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2000 RCA Championships

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Date
  
August 14 – August 20

Draw
  
64S/32D

Surface
  
Hard / Outdoor

Edition
  
13th

Prize money
  
$700,000

Category
  
International Series Gold

The 2000 RCA Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the event known that year as the RCA Championships, and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2000 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from August 14 through August 20, 2000.

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The singles draw featured ATP No. 2, French Open titlist, Hamburg and Santiago champion, Miami and Rome runner-up Gustavo Kuerten, Australian Open runner-up Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Barcelona, Majorca and Toronto winner, Hamburg finalist Marat Safin. Other top seeds competing included Cincinnati winner Thomas Enqvist, Adelaide, Sydney, Scottsdale and Queen's Club champion Lleyton Hewitt, Tim Henman, Nicolás Lapentti and Marcelo Ríos.

Singles

Gustavo Kuerten defeated Marat Safin 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)

  • It was Gustavo Kuerten's 4th title of the year, and his 9th overall.
  • Doubles

    Lleyton Hewitt / Sandon Stolle defeated Jonas Björkman / Max Mirnyi 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

    References

    2000 RCA Championships Wikipedia