2000 Wimbledon Championships

Millennium celebrations

In order to celebrate the millennium, the All England Club invited all surviving singles champions, any player that had appeared in two or more singles finals without winning the championship, and any player who had won four or more doubles titles, to a presentation ceremony on Centre Court on Saturday, July 1. Each honouree was presented with a crystal plate, engraved with their name, by the President of the Lawn Tennis Association, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester. Those who attended were (in order of presentation): Singles champion Andre Agassi; Doubles champions: Ken McGregor, Bob Hewitt, Ken Fletcher, Tony Roche, Rosie Casals, Owen Davidson, Frew McMillan, Peter Fleming, Pam Shriver, Helena Suková, Natasha Zvereva, Gigi Fernández; Singles finalists: Henry "Bunny" Austin, Kurt Nielsen, Ken Rosewall, Darlene Hard, Fred Stolle, Hana Mandlíková, Goran Ivanišević; Singles champions: Sidney Wood, Pauline Betz, Bob Falkenburg, Ted Schroeder, John "Budge" Patty, Richard "Dick" Savitt, Frank Sedgman, Elias "Vic" Seixas, Jaroslav Drobný, Marion "Tony" Trabert, Shirley Fry Irvin, Ashley Cooper, Maria Bueno, Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo, Neale Fraser, Angela Mortimer, Rod Laver, Margaret Smith Court, Roy Emerson, Billie Jean King, Manuel Santana, John Newcombe, Ann Jones, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Stan Smith, Jan Kodeš, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, Virginia Wade, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Patrick "Pat" Cash, Steffi Graf, Stefan Edberg, Michael Stich, Conchita Martínez, Jana Novotná and Lindsay Davenport. Andre Agassi was presented first in order to accommodate his match schedule. Other attendees were then presented with their commemoration later in the same day in the Royal Box: Doubles champions: Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge; Singles finalist: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario; and Singles champions: Martina Hingis and Pete Sampras. Several post war champions were absent, but the only champions from the open era (post 1968) not to attend were Jimmy Connors and Richard Krajicek. Both Ilie Năstase and Ivan Lendl were also invited as two-time singles finalist, but did not attend. The inclusion of singles finalists and the exclusion of doubles champions who had not won at least four titles was mildly controversial, with Frew McMillan bemoaning to BBC Radio that his two-time mixed doubles championship partner Betty Stöve had not been invited, despite the Dutch woman holding three Wimbledon doubles titles and having reached the singles final once; whereas Hana Mandlíková and Goran Ivanišević both attended, neither one of whom had ever won a Wimbledon title of any kind prior to Wimbledon 2000.

Prize money

The total prize money for 2000 championships was £8,056,480. The winner of the men's title earned £477,500 while the women's singles champion earned £430,000.

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Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

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USA Pete Sampras defeated AUS Patrick Rafter, 6–7(10-12), 7–6(7-5), 6–4, 6–2

• It was Sampras's 2nd title of the year, and his 63rd overall. It was his 13th career Grand Slam title (a record until Roger Federer surpassed him in 2009), and his 7th (and last) Wimbledon title (a record, tied with William Renshaw, and subsequently surpassed by Federer in 2017)

Women's singles

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USA Venus Williams defeated USA Lindsay Davenport, 6–3, 7–6(7-3)

• It was Williams's 1st title of the year, and her 10th overall. It was her 1st career Grand Slam title.

Men's doubles

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AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde defeated NED Paul Haarhuis / AUS Sandon Stolle, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1

Women's doubles

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USA Serena Williams / USA Venus Williams defeated FRA Julie Halard-Decugis / JPN Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Main article: 2000 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

USA Donald Johnson / USA Kimberly Po defeated AUS Lleyton Hewitt / BEL Kim Clijsters, 6–4, 7–6(7-3)

Juniors

Boys' singles

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FRA Nicolas Mahut defeated CRO Mario Ančić, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5

Girls' singles

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ARG María Emilia Salerni defeated UKR Tatiana Perebiynis, 6–4, 7–5

Boys' doubles

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BEL Dominique Coene / BEL Kristof Vliegen defeated GBR Andrew Banks / GBR Benjamin Riby, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3

Girls' doubles

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ROM Ioana Gașpar / UKR Tatiana Perebiynis defeated CZE Dája Bedáňová / ARG María Emilia Salerni, 7–6(7-2), 6–3

Singles players

;Men's singles

;Women's singles

Singles seeds

Men's singles

1. USA Pete Sampras (champion)
2. USA Andre Agassi (semifinals, lost to Pat Rafter)
3. SWE Magnus Norman (second round, lost to Olivier Rochus)
4. BRA Gustavo Kuerten (third round, lost to Alexander Popp)
5. RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round, lost to Thomas Johansson)
6. FRA Cédric Pioline (second round, lost to Vladimir Voltchkov)
7. AUS Lleyton Hewitt (first round, lost to Jan-Michael Gambill)
8. GBR Tim Henman (fourth round, lost to Mark Philippoussis)
9. SWE Thomas Enqvist (fourth round, lost to Jan-Michael Gambill)
10. AUS Mark Philippoussis (quarterfinals, lost to Andre Agassi)
11. NED Richard Krajicek (second round, lost to Wayne Ferreira)
12. AUS Patrick Rafter (final, lost to Pete Sampras)
13. GER Nicolas Kiefer (first round, lost to Tommy Haas)
14. GBR Greg Rusedski (first round, lost to Vince Spadea)
15. RUS Marat Safin (second round, lost to Martin Damm)
16. ECU Nicolás Lapentti (first round, lost to Ctislav Doseděl)

Women's singles

1. SUI Martina Hingis (quarterfinals, lost to Venus Williams)
2. USA Lindsay Davenport (final, lost to Venus Williams)
3. FRA Mary Pierce (second round, lost to Magüi Serna)
4. ESP Conchita Martínez (second round, lost to Sonya Jeyaseelan)
5. USA Venus Williams (champion)
6. USA Monica Seles (quarterfinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
7. FRA Nathalie Tauziat (first round, lost to Kim Clijsters)
8. USA Serena Williams (semifinals, lost to Venus Williams)
9. ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (fourth round, lost to Monica Seles)
10. FRA Sandrine Testud (first round, lost to Anna Kournikova)
11. GER Anke Huber (fourth round, lost to Martina Hingis)
12. RSA Amanda Coetzer (second round, lost to Lilia Osterloh)
13. FRA Amélie Mauresmo (first round, lost to Gala León García)
14. FRA Julie Halard-Decugis (first round, lost to Kristie Boogert)
15. AUT Barbara Schett (first round, lost to Olga Barabanschikova)
16. BEL Dominique Van Roost (first round, lost to Jennifer Capriati)

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