2000 French Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2000 French Open
Final
Champion	Gustavo Kuerten
Runner-up	Magnus Norman
Score	6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Details
Draw	128
Seeds	16
Events

Gustavo Kuerten defeated Magnus Norman in the final, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(8–6) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2000 French Open.^[1] It was his second French Open title^[1] and second major title overall.

The final was a rematch of the Rome final a month prior, in which Norman had prevailed. The match took a dramatic turn in the fourth set, when on match point, at 15-40 on his own serve, Norman challenged a call that was ruled out, ending the match. The empire overruled in favor of Norman, extending the match, whence Norman would go on to save another nine match points, until 52 points later, Kuerten finally prevailed on the eleventh match point, 8-6 in the 4th set tiebreak.

Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Karol Kučera.

Seeds

01.

Andre Agassi (second round)

02.

Pete Sampras (first round)

03.

Magnus Norman (final)

04.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)

05.

Gustavo Kuerten (champion)

06.

Cédric Pioline (fourth round)

07.

Thomas Enqvist (third round)

08.

Nicolas Kiefer (first round)

09.

Lleyton Hewitt (fourth round)

10.

Àlex Corretja (quarterfinals)

11.

Nicolás Lapentti (fourth round)

12.

Marat Safin (quarterfinals)

13.

Tim Henman (third round)

14.

Dominik Hrbatý (second round)

15.

Younes El Aynaoui (fourth round)

16.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (semifinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

	Franco Squillari	6	6	2	6

	Albert Costa	4	4	6	4
								Franco Squillari	1	4	3

							3	Magnus Norman	6	6	6
3	Magnus Norman	6	6	4	7

12	Marat Safin	4	3	6	5
														3	Magnus Norman	2	3	6	6⁶

														5	Gustavo Kuerten	6	6	2	7⁸
5	Gustavo Kuerten	6	3	4	6	6

4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3	6	6	4	2
							5	Gustavo Kuerten	7	4	2	6	6

							16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	5	6	6	4	3
10	Àlex Corretja	4	4	2

16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

1	A Agassi	7⁹	6	6
WC	A Dupuis	6⁷	3	4			1	A Agassi	6	5	1	0
Q	Ó Serrano	1	2	1				K Kučera	2	7	6	6
	K Kučera	6	6	6										K Kučera	1	4	6	4
	J Vaněk	6	6	6⁵	5	6								F Squillari	6	6	4	6
	A Berasategui	1	1	7⁷	7	1		J Vaněk	5	3	7⁷	4
	A Popp	6	3	2	0			F Squillari	7	6	6⁵	6
	F Squillari	3	6	6	6															F Squillari	6	6	6
Q	J Díaz	4	3	3															15	Y El Aynaoui	4	1	3
	N Massú	6	6	6				N Massú	3	1	5
	J Stoltenberg	6	6	3	6			J Stoltenberg	6	6	7
	J Novák	4	3	6	1									J Stoltenberg	4	5^r
	T Martin	6	3	4	4								15	Y El Aynaoui	6	5
	JI Chela	4	6	6	6			JI Chela	3	4	0
WC	J-R Lisnard	6	6	4	3	1	15	Y El Aynaoui	6	6	6
15	Y El Aynaoui	3	2	6	6	6

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

9	L Hewitt	7⁷	7⁷	6
	J Tarango	6⁵	6³	3			9	L Hewitt	2	6	3	6	6
	M Hantschk	6	6⁷	7⁷	6			M Hantschk	6	3	6	2	3
	D Prinosil	2	7⁹	6⁵	4									9	L Hewitt	6	6	6
	M Rodríguez	6	6	4	4	2								Q	A Sávolt	1	4	0
Q	A Sávolt	3	3	6	6	6	Q	A Sávolt	3	7	6	5
	S Koubek	6	1	7⁷	6			S Koubek	6	5	0	2^d
	G Blanco	3	6	6⁵	2																9	L Hewitt	3	6	2	4
	G Ivanišević	3	3	0																		A Costa	6	4	6	6
	A Costa	6	6	6				A Costa	4	6	7	1
	H Gumy	7⁷	6	4	3	6		H Gumy	6	3	5	0^r
	C Moyá	6⁴	2	6	6	3									A Costa	5	7⁷	6	3	6
	G Gaudio	6	6	6										7	T Enqvist	7	6²	1	6	4
	A Di Pasquale	2	3	2				G Gaudio	3	2	0
	C Rochus	2	0	0			7	T Enqvist	6	6	6
7	T Enqvist	6	6	6

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

3	M Norman	6	6	6
Q	T Guardiola	4	4	0			3	M Norman	6	6	6
	F Santoro	6	3	6	6			F Santoro	1	4	2
	M Gustafsson	3	6	4	4									3	M Norman	6	6	6
	S Schalken	7	6	6¹	3	2									S Sargsian	4	1	2
	S Sargsian	5	3	7⁷	6	6		S Sargsian	6⁵	6	2	6	6
	A Clément	7⁸	6	6				A Clément	7⁷	3	6	0	4
	N Escudé	6⁶	4	0																3	M Norman	6	6	6
	M Tillström	6	6⁷	6⁵	2																A Medvedev	0	4	2
	A Medvedev	1	7⁹	7⁷	6			A Medvedev	6	6	6
	B Black	5	5	0				M Rosset	1	2	2
	M Rosset	7	7	6											A Medvedev	6	3	6	6
	F Mantilla	2	3	4										Q	A Calleri	3	6	4	3
Q	A Calleri	6	6	6			Q	A Calleri	6²	6	6	6
	J Björkman	3	2	1			14	D Hrbatý	7⁷	1	4	4
14	D Hrbatý	6	6	6

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

12	M Safin	6⁴	6	6	6
	G Bastl	7⁷	1	3	2		12	M Safin	7	4	5	6	5
WC	G Raoux	3	6	0	5			A Ilie	5	6	7	3	0^r
	A Ilie	6	4	6	7									12	M Safin	7⁷	6	6
	J van Lottum	3	6	6³	0										T Haas	6²	3	3
	A Gaudenzi	6	3	7⁷	6			A Gaudenzi	6	6	6³	6⁴	1
	M Ríos	3	2	0^r				T Haas	4	3	7⁷	7⁷	6
	T Haas	6	6	0															12	M Safin	6	1	6	7
WC	S Bruguera	3	7	2	6	0													6	C Pioline	4	6	3	5
Q	J Balcells	6	5	6	1	6	Q	J Balcells	6	3	5	3
	A Pavel	2	6¹	1				A Portas	4	6	7	6
	A Portas	6	7⁷	6											A Portas	4	3	3
	G Pozzi	3	1	1										6	C Pioline	6	6	6
	P Rafter	6	6	6				P Rafter	6⁵	3	4
	D Sanguinetti	6	0	0^r			6	C Pioline	7⁷	6	6
6	C Pioline	4	6	4

Bottom half

Section 5

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

5	G Kuerten	6	6	6
	A Vinciguerra	0	0	3			5	G Kuerten	7⁷	6	6
	K Alami	7⁷	4	3	6	3	Q	M Charpentier	6⁵	2	2
Q	M Charpentier	6¹	6	6	1	6							5	G Kuerten	6	6⁹	6	6
	T Johansson	7⁷	6	6										M Chang	3	7¹¹	1	4
	C Ruud	6⁴	3	3				T Johansson	6²	6⁵	6	3
	A Voinea	1	2	6	3			M Chang	7⁷	7⁷	2	6
	M Chang	6	6	2	6														5	G Kuerten	6	6	7⁷
	R Schüttler	6⁵	6	3	2														11	N Lapentti	3	4	6⁴
	W Ferreira	7⁷	4	6	6			W Ferreira	6	6	4	7
Q	G Coria	6	6⁶	6	6		Q	G Coria	3	1	6	5
WC	M Llodra	3	7⁸	4	4									W Ferreira	7	3	5	3
Q	B Ulihrach	6	6	5	6								11	N Lapentti	5	6	7	6
Q	B Phau	4	1	7	4		Q	B Ulihrach	6⁴	3	7⁷	3
WC	J Boutter	4	2	0			11	N Lapentti	7⁷	6	6⁴	6
11	N Lapentti	6	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

13	T Henman	7	7	6
	V Spadea	5	5	4			13	T Henman	6	6	7⁷
LL	T Behrend	1	4	4			Q	C Vinck	2	4	6³
Q	C Vinck	6	6	6										13	T Henman	5	6	4	6	3
	F Vicente	3	5	6	6	6									F Vicente	7	4	6	4	6
	M Mirnyi	6	7	3	4	4		F Vicente	6	6	6
	R Agénor	6	6	3	7⁷			R Agénor	1	0	3
	P Srichaphan	2	4	6	6⁵																	F Vicente	7	3	7	6⁴	6
	S Grosjean	6	6	1	6																4	Y Kafelnikov	5	6	5	7⁷	8
	R Fromberg	4	2	6	1			S Grosjean	6	6	2	6⁶	6
	JA Marín	5	3	7¹²	1		LL	F Browne	1	3	6	7⁸	2
LL	F Browne	7	6	6¹⁰	6										S Grosjean	3	1	7	4
Q	H Levy	7	6¹	4	4									4	Y Kafelnikov	6	6	5	6
	M Zabaleta	5	7⁷	6	6			M Zabaleta	2	6	7⁸	4	4
	I Ljubičić	4	4	6	6	4	4	Y Kafelnikov	6	3	6⁶	6	6
4	Y Kafelnikov	6	6	3	3	6

Section 7

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

8	N Kiefer	3	5	1
	J-M Gambill	6	7	6				J-M Gambill	6⁵	3	3
	W Arthurs	6⁴	3	6	3			R Federer	7⁷	6	6
	R Federer	7⁷	6	1	6										R Federer	7⁷	6	2	6⁴	8
WC	S Huet	6	6	5	4	5								Q	M Kratochvil	6⁵	4	6	7⁷	6
	O Stanoytchev	4	0	7	6	7		O Stanoytchev	7⁸	5	2	1
Q	M Kratochvil	6	6³	6	6		Q	M Kratochvil	6⁶	7	6	6
	J Gimelstob	4	7⁷	3	1																	R Federer	5	6⁷	2
Q	W Eschauer	3	6	6	6																10	À Corretja	7	7⁹	6
WC	C Saulnier	6	2	2	2		Q	W Eschauer	5	3	5
	R Krajicek	6	6	6				R Krajicek	7	6	7
	T Zíb	3	1	2											R Krajicek	6	2	3	2
	F Meligeni	2	6	6	7									10	À Corretja	4	6	6	6
Q	É Prodon	6	4	3	5			F Meligeni	6	3	3	6	3
	A Martín	3	4	4			10	À Corretja	4	6	6	4	6
10	À Corretja	6	6	6

Section 8

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

16	JC Ferrero	6	6	6
	J Golmard	4	3	2			16	JC Ferrero	1	2	6	6	6
	G Rusedski	3	6¹⁰	6⁴				S Doseděl	6	6	2	4	4
	S Doseděl	6	7¹²	7⁷										16	JC Ferrero	6	3
	M Puerta	7⁷	6	6											M Puerta	2	2^r
	M Damm	6⁴	3	2				M Puerta	6	6	6
	F Clavet	6	6	6				F Clavet	2	1	3
	G Cañas	2	0	3																16	JC Ferrero	6	6	3	6
	H Arazi	6	6	7⁷																	M Philippoussis	2	2	6	3
	C Woodruff	3	4	6³				H Arazi	6	3	5	6	6
Q	N Mahut	4	5	4				M Hipfl	3	6	7	2	1
	M Hipfl	6	7	6											H Arazi	2	1	6	3
	A Sá	1	1	6⁷											M Philippoussis	6	6	3	6
	P Goldstein	6	6	7⁹				P Goldstein	4	7⁷	0	2
	M Philippoussis	4	7	7⁷	4	8		M Philippoussis	6	6³	6	6
2	P Sampras	6	5	6⁴	6	6

Men's singles overview

Champion		Runner-up
Gustavo Kuerten (5)		Magnus Norman (3)
Semifinals out
Franco Squillari		Juan Carlos Ferrero (16)
Quarterfinals out
A Costa	M Safin (12)	Y Kafelnikov (4)	À Corretja (10)
4th round out
Y El Aynaoui (15)	L Hewitt (9)	A Medvedev	C Pioline (6)
N Lapentti (11)	F Vicente	R Federer	M Philippoussis
3rd round out
K Kučera	J Stoltenberg	A Sávolt	T Enqvist (7)
S Sargsian	A Calleri	T Haas	A Portas
M Chang	W Ferreira	T Henman (13)	S Grosjean
M Kratochvil	R Krajicek	M Puerta	H Arazi
2nd round out
A Agassi (1)	J Vaněk	N Massú	J I Chela
M Hantschk	S Koubek	H Gumy	G Gaudio
F Santoro	A Clément	M Rosset	D Hrbatý (14)
A Ilie	A Gaudenzi	J Balcells	P Rafter
M Charpentier	T Johansson	G Coria	B Ulihrach
C Vinck	R Agénor	F Browne	M Zabaleta
J-M Gambill	O Stanoytchev	W Eschauer	F Meligeni
S Doseděl	F Clavet	M Hipfl	P Goldstein
1st round out
A Dupuis	O Serrano	A Berasategui	A Popp
J Díaz	J Novák	T Martin	J-R Lisnard
J Tarango	D Prinosil	M Rodríguez	G Blanco
G Ivanišević	C Moyá	A Di Pasquale	C Rochus
T Guardiola	M Gustafsson	S Schalken	N Escudé
M Tillström	B Black	F Mantilla	J Björkman
G Bastl	G Raoux	J van Lottum	M Ríos
S Bruguera	A Pavel	G Pozzi	D Sanguinetti
A Vinciguerra	K Alami	C Ruud	A Voinea
R Schüttler	M Llodra	B Phau	J Boutter
V Spadea	T Behrend	M Mirnyi	P Srichaphan
R Fromberg	J A Marín	H Levy	I Ljubičić
N Kiefer (8)	W Arthurs	S Huet	J Gimelstob
C Saulnier	T Zíb	É Prodon	A Martín
J Golmard	G Rusedski	M Damm	G Cañas
C Woodruff	N Mahut	A Sá	P Sampras (2)

References

^ ^a ^b Wilstein, Steve (12 June 2002). "Kuerten captures 2nd French Open". The Ledger. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

External links

Preceded by 2000 Australian Open – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

[Ledger-01-1] Wilstein, Steve (12 June 2002). "Kuerten captures 2nd French Open". The Ledger. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

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