2000 Tennis Masters Cup – Singles
Singles | |
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2000 Tennis Masters Cup | |
Champion | Gustavo Kuerten |
Runner-up | Andre Agassi |
Score | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
Draw | 8 |
Gustavo Kuerten defeated Andre Agassi in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2000 Tennis Masters Cup. With the win, Kuerten became the year-end No. 1, and became the first South American to make the achievement.
Pete Sampras was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Kuerten.
Seeds
[edit]- Marat Safin (semifinals)
- Gustavo Kuerten (champion)
- Pete Sampras (semifinals)
- Magnus Norman (round robin)
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov (round robin)
- Lleyton Hewitt (round robin)
- Àlex Corretja (round robin)
- Andre Agassi (final)
Alternate
[edit]- Thomas Enqvist (Did not play)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
3 | Pete Sampras | 77 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Gustavo Kuerten | 65 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
2 | Gustavo Kuerten | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
8 | Andre Agassi | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
8 | Andre Agassi | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | Marat Safin | 3 | 3 |
Red group
[edit]Safin | Sampras | Hewitt | Corretja | RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
1 | Marat Safin | 3–6, 2–6 | 6–4, 6–4 | 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 36–35 | 2 | |
3 | Pete Sampras | 6–3, 6–2 | 5–7, 0–6 | 7–6(7–2), 7–5 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 31–29 | 1 | |
6 | Lleyton Hewitt | 4–6, 4–6 | 7–5, 6–0 | 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 3–6 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 36–33 | 4 | |
7 | Álex Corretja | 7–6(8–6), 5–7, 3–6 | 6–7(2–7), 5–7 | 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 42–48 | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
Green group
[edit]Kuerten | Norman | Kafelnikov | Agassi | RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
2 | Gustavo Kuerten | 7–5, 6–3 | 6–3, 6–4 | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 38–31 | 2 | |
4 | Magnus Norman | 5–7, 3–6 | 6–4, 5–7, 1–6 | 3–6, 2–6 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 25–42 | 4 | |
5 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 3–6, 4–6 | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 | 1–6, 4–6 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 29–36 | 3 | |
8 | Andre Agassi | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | 6–3, 6–2 | 6–1, 6–4 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 40–23 | 1 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.