2000 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
2000 Australian Open
Champions	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
Runners-up	Martina Hingis Mary Pierce
Final score	6–4, 5–7, 6–4

Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Hingis partnered with Mary Pierce and finished the tournament as runners-up, while Kournikova teamed up with Barbara Schett and lost in semifinals to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.

Raymond and Stubbs won the title, defeating Hingis and Pierce 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 in the final. It was the 1st Grand Slam doubles title and 15th title overall for Raymond, and the 1st Grand Slam doubles title and 21st title overall for Stubbs, in their respective careers.

Seeds

1. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (Champions)
2. Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu (Semifinals, retired)
3. Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce (Final)
4. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Second Round)
5. Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (Second Round)
6. Anna Kournikova / Barbara Schett (Semifinals)
7. Amanda Coetzer / Elena Likhovtseva (Third Round)
8. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Second Round)
9. Chanda Rubin / Sandrine Testud (Second Round)
10. Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals)
11. Nicole Arendt / Kimberly Po (First Round)
12. Anke Huber / Elena Tatarkova (First Round)
13. Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (First Round)
14. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (Second Round)
15. Karina Habšudová / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (Second Round)
16. Cara Black / Irina Selyutina (First Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	6	6
		Erika de Lone   Nicole Pratt	2	2
								1	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	6	7^7
								6	Anna Kournikova   Barbara Schett	4	6^4
		Els Callens   Dominique van Roost	1	6^4
	6	Anna Kournikova   Barbara Schett	6	7^7
															1	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	6	5	6
															3	Martina Hingis   Mary Pierce	4	7	4
		Debbie Graham   Nana Miyagi	3	1
	3	Martina Hingis   Mary Pierce	6	6
								3	Martina Hingis   Mary Pierce	5
								2	Lindsay Davenport   Corina Morariu	0^r
	10	Julie Halard-Decugis   Ai Sugiyama	4	6	1
	2	Lindsay Davenport   Corina Morariu	6	3	6

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	L Raymond R Stubbs	4	7	6
		L Pleming I Majoli	6	5	1			1	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
		S Krivencheva S-t Wang	4	6^2					V Csurgó E Martincová	0	0
		V Csurgó E Martincová	6	7^7											1	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	4	6
		A Cocheteux J Husárová	2	2												F Labat T Tanasugarn	1	6	1
		F Labat T Tanasugarn	6	6					F Labat T Tanasugarn	6	7
		E Bes Gisela Riera-Roura	3	5				9	C Rubin S Testud	3	5
	9	C Rubin S Testud	6	7																		1	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	11	N Arendt K Po	4	4																			E de Lone N Pratt	2	2
		A Ellwood R Hiraki	6	6					A Ellwood R Hiraki	6	2	6
		C Cristea R Dragomir	3	7^12	7				C Cristea R Dragomir	4	6	4
	WC	E Dominikovic Amanda Grahame	6	6^10	5											A Ellwood R Hiraki	3	6	3
		E de Lone N Pratt	6	6												E de Lone N Pratt	6	2	6
		E Gagliardi S Reeves	2	4					E de Lone N Pratt	6	4	7
		R McQuillan L McShea	6^2	7^7	4			8	C Martínez P Tarabini	3	6	5
	8	C Martínez P Tarabini	7^7	6^4	6

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
4	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	6
	S Načuk   L Němečková	4	1				4	A Fusai   N Tauziat	3	3
	A Sánchez Vicario   M Serna	2	4					E Callens   D van Roost	6	6
	E Callens   D van Roost	6	6												E Callens   D van Roost	6	7^14
	J Capriati   J Dokic	6	6												J Capriati   J Dokic	4	6^12
	RM Andrés Rodríguez   C Martínez Granados	2	0					J Capriati   J Dokic	7^7	6
	K Boogert   M Oremans	5	6	1			15	K Habšudová   A-G Sidot	6^4	4
15	K Habšudová   A-G Sidot	7	1	6																		E Callens   D van Roost	1	6^4
14	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	6																		6	A Kournikova   B Schett	6	7^7
WC	M Adamczak   C Watson	4	1				14	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	1	7^7	3
	K Hrdličková   B Rittner	3	0^r					S Jeyaseelan   P Schnyder	6	6^4	6
	S Jeyaseelan   P Schnyder	6	0												S Jeyaseelan   P Schnyder	2	1
	L Courtois   A Mauresmo	6	3	6										6	A Kournikova   B Schett	6	6
	B Schwartz   P Wartusch	4	6	3				L Courtois   A Mauresmo	3	1
	A Frazier   Katie Schlukebir	3	3				6	A Kournikova   B Schett	6	6
6	A Kournikova   B Schett	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
5	I Spîrlea   C Vis	6	6
	M Mihalache   Z Váleková	3	2				5	I Spîrlea   C Vis	6^8	3
	D Graham   M Miyagi	4	6	6				D Graham   M Miyagi	7^10	6
	Y Basuki   A Dechaume-Balleret	6	1	4											D Graham   M Miyagi	6^2	7	6
	O Barabanschikova   L Osterloh	2	0												T Garbin   K Marosi	7^7	5	0
	N Dechy   A Molik	6	6					N Dechy   A Molik	6^13	6^1
	T Garbin   K Marosi	6	7					T Garbin   K Marosi	7^15	7^7
13	T Križan   K Srebotnik	3	5																			D Graham   M Miyagi	3	1
12	A Huber   E Tatarkova	6	1	4																	3	M Hingis   M Pierce	6	6
	T Musgrave   B Stewart	2	6	6				T Musgrave   B Stewart	6	6
	K-A Guse   K Kunce	6	6					K-A Guse   K Kunce	4	1
WC	Melanie Clayton   C Wheeler	3	3												T Musgrave   B Stewart	1	1
	M Shaughnessy   L Wild	6	4	6										3	M Hingis   M Pierce	6	6
	K Clijsters   H Nagyová	0	6	1				M Shaughnessy   L Wild	3	2
	A Hopmans   S Noorlander	1	0				3	M Hingis   M Pierce	6	6
3	M Hingis   M Pierce	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	7	A Coetzer E Likhovtseva	6	6^2	6
		C Barclay V Webb	4	7^7	3			7	A Coetzer E Likhovtseva	7	6
		Alicia Ortuño C Torrens Valero	3	2				WC	M Grzybowska T Snyder	5	4
	WC	M Grzybowska T Snyder	6	6											7	A Coetzer E Likhovtseva	6	1	5
		J Kostanić T Pisnik	5	6	6										10	J Halard-Decugis A Sugiyama	4	6	7
		S De Beer J Kandarr	7	4	8				S De Beer J Kandarr	6	0^r
		N de Villiers J Steck	2	3				10	J Halard-Decugis A Sugiyama	2	1
	10	J Halard-Decugis A Sugiyama	6	6																		10	J Halard-Decugis A Sugiyama	4	6	1
	16	C Black I Selyutina	4	4																		2	L Davenport C Morariu	6	3	6
		S Appelmans R Grande	6	6					S Appelmans R Grande	6	6
		N Ostrovskaya T Poutchek	4	0					M Lučić N Zvereva	2	3
		M Lučić N Zvereva	6	6												S Appelmans R Grande	0	1
		Å Carlsson É Loit	6	7^7											2	L Davenport C Morariu	6	6
		S Asagoe Y Yoshida	1	6^3					Å Carlsson É Loit	1	0
		A Jidkova R Kolbovic	3	1				2	L Davenport C Morariu	6	6
	2	L Davenport C Morariu	6	6

External links

• Official Results Archive (Australian Open)
• Official Results Archive (ITF)
• Official Results Archive (WTA)