The 2000 Gold Flake Open was a men's
tennis
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tournament played on , outdoor hard courts in
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
, India, that was part of the
World Series
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of the
1999 ATP Tour
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. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 3 January until 10 January 2000. Fourth-seeded
Jérôme Golmard
Jérôme Golmard (; 9 September 1973 – 31 July 2017) was a French tennis player.
The left-hander reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in April 1999, winning 2 singles titles and reaching the semifinals of Monte Carlo in 1999. ...
won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Jérôme Golmard
Jérôme Golmard (; 9 September 1973 – 31 July 2017) was a French tennis player.
The left-hander reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in April 1999, winning 2 singles titles and reaching the semifinals of Monte Carlo in 1999. ...
defeated
Markus Hantschk
Markus Ferdinand Hantschk (; born 19 November 1977) is a German former tennis
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6–3, 6–7
(6–8), 6–3
* It was Golmard's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.
Doubles
Julien Boutter
Julien Boutter (; born 5 April 1974) is a former professional male tennis player from France.
Career
At the 2002 Australian Open, Boutter defeated No. 2 seed and former World No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten, despite being down two sets, 3–6, 4–6, 7†...
/
Christophe Rochus
Christophe Rochus (; born 15 December 1978) is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.
Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus. He reached the semi-finals of the German Open Tennis Championships, Hamburg Masters in 2005 Ha ...
defeated
Prahlad Srinath /
Saurav Panja
Saurav Panja (born 15 March 1977) is an Indian former tennis player.
Panja has a career high ATP singles ranking of 863 achieved on 12 July 1999. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 290 achieved on 10 July 2000.
Panja reached t ...
7–5, 6–1
* It was Boutter's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Rochus's only title of the year and the 1st of his career.
References
External links
ITF tournament edition details
Chennai Open
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Chennai Open
Chennai, also known as Madras ( its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian ce ...
Chennai Open
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