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tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was part of the

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of the

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and was classified as a

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event on the 2000 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the

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, United States, from March 23 through April 2, 2000.

Finals

Men's singles

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defeated

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6–1, 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(10–8) *It was Pete Sampras's first title of the year and his 62nd overall. It was his first Masters title of the year and his eleventh overall. It was his third title at this event, also winning in

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and

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Women's singles

Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, ; born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 209 weeks ( fifth-most of all time) and as the world No. ...

defeated

Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 98 weeks (including as the year-end No. 1 four ...

6–3, 6–2 *It was Martina Hingis's second title of the year and her 28th overall. It was her second Tier I title of the year and her eleventh overall. It was her second title at this event, also winning in

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Men's doubles

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defeated

Martin Damm Martin Damm Sr. (born 1 August 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known as a doubles player (his highest ranking being No. 5 in the world in April 2007). His highest singles ranking was No. 42 in A ...

Dominik Hrbatý Dominik Hrbatý (; born 4 January 1978) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Hrbatý reached the semifinals of the 1999 French Open, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in October 2005. Hrbatý is one of only th ...

6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

Julie Halard-Decugis Julie Halard-Decugis (born 10 September 1970) is a French former professional tennis player. Tennis career Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France, during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland. She turned profe ...

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defeated

Nicole Arendt Nicole J. Arendt (born August 26, 1969) is an American retired professional tennis player. Arendt won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest singles ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she was ranke ...

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4–6, 7–5, 6–4

External links

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