The 2000 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 114th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 26 June to 9 July 2000. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.
Pete Sampras won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Pat Rafter in the final. It was also his last Wimbledon title. Lindsay Davenport was unsuccessful in her title defence, being defeated by Venus Williams in the women's final. It was the first of five Wimbledon titles for Venus Williams.
In order to celebrate the millennium, the All England Club invited all surviving singles champions, any player that had appeared in two or more singles finals without winning the championship, and any player who had won four or more doubles titles, to a presentation ceremony on Centre Court on Saturday, July 1. Each honouree was presented with a crystal plate, engraved with their name, by the President of the Lawn Tennis Association, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester. Those who attended were (in order of presentation): Singles champion Andre Agassi; Doubles champions: Ken McGregor, Bob Hewitt, Ken Fletcher, Tony Roche, Rosie Casals, Owen Davidson, Frew McMillan, Peter Fleming, Pam Shriver, Helena Suková, Natasha Zvereva, Gigi Fernández; Singles finalists: Henry "Bunny" Austin, Kurt Nielsen, Ken Rosewall, Darlene Hard, Fred Stolle, Hana MandlÃÂková, Goran Ivanià ¡eviÃÂ; Singles champions: Sidney Wood, Pauline Betz, Bob Falkenburg, Ted Schroeder, John "Budge" Patty, Richard "Dick" Savitt, Frank Sedgman, Elias "Vic" Seixas, Jaroslav Drobný, Marion "Tony" Trabert, Shirley Fry Irvin, Ashley Cooper, Maria Bueno, Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo, Neale Fraser, Angela Mortimer, Rod Laver, Margaret Smith Court, Roy Emerson, Billie Jean King, Manuel Santana, John Newcombe, Ann Jones, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Stan Smith, Jan Kodeà ¡, Chris Evert, Björn Borg, Virginia Wade, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Patrick "Pat" Cash, Steffi Graf, Stefan Edberg, Michael Stich, Conchita MartÃÂnez, Jana Novotná and Lindsay Davenport. Andre Agassi was presented first in order to accommodate his match schedule. Other attendees were then presented with their commemoration later in the same day in the Royal Box: Doubles champions: Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge; Singles finalist: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario; and Singles champions: Martina Hingis and Pete Sampras. Several post war champions were absent, but the only champions from the open era (post 1968) not to attend were Jimmy Connors and Richard Krajicek. Both Ilie NÃÂstase and Ivan Lendl were also invited as two-time singles finalist, but did not attend. The inclusion of singles finalists and the exclusion of doubles champions who had not won at least four titles was mildly controversial, with Frew McMillan bemoaning to BBC Radio that his two-time mixed doubles championship partner Betty Stöve had not been invited, despite the Dutch woman holding three Wimbledon doubles titles and having reached the singles final once; whereas Hana MandlÃÂková and Goran Ivanià ¡eviàboth attended, neither one of whom had ever won a Wimbledon title of any kind prior to Wimbledon 2000.
The total prize money for 2000 championships was ã8,056,480. The winner of the men's title earned ã477,500 while the women's singles champion earned ã430,000.
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Pete Sampras defeated Patrick Rafter, 6âÂÂ7<sup>(10-12)</sup>, 7âÂÂ6<sup>(7-5)</sup>, 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ2
Venus Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport, 6âÂÂ3, 7âÂÂ6<sup>(7-3)</sup>
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle, 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ4, 6âÂÂ1
Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama, 6âÂÂ3, 6âÂÂ2
Donald Johnson / Kimberly Po defeated Lleyton Hewitt / Kim Clijsters, 6âÂÂ4, 7âÂÂ6<sup>(7-3)</sup>
Nicolas Mahut defeated Mario AnÃÂiÃÂ, 3âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ3, 7âÂÂ5
MarÃÂa Emilia Salerni defeated Tatiana Perebiynis, 6âÂÂ4, 7âÂÂ5
Dominique Coene / Kristof Vliegen defeated Andrew Banks / Benjamin Riby, 6âÂÂ3, 1âÂÂ6, 6âÂÂ3
Ioana GaÃÂpar / Tatiana Perebiynis defeated Dája Bedáà Âová / MarÃÂa Emilia Salerni, 7âÂÂ6<sup>(7-2)</sup>, 6âÂÂ3