2000 RCA Championships

2000 RCA Championships
Date August 14 – August 20
Edition 13th
Category International Series Gold
Draw 64S/32D
Prize money $700,000
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Indianapolis, IN , USA
Venue Indianapolis Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Doubles
Australia Lleyton Hewitt / Australia Sandon Stolle

The 2000 RCA Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the event known that year as the RCA Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2000 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from August 14 through August 20, 2000.[1]

The singles draw featured ATP No. 2, French Open titlist, Hamburg and Santiago champion, Miami and Rome runner-up Gustavo Kuerten, Australian Open runner-up Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Barcelona, Majorca and Toronto winner, Hamburg finalist Marat Safin. Other top seeds competing included Cincinnati winner Thomas Enqvist, Adelaide, Sydney, Scottsdale and Queen's Club champion Lleyton Hewitt, Tim Henman, Nicolás Lapentti and Marcelo Ríos.

Champions

Singles

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten defeated Russia Marat Safin 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles

Australia Lleyton Hewitt / Australia Sandon Stolle defeated Sweden Jonas Björkman / Belarus Max Mirnyi 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (2001). ITF World of Tennis 2001. London: HarperCollins. pp. 153,154. ISBN 9780007111299.

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