
  Italy L Tieleman 2 3   6 Chile N Massú 6 6  
  Slovakia J Krošlák 6 3 77   Slovakia J Krošlák 4 2  
  Sweden F Jonsson 1 6 64 6 Chile N Massú 2 6 6
WC United States M Russell 6 6   3 Italy G Pozzi 6 2 2
WC United States H Armando 4 2   WC United States M Russell 77 2 0
  Germany A Popp 3 2   3 Italy G Pozzi 64 6 6
3 Italy G Pozzi 6 6   6 Chile N Massú 6 6  
7 Brazil A Sá 3 5   Q Paraguay R Delgado 4 4  
Q Romania R Sabău 6 7   Q Romania R Sabău 6 5 3
  Czech Republic T Zíb 6 4 4   Germany M Hantschk 3 7 6
  Germany M Hantschk 4 6 6   Germany M Hantschk 5 4  
  India L Paes 3 2   Q Paraguay R Delgado 7 6  
Q Belgium X Malisse 6 6   Q Belgium X Malisse 5 4  
Q Paraguay R Delgado 5 7 6 Q Paraguay R Delgado 7 6  
2 United States J-M Gambill 7 5 4

Qualifying

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Qualifying seeds

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  1. Australia James Sekulov (first round)
  2. Finland Tuomas Ketola (first round)
  3. Belgium Xavier Malisse (qualified)
  4. Argentina Mariano Hood (qualifying competition)
  5. United Kingdom Arvind Parmar (first round)
  6. Australia Todd Woodbridge (first round)
  7. Peru Luis Horna (second round, retired)
  8. United Kingdom Barry Cowan (first round)

Qualifiers

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Qualifying draw

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First qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
1 Australia James Sekulov 6 68 3
Austria Herbert Wiltschnig 1 710 6 Austria Herbert Wiltschnig 2 3
Paraguay Ramón Delgado 6 6 Paraguay Ramón Delgado 6 6
Germany Christian Vinck 3 2 Paraguay Ramón Delgado 3 6 7
United States James Blake 2 78 4 United States Bob Bryan 6 4 5
United States Bob Bryan 6 66 6 United States Bob Bryan 78 3
United States Eric Taino 3 1 7 Peru Luis Horna 66 4r
7 Peru Luis Horna 6 6

Second qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
2 Finland Tuomas Ketola 4 4
Chile Fernando González 6 6 Chile Fernando González 6 62 78
Italy Giorgio Galimberti 6 6 Italy Giorgio Galimberti 2 77 66
Canada Frédéric Niemeyer 3 3 Chile Fernando González 6 6
Ecuador Luis Morejón 4 6 2 Argentina Sebastián Prieto 2 3
Argentina Sebastián Prieto 6 4 6 Argentina Sebastián Prieto 6 6
WC United States Thomas Blake 7 6 WC United States Thomas Blake 2 3
8 United Kingdom Barry Cowan 5 4

Third qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
3 Belgium Xavier Malisse 6 6
Italy Mosé Navarra 2 1 3 Belgium Xavier Malisse 6 6
WC United States Phillip King 3 4 Germany Karsten Braasch 1 2
Germany Karsten Braasch 6 6 3 Belgium Xavier Malisse 1 6 6
France Guillaume Raoux 4 6 3 United States Mike Bryan 6 4 0
United States Mike Bryan 6 3 6 United States Mike Bryan 6 6
United States Taylor Dent 6 6 United States Taylor Dent 4 4
5 United Kingdom Arvind Parmar 2 1

Fourth qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
4 Argentina Mariano Hood 6 6
United States Kevin Kim 4 3 4 Argentina Mariano Hood 6 6
WC United States Jonathan Stark 6 4 3 Brazil Ricardo Schlachter 1 4
Brazil Ricardo Schlachter 4 6 6 4 Argentina Mariano Hood 6 63 4
WC United States Jeff Salzenstein 4 63 Romania Răzvan Sabău 2 77 6
United States Glenn Weiner 6 77 United States Glenn Weiner 5 4
Romania Răzvan Sabău 78 78 Romania Răzvan Sabău 7 6
6 Australia Todd Woodbridge 66 66

References

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  1. ^ "La fiesta de quince años de González y Massú" [The 15-year party of González and Massú] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ "A 15 años del primer duelo Massú-González: las mejores batallas entre los ex tenistas" [15 years after the first Massú-González duel: the best battles between the former tennis players] (in Spanish). Publimetro Chile. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. ^ Pérez, Carlos (7 May 2015). "Efemérides: el primer título ATP de Fernando González" [Ephemerides: Fernando González' first ATP title] (in Spanish). El Mostrador. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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