{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{TennisEventInfo|2000|WTA Tour Championships| | date= November 13–19 | edition=30th / 25th | category=Year-end championships | draw=16S / 8D | prize_money=$2,000,000 | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[New York City]], United States | venue=[[Madison Square Garden]] | champs= {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] | champd= {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] / {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kournikova]] | main_name=WTA Finals }}
The '''2000 WTA Tour Championships''', also known by its sponsored name '''The Chase Championships''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the [[Madison Square Garden]] in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] in the United States. It was the 30th edition of the [[WTA Tour Championships|year-end singles championships]], the 25th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the [[2000 WTA Tour]]. The tournament was held from November 13 through November 19, 2000. First-seeded [[Martina Hingis]] won the singles event and the accompanying $500,000 first prize money as well as 390 ranking points. It was the last edition of the WTA Tour Championships to be held in New York.<ref name=wot2001>{{cite book|title=[[International Tennis Federation|ITF]] World of Tennis 2001|year=2001|publisher=HarperCollins|location=London|isbn=9780007111299|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)|pages=193–194}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Selena Roberts|title=Tennis; Hingis Pulls Out Victory Over an Emotional Seles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/20/sports/tennis-hingis-pulls-out-victory-over-an-emotional-seles.html|work=The New York Times|date=November 20, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=John Parsons|title=WTA Chase Championships: Hingis denies Seles winning send-off|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/4776077/WTA-Chase-Championships-Hingis-denies-Seles-winning-send-off.html|work=The Telegraph|date=November 20, 2000}}</ref>
Five players, [[Venus Williams]], [[Serena Williams]], [[Mary Pierce]], [[Amélie Mauresmo]] and [[Anke Huber]], had qualified for the tournament but withdrew citing various injuries and ailments.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Chase is on for Hingis|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/1019910.stm|website=news.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|date=November 12, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Selena Roberts|title=Tennis; Williamses Missing From Season Finale|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/12/sports/tennis-williamses-missing-from-season-finale.html|work=The New York Times|date=November 12, 2000}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{Main|2000 WTA Tour Championships – Singles}} {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] defeated {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Monica Seles]], 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–4, 6–4. * It was Hingis' 9th title of the year and the 35th of her career.
===Doubles=== {{Main|2000 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles}} {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] / {{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kournikova]] defeated {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Arendt]] / {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Manon Bollegraf]], 6–2, 6–3.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.wtafinals.com}} * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2000/808.pdf WTA tournament draws]
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