2000 Gelsor Open Romania

2000 Gelsor Open Romania 11–17 September 8th ATP International Series 2 32S / 16D $375,000 Clay / outdoor Bucharest, Romania Arenele BNR ESP Joan Balcells2000 Bucharest – Singles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/bucharest/773/2000/draws?matchType=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ESP Alberto Martín / ISR Eyal Ran2000 Bucharest – Doubles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/bucharest/773/2000/draws?matchType=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Romanian Open 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 SeedARGMariano Puerta181MARKarim Alami332AUTStefan Koubek453ESPFrancisco Clavet464SWEMagnus Gustafsson525ESPAlberto Martín626ESPAlbert Portas707ESPÁlex Calatrava738 1 Rankings were as of August 28, 2000. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: ROU Ionuț Moldovan ROU Dinu Pescariu ROU Răzvan Sabău The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: GER Marc-Kevin Goellner GER Jakub Herm-Zahlava GER Michael Kohlmann BRA Alexandre Simoni Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedESPTomás CarbonellARGMartín García701ARGPablo AlbanoARGLucas Arnold Ker902RUSAndrei OlhovskiyCZECyril Suk963RSAChris HaggardBELTom Vanhoudt1174 Rankings were as of August 28, 2000. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: ROU Ionuț Moldovan / ROU Dinu Pescariu ROU Gabriel Moraru / RUS Serguei Novosselov HUN Sándor Noszály / ROU Răzvan Sabău Finals Singles 2000 Gelsor Open Romania – Singles ESP Joan Balcells defeated GER Markus Hantschk 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1) It was Balcells' only title of the year and also of his career.Safin is still on his game https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-18-sp-22906-story.html Los Angeles Times 18 September 2000 Doubles 2000 Gelsor Open Romania – Doubles ESP Alberto Martín / ISR Eyal Ran defeated USA Devin Bowen / ARG 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 External links ITF tournament edition details Gelsor Open Romania Category:Romanian Open Category:2000 in Romanian tennis Category:September 2000 sports events in Europe