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 Martina Hingis finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the third time in her career, though Venus Williams was named the Player of the Year. Hingis won nine tournaments during the season, including the WTA Tour Championships, and finished runner-up at a major at the Australian Open. Williams won six singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, the gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, and a Tier I event. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | January 1 – November 27, 2000 |
| Edition | 30th |
| Tournaments | 58 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Summer Olympics WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (16) WTA Tier III (13) WTA Tier IV (14) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Martina Hingis (9) |
| Most tournament finals | Martina Hingis (13) |
| Prize money leader | Martina Hingis (US$3,457,049) |
| Points leader | Martina Hingis (6,044) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |  Venus Williams |
| Doubles team of the year | Serena Williams Venus Williams |
| Most improved player of the year |  Elena Dementieva |
| Newcomer of the year |  Dája Bedáňová |
| Comeback player of the year |  Iva Majoli |
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The 2000 Sanex WTA Tour was the 30th season since the founding of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 2000, and concluded on November 13, 2000, after 58 events. For this season, a new event was added: the State Farm Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. It also saw the return of the China Open which was moved to Shanghai, after last being held in Beijing in 1996.
Martina Hingis finished the season as the number one ranked player for the third time in four years, and second year in a row. However, this was the first year she finished number one without winning a Grand Slam women's singles title. Hingis led the titles list with nine throughout the season, including the prestigious WTA Tour Championships. Venus Williams won the most Grand Slam titles with two, and finished the year as the No. 3 player in the world. Williams also won the Olympic gold medal in Sydney that year, and was awarded the Player of the Year award by the WTA. Mary Pierce won her second Grand Slam title five years after her last, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win at home since Françoise Dürr in 1967. Lindsay Davenport also picked up her third and last Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.
In doubles competition, the Grand Slam titles were split between four teams: Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs, Martina Hingis and Mary Pierce, Serena Williams and Venus Williams, and Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama. The Williams sisters also won the Olympic gold medal, and were thus awarded Doubles Team of the Year at the WTA Awards.