2000 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)

2000 Sparkassen Cup
2000 Sparkassen Cup
Date	30 October – 5 November
Edition	11th
Category	Tier II
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	USD $535,000
Surface	Hard / Indoor
Location	Leipzig, Germany
Champions
Singles
	Kim Clijsters
Doubles
	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot

The 2000 Sparkassen Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 2000 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 30 October through 5 November 2000. Unseeded Kim Clijsters won the singles title and earned $87,000 first-prize money.^[1]

Finals

Singles

Kim Clijsters defeated Elena Likhovtseva, 7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–4.^[2]

It was the 2nd title of the season for Clijsters and the 3rd title of her singles career.

Doubles

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot defeated Kim Clijsters / Laurence Courtois, 6–7^(8–6), 7–5, 6–3.

It was the 61st title for Sánchez Vicario and the 1st title for Sidot in their respective doubles careers.

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$87,000	$43,500	$21,750	$11,000	$7,600	$4,000	$1,950	$1,300	$825
Doubles *	$27,000	$13,800	$8,400	$4,500	$2,400	—	—	—	—

_{* per team}

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
FRA	Nathalie Tauziat	8	1
ESP	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	9	2
RUS	Anna Kournikova	11	3
RUS	Elena Dementieva	18	4
BUL	Magdalena Maleeva	22	5
AUT	Barbara Schett	24	6
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	25	7
AUS	Jelena Dokic	27	8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
FRA	Alexandra Fusai	FRA	Nathalie Tauziat	27	1
ESP	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	FRA	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	40	2
NED	Nicole Arendt	NED	Manon Bollegraf	49	3
ROM	Cătălina Cristea	RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	69	4

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Elena Dementieva / Jana Kandarr

The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

Maja Matevžič / Caroline Schneider

References

^ John Barrett, ed. (2001). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 2001. London: HarperCollins. p. 188. ISBN 9780007111299.
^ "Clijsters wins Leipzig in two-hour battle". The Independent. Associated Press. 5 November 2000. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 23 August 2017.