2000 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

Martina Hingis defeated Anna Kournikova in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2000 Kremlin Cup.^[1][2]

Women's singles
2000 Kremlin Cup
Champion	Martina Hingis
Runner-up	Anna Kournikova
Score	6–3, 6–1
Draw	28 (2WC/4Q)
Seeds	8

Main article: 2000 Kremlin Cup

Nathalie Tauziat was the defending champion, but lost to Kournikova in the semifinals.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

1. Martina Hingis (champion)
2. Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
3. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
4. Anna Kournikova (final)
5. Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals)
6. Julie Halard-Decugis (first round)
7. Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)
8. Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)

Draw

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis	7	6
	5	Amélie Mauresmo	5	3
								1	Martina Hingis	6	6
								4	Anna Kournikova	3	1
	4	Anna Kournikova	6	6
	2	Nathalie Tauziat	2	1

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Hingis	6	6
		K Hrdličková	4	6	6				K Hrdličková	0	1
	Q	J Husárová	6	2	3										1	M Hingis	6	65	7
		S Talaja	1	2											7	E Dementieva	0	77	5
		S Farina Elia	6	6					S Farina Elia	6	4	4
		R Dragomir	7	5	1			7	E Dementieva	2	6	6
	7	E Dementieva	66	7	6																	1	M Hingis	7	6
																						5	A Mauresmo	5	3
								3	A Sánchez Vicario	3	2
	WC	L Krasnoroutskaya	6	1	3				M Maleeva	6	6
		M Maleeva	4	6	6											M Maleeva	6	63	3
	Q	T Poutchek	65	3											5	A Mauresmo	4	77	6
		L Raymond	77	6					L Raymond	2	4
		J Dokić	1	4				5	A Mauresmo	6	6
	5	A Mauresmo	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	J Halard-Decugis	4	65
		T Panova	6	77					T Panova	6	4	6
	Q	G Fokina	5	6	2				P Suárez	2	6	1
		P Suárez	7	2	6											T Panova	4	1
	Q	E Bovina	77	5	1										4	A Kournikova	6	6
	WC	V Zvonareva	65	7	6			WC	V Zvonareva	64	4
								4	A Kournikova	77	6
																						4	A Kournikova	6	6
	8	B Schett	6	6																		2	N Tauziat	2	1
		E Likhovtseva	4	1				8	B Schett	6	6
		M Serna	63	6	3				P Schnyder	4	3
		P Schnyder	77	1	6										8	B Schett	67	2
		S Appelmans	3	65											2	N Tauziat	79	6
		A Sugiyama	6	77					A Sugiyama	3	5
								2	N Tauziat	6	7

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

1. Sonya Jeyaseelan (second round)
2. Silvia Farina Elia (moved to Main Draw)
3. Francesca Schiavone (first round)
4. Alina Jidkova (second round)
5. Tatiana Poutchek (qualified)
6. Nadejda Ostrovskaya (qualifying competition)
7. Katalin Marosi-Aracama (second round)
8. Bianka Lamade (second round)
9. Andrea Glass (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Janette Husárová
2. Galina Fokina
3. Elena Bovina
4. Tatiana Poutchek

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Sonya Jeyaseelan	7	6
		Maria Goloviznina	5	4
								1	Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	1	0
									Janette Husárová	3	6	6
		Svetlana Krivencheva	3	1
		Janette Husárová	6	6
																Janette Husárová	3	6	6
															6	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6	3	3
		Anastasia Rodionova	79	2	2
		Vanessa Henke	67	6	6
									Vanessa Henke	6	3	3
								6	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	4	6	6
	WC	Elena Voropaeva	2	1
	6	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Alina Jidkova	6	6
		Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian	1	2
								4	Alina Jidkova	2	6	2
								WC	Galina Fokina	6	4	6
	WC	Galina Fokina	6	6
		Tatiana Kovalchuk	1	0
															WC	Galina Fokina	6	6
															WC	Anna Bastrikova	2	4
	WC	Anna Bastrikova	6	1	6
		Lenka Cenková	2	6	1
								WC	Anna Bastrikova	6	6
								8	Bianka Lamade	4	3
		Germana Di Natale	2	3
	8	Bianka Lamade	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Katalin Marosi-Aracama	77	7
		Hana Šromová	62	5
								7	Katalin Marosi-Aracama	3	5
									Elena Bovina	6	7
		Natalia Egorova	3	4
		Elena Bovina	6	6
																Elena Bovina	6	6
																Petra Rampre	3	1
		Evgenia Kulikovskaya	77	2	63
		Tina Križan	64	6	77
									Tina Križan
									Petra Rampre	w/o
		Petra Rampre	7	6
	3	Francesca Schiavone	5	1

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Tatiana Poutchek	6	64	6
		Anna Zaporozhanova	4	77	2
								5	Tatiana Poutchek	6	6
									Julia Vakulenko	4	2
		Julia Vakulenko	6	6
		Tatiana Perebiynis	3	4
															5	Tatiana Poutchek	7	6
															9	Andrea Glass	5	1
		Adriana Barna	77	3	77
		Alexandra Fusai	63	6	62
									Adriana Barna	2	1
								9	Andrea Glass	6	6
	WC	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova	1	5
	9	Andrea Glass	6	7

References

1. "About: 2000, XI International Tennis Tournament". VTB Kremlin Cup. Moscow. Retrieved 26 March 2024. The final Kurnikova v. Hingis was the final Russian crowd could only dream of. Could Anna win her first single title? That was the question. At the beginning Kurnikova played the same level with her opponent returning the powerful strokes from the baseline but she was physically exhausted that in the next 17 points she won only one. Hingis became the champion — 6:3, 6:1.
2. "Hingis romps to third successive title". Swiss Info. 29 October 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

External links

• Official results archive (ITF)
• Official results archive (WTA)