2000 Gelsor Open Romania

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.

2000 Gelsor Open Romania
Date11–17 September
Edition8th
CategoryATP International Series 2
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$375,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationBucharest, Romania
VenueArenele BNR
Champions
Singles
Spain Joan Balcells[1]
Doubles
Spain Alberto Martín / Israel Eyal Ran[2]
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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

  1. ^ "2000 Bucharest – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ "2000 Bucharest – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ^ "Safin is still on his game". Los Angeles Times. 18 September 2000.

External links edit