2000 Gelsor Open Romania
| 2000 Gelsor Open Romania | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11–17 September |
| Edition | 8th |
| Category | ATP International Series 2 |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | $375,000 |
| Surface | Clay / outdoor |
| Location | Bucharest, Romania |
| Venue | Arenele BNR |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Joan Balcells[1] | |
| Doubles | |
Alberto Martín /  Eyal Ran[2] | |
The 2000 Gelsor Open Romania was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest in Romania and was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. It was the eighth and final edition of the tournament and was held from 11 September through 17 September 2000. Unseeded Joan Balcells won the singles title.
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 ARG
|
Mariano Puerta | 18 | 1 |
 MAR
|
Karim Alami | 33 | 2 |
 AUT
|
Stefan Koubek | 45 | 3 |
| ESP
|
Francisco Clavet | 46 | 4 |
 SWE
|
Magnus Gustafsson | 52 | 5 |
| ESP
|
Alberto Martín | 62 | 6 |
| ESP
|
Albert Portas | 70 | 7 |
| ESP
|
Álex Calatrava | 73 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings were as of August 28, 2000.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP
|
Tomás Carbonell | ARG
|
Martín García | 70 | 1 |
| ARG
|
Pablo Albano | ARG
|
Lucas Arnold Ker | 90 | 2 |
 RUS
|
Andrei Olhovskiy |  CZE
|
Cyril Suk | 96 | 3 |
 RSA
|
Chris Haggard |  BEL
|
Tom Vanhoudt | 117 | 4 |
- Rankings were as of August 28, 2000.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit] Joan Balcells defeated 
Markus Hantschk 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
- It was Balcells' only title of the year and also of his career.[3]
Doubles
[edit] Alberto Martín / Eyal Ran defeated 
Devin Bowen / Mariano Hood 7–6(7–4), 6–1
- It was Martín's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career (singles and doubles combined). It was Ran's only title of the year and the also of his career.
References
[edit]- ^ "2000 Bucharest – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "2000 Bucharest – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "Safin is still on his game". Los Angeles Times. 18 September 2000.