2000 Tennis Masters Cup
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The 2000 Tennis Masters Cup and the ATP Tour World Championships (also known as the Gold Flake
ATP Tour World Doubles Championship for sponsorship reasons) were tennis
tournaments played on indoor hard courts for the singles event, and outdoor hard courts for the doubles event. It was the 31st edition of the year-end singles championships, the 27th edition of the year-end doubles championships
, and both were part of the 2000 ATP Tour
. The singles event took place at the Pavilhão Atlântico
in Lisbon
, Portugal
, from November 28 through December 3, 2000, and the doubles event at the KSLTA Tennis Center in Bangalore
, India
, from December 13 through December 26, 2000.
Gustavo Kuerten
def.
Andre Agassi
6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Donald Johnson
/
Piet Norval
def.
Mahesh Bhupathi
/ Leander Paes
7–6(10–8), 6–3, 6–4
Gold Flake
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ATP Tour World Doubles Championship for sponsorship reasons) were tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournaments played on indoor hard courts for the singles event, and outdoor hard courts for the doubles event. It was the 31st edition of the year-end singles championships, the 27th edition of the year-end doubles championships
Tennis Masters Cup
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings....
, and both were part of the 2000 ATP Tour
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...
. The singles event took place at the Pavilhão Atlântico
Pavilhão Atlântico
Pavilhão Atlântico is an indoor arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Pavilhão Atlântico holds 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for Expo '98.-History:...
in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, from November 28 through December 3, 2000, and the doubles event at the KSLTA Tennis Center in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, from December 13 through December 26, 2000.
Singles
Gustavo KuertenGustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000...
def.
Andre AgassiAndre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
6–4, 6–4, 6–4
- It was Gustavo Kuerten's 5th title of the year, and his 10th overall. It was his 1st career year-end championships title.
Doubles
Donald JohnsonDonald Johnson
----Donald James "Don" Johnson is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania...
/
Piet NorvalPiet Norval
Pieter Norval is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira...
def.
Mahesh BhupathiMahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi is an Indian professional tennis player widely regarded as among the best doubles players in the world with 11 Grand Slam titles to his credit. In 1997, he became the first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament...
/
Leander PaesLeander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...
7–6(10–8), 6–3, 6–4