# 2000 WTA Tour Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2000_WTA_Tour_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2000_WTA_Tour_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_WTA_Tour_Championships > Source revision: 1313408938 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 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 / indoor Location New York City, United States Venue Madison Square Garden Champions Singles Martina Hingis Doubles Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova ← 1999 · WTA Finals · 2001 → The **2000 WTA Tour Championships**, also known by its sponsored name **The Chase Championships** was a women's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the [Madison Square Garden](/source/Madison_Square_Garden) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) in the United States. It was the 30th edition of the [year-end singles championships](/source/WTA_Tour_Championships), the 25th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the [2000 WTA Tour](/source/2000_WTA_Tour). The tournament was held from November 13 through November 19, 2000. First-seeded [Martina Hingis](/source/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.[1][2][3] Five players, [Venus Williams](/source/Venus_Williams), [Serena Williams](/source/Serena_Williams), [Mary Pierce](/source/Mary_Pierce), [Amélie Mauresmo](/source/Am%C3%A9lie_Mauresmo) and [Anke Huber](/source/Anke_Huber), had qualified for the tournament but withdrew citing various injuries and ailments.[4][5] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2000 WTA Tour Championships – Singles](/source/2000_WTA_Tour_Championships_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Martina Hingis](/source/Martina_Hingis) defeated [Monica Seles](/source/Monica_Seles), 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4. - It was Hingis' 9th title of the year and the 35th of her career. ### Doubles Main article: [2000 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles](/source/2000_WTA_Tour_Championships_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Martina Hingis](/source/Martina_Hingis) / [Anna Kournikova](/source/Anna_Kournikova) defeated [Nicole Arendt](/source/Nicole_Arendt) / [Manon Bollegraf](/source/Manon_Bollegraf), 6–2, 6–3. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot2001_1-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (2001). *[ITF](/source/International_Tennis_Federation) World of Tennis 2001*. London: HarperCollins. pp. 193–194. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780007111299](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780007111299). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Selena Roberts (November 20, 2000). ["Tennis; Hingis Pulls Out Victory Over an Emotional Seles"](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/20/sports/tennis-hingis-pulls-out-victory-over-an-emotional-seles.html). *The New York Times*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** John Parsons (November 20, 2000). ["WTA Chase Championships: Hingis denies Seles winning send-off"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/4776077/WTA-Chase-Championships-Hingis-denies-Seles-winning-send-off.html). *The Telegraph*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The Chase is on for Hingis"](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/1019910.stm). *news.bbc.co.uk*. BBC. November 12, 2000. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Selena Roberts (November 12, 2000). ["Tennis; Williamses Missing From Season Finale"](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/12/sports/tennis-williamses-missing-from-season-finale.html). *The New York Times*. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.wtafinals.com) - [WTA tournament draws](https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2000/808.pdf) v t e WTA Finals 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 (Mar) 1986 (Nov) 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 v t e 2000 WTA Tour « 1999 2001 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) Tier I tournaments Tokyo (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Hilton Head (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Zürich (S, D) Tier II tournaments Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Hannover (S, D) Scottsdale (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Filderstadt (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Linz (S, D) Leipzig (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D) Tier III tournaments Gold Coast (S, D) Oklahoma City (S, D) Bol (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Klagenfurt (S, D) Sopot (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D) Tier IV tournaments Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Bogota (S, D) Sao Paulo (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Antwerp (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Knokke-Heist (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Bratislava (S, D) Pattaya (S, D) Team events Fed Cup WTA Tour Championships, New York (S, D) Summer Olympics, Sydney (S, D) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2000 WTA Tour Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_WTA_Tour_Championships) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_WTA_Tour_Championships?action=history)). 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