Laura Golarsa and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Golarsa was injured and couldn't play in the entire season,[1] while Srebotnik competed in the Fed Cup at the same week.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 2000 Mexx Benelux Open | |
| Champions |  Sabine Appelmans Kim Clijsters |
| Runners-up |  Jennifer Hopkins Petra Rampre |
| Score | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Draw | 16 (1WC/1Q/1LL) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Sabine Appelmans and Kim Clijsters won the title by defeating Jennifer Hopkins and Petra Rampre 6–1, 6–1 in the final.[2]
Seeds
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Åsa Carlsson / 
Sonya Jeyaseelan (semifinals)
Els Callens / 
Karina Habšudová (quarterfinals)
Barbara Rittner / 
Meghann Shaughnessy (first round)
Jelena Kostanić / 
Sandra Načuk (first round)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
edit| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan
| 6 | 2 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Almeda-Singian R Kolvobic
| 3 | 6 | 66 | 1 | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan
| 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  D Haak A van den Hurk
| 3 | 7 | 5 | H Parkinson B Rippner
| 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| H Parkinson B Rippner
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan
| 3 | 77 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  J Kostanić S Načuk
| 3 | 3 | J Hopkins P Rampre
| 6 | 65 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Hopkins P Rampre
| 6 | 6 | J Hopkins P Rampre
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  T Kovalchuk S Schmidle
| 6 | 6 | Q | T Kovalchuk S Schmidle
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 K Grant R Jensen
| 3 | 3 | J Hopkins P Rampre
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 L Bacheva I Tulyaganova
| 7 | 6 | S Appelmans K Clijsters
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 D Hantuchová H Nagyová
| 5 | 0 | L Bacheva I Tulyaganova
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 C Dhenin S Schoeffel
| 4 | 6 | 6 | C Dhenin S Schoeffel
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | B Rittner M Shaughnessy
| 6 | 2 | 1 | L Bacheva I Tulyaganova
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Kleinová M Paštiková
| 4 | 3 | S Appelmans K Clijsters
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Appelmans K Clijsters
| 6 | 6 | S Appelmans K Clijsters
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | E Clijsters C Maes
| 1 | 1 | 2 | E Callens K Habšudová
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | E Callens K Habšudová
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Bio - Laura Golarsa". WTA. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
2000 - Off the Tour in due to injury
- ^ "Tennis: Catching Up With… Sabine Appelmans". Women's Sports and Entertainment Network. WTA. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
I would have felt a bit strange if I was any younger. Kim and I won the doubles title at Antwerp together in 2000 but there's an age gap between me and her and Justine.
External links
edit- Official results archive (ITF) Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Official results archive (WTA)