2000 Gelsor Open Romania
| 2000 Gelsor Open Romania | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11–17 September | 
| Edition | 8th | 
| Category | ATP International Series 2 | 
| Draw | 32S / 16D | 
| Prize money | $375,000 | 
| Surface | Clay / outdoor | 
| Location | Bucharest, Romania | 
| Venue | Arenele BNR | 
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
|  Joan Balcells[1] | |
| Doubles | |
|  Alberto Martín  /  Eyal Ran[2] | |
The 2000 Gelsor Open Romania was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest in Romania and was part of the International Series of the 2000 ATP Tour. It was the eighth and final edition of the tournament and was held from 11 September through 17 September 2000. Unseeded Joan Balcells won the singles title.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  ARG | Mariano Puerta | 18 | 1 | 
|  MAR | Karim Alami | 33 | 2 | 
|  AUT | Stefan Koubek | 45 | 3 | 
|  ESP | Francisco Clavet | 46 | 4 | 
|  SWE | Magnus Gustafsson | 52 | 5 | 
|  ESP | Alberto Martín | 62 | 6 | 
|  ESP | Albert Portas | 70 | 7 | 
|  ESP | Álex Calatrava | 73 | 8 | 
- 1 Rankings were as of August 28, 2000.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  ESP | Tomás Carbonell |  ARG | Martín García | 70 | 1 | 
|  ARG | Pablo Albano |  ARG | Lucas Arnold Ker | 90 | 2 | 
|  RUS | Andrei Olhovskiy |  CZE | Cyril Suk | 96 | 3 | 
|  RSA | Chris Haggard | .svg.png) BEL | Tom Vanhoudt | 117 | 4 | 
- Rankings were as of August 28, 2000.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 Ionuț Moldovan / Ionuț Moldovan / Dinu Pescariu Dinu Pescariu
 Gabriel Moraru / Gabriel Moraru / Serguei Novosselov Serguei Novosselov
 Sándor Noszály / Sándor Noszály / Răzvan Sabău Răzvan Sabău
Finals
Singles
 Joan Balcells defeated
 Joan Balcells defeated  Markus Hantschk 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
 Markus Hantschk 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1) 
- It was Balcells' only title of the year and also of his career.[3]
Doubles
 Alberto Martín /
 Alberto Martín /  Eyal Ran defeated
 Eyal Ran defeated  Devin Bowen /
 Devin Bowen /  Mariano Hood 7–6(7–4), 6–1
 Mariano Hood 7–6(7–4), 6–1 
- It was Martín's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career (singles and doubles combined). It was Ran's only title of the year and the also of his career.
References
- ^ "2000 Bucharest – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "2000 Bucharest – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "Safin is still on his game". Los Angeles Times. 18 September 2000.
