2000 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles
2000 tennis event results
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Second-seeded Amy Frazier was the defending champion but lost in the final 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 against first-seeded Julie Halard-Decugis.[1] This was Halard-Decugis's final career singles title, as she retired from professional tennis at the end of the season.[2] She also won both the singles and doubles titles at the tournament.
| Women's singles | |
|---|---|
| 2000 Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champion |  Julie Halard-Decugis |
| Runner-up |  Amy Frazier |
| Score | 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Draw | 30 (4Q / 2WC) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.
Julie Halard-Decugis (champion)
Amy Frazier (final)- Kristina Brandi (second round, retired)
Fabiola Zuluaga (second round)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (semifinals)
Tathiana Garbin (first round, retired)
Paola Suárez (second round)
Anna Smashnova (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Julie Halard-Decugis
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 |  Tamarine Tanasugarn
| 65 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Julie Halard-Decugis
| 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 | Amy Frazier
| 7 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
 Joannette Kruger
| 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Amy Frazier
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
Top half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | J Halard-Decugis
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Asagoe
| 4 | 6 | 6 | S Asagoe
| 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | R Fujiwara
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | J Halard-Decugis
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 R Kuti-Kis
| 6 | 6 | Q |  M Vavrinec
| 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 N Pratt
| 1 | 2 | R Kuti-Kis
| 3 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M Vavrinec
| 6 | 77 | Q | M Vavrinec
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  A Smashnova
| 1 | 64 | 1 | J Halard-Decugis
| 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | K Brandi
| 6 | 6 | 5 | T Tanasugarn
| 65 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| T Almeda-Singian
| 2 | 0 | 3 | K Brandi
| 2 | 5r | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Obata
| 66 | 1 | Q | T Snyder
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | T Snyder
| 78 | 6 | Q | T Snyder
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Osterloh
| 7 | 7 | 5 | T Tanasugarn
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 D Bedanova
| 5 | 5 | L Osterloh
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  I Tulyaganova
| 3 | 2 | 5 | T Tanasugarn
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | T Tanasugarn
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  P Suárez
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Yoshida
| 4 | 4 | 7 | P Suárez
| 65 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Shaughnessy
| 7 | 2 | 0 | J Kruger
| 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Kruger
| 5 | 6 | 6 | J Kruger
| 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Y Basuki
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Q |  J Lee
| 3 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | J Lee
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | J Lee
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
 R Grande
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 |  F Zuluaga
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | F Zuluaga
| 4 | 6 | 7 | J Kruger
| 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | T Garbin
| 2r | 2 | A Frazier
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Plischke
| 5 | S Plischke
| 6 | 62 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Á Montolio
| 2 | 0r | W Prakusya
| 3 | 77 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W Prakusya
| 6 | 1 | S Plischke
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| C Morariu
| 6 | 7 | 2 | A Frazier
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Marrero
| 3 | 5 | C Morariu
| 65 | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | A Frazier
| 77 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||