2000 Paris Masters – Singles

2000 Paris Masters RUS Marat Safin AUS Mark Philippoussis 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8) 48 (6 Q Qualifiers / 3 LL Lucky losers / 3 WC Wild cards) 16 singles doubles Paris Open 2000 Paris Masters Marat Safin defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final, 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8) to win the singles tennis title at the 2000 Paris Masters. With the win, Safin became the world No. 1 for the first time.PLUS: TENNIS; Bloodied Safin Wins Paris Masters https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/20/sports/plus-tennis-bloodied-safin-wins-paris-masters.html 17 March 2025 The New York Times 20 November 2000Safin wins Paris epic https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/1031438.stm 17 March 2025 BBC Sport 19 November 2000Ilic Jovica Paris 2000: Marat Safin topples Mark Philippoussis in a marathon final https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/ATP_Tennis/49341/paris-2000-marat-safin-topples-mark-philippoussis-in-a-marathon-final-/ 17 March 2025 Tennis World 21 November 2017 Andre Agassi was the reigning champion, but did not participate. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em BRA Gustavo Kuerten (semifinals) RUS Marat Safin (champion) SWE Magnus Norman (second round) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round) AUS Lleyton Hewitt (withdrew) USA Andre Agassi (withdrew) SWE Thomas Enqvist (second round) ESP Álex Corretja (quarterfinals) GBR Tim Henman (second round) RSA Wayne Ferreira (third round) ARG Franco Squillari (second round) ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero (semifinals) AUS Mark Philippoussis (final) FRA Cédric Pioline (second round) AUS Patrick Rafter (third round) FRA Sébastien Grosjean (third round) Draw Finals 3/3/5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 6 7 ESP Albert Costa 4 5 13 AUS Mark Philippoussis 4 6 77 Q GER David Prinosil 6 4 63 12 ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero 6 610 7 FRA Fabrice Santoro 4 712 5 8 ESP Àlex Corretja 65 3 2 RUS Marat Safin 77 6 1 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 65 611 13 AUS Mark Philippoussis 77 713 12 ESP Juan Carlos Ferrero 2 2 2 RUS Marat Safin 6 6 13 AUS Mark Philippoussis 6 67 4 6 68 2 RUS Marat Safin 3 79 6 3 710 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Q USA C Woodruff 4 7 6   CZE J Novák 6 5 3 WC FRA J Boutter 6 65 6   ZIM B Black 4 77 4 Q USA A O'Brien 5 3     ESP Á Costa 7 6     SVK K Kučera 6 5 66 LL ITA G Pozzi 4 7 78 1 BRA G Kuerten 6 77   Q USA C Woodruff 3 60   WC FRA J Boutter 3 2   15 AUS P Rafter 6 6   9 GBR T Henman 4 4     ESP Á Costa 6 6   LL ITA G Pozzi 6 1 77 7 SWE T Enqvist 2 6 65 1 BRA G Kuerten 6 77   15 AUS P Rafter 4 64     ESP Á Costa 6 6   LL ITA G Pozzi 2 4   1 BRA G Kuerten 6 7     ESP Á Costa 4 5   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA J Golmard 2 1r   Q SWE M Gustafsson 6 2     SUI R Federer 6 2 2   SVK D Hrbatý 4 6 6 Q GER D Prinosil 6 6     ARG G Gaudio 2 1     USA M Chang 6 7   WC FRA A Di Pasquale 2 5   4 RUS Y Kafelnikov 77 6   Q SWE M Gustafsson 65 4     SVK D Hrbatý 6 61 61 13 AUS M Philippoussis 1 77 77 11 ARG F Squillari 3 3   Q GER D Prinosil 6 6     USA M Chang 65 6 6 LL ISR H Levy 77 4 4 4 RUS Y Kafelnikov 4 2   13 AUS M Philippoussis 6 6   Q GER D Prinosil 4 78 6   USA M Chang 6 66 4 13 AUS M Philippoussis 4 6 77 Q GER D Prinosil 6 4 63 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ROM A Pavel 1r       USA J-M Gambill 4       ARG M Puerta 4r       ECU N Lapentti 5       ESP F Vicente 4 77 3   SUI M Rosset 6 63 6   FRA F Santoro 64 6 6   ESP C Moyà 77 4 3 LL FRA S Huet 3 5     USA J-M Gambill 6 7     ECU N Lapentti 5 6 3 12 ESP J C Ferrero 7 3 6 14 FRA C Pioline 5 5     SUI M Rosset 7 7     FRA F Santoro 6 6   3 SWE M Norman 2 4     USA J-M Gambill 6 5 4 12 ESP J C Ferrero 4 7 6   SUI M Rosset 4 6 63   FRA F Santoro 6 3 77 12 ESP J C Ferrero 6 610 7   FRA F Santoro 4 712 5 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA A Clément 77 7     GBR G Rusedski 65 5     FRA N Escudé 6 3 4   BLR M Mirnyi 3 6 6   GER T Haas 7 6   Q BEL C Rochus 5 4   WC FRA M Llodra 4 63   Q SUI G Bastl 6 77   8 ESP Á Corretja 6 62 6   FRA A Clément 2 77 3   BLR M Mirnyi 4 6 4 10 RSA W Ferreira 6 2 6 16 FRA S Grosjean 7 6     GER T Haas 5 4   Q SUI G Bastl 5 4   2 RUS M Safin 7 6   8 ESP Á Corretja 6 6   10 RSA W Ferreira 3 4   16 FRA S Grosjean 2 64   2 RUS M Safin 6 77   8 ESP Á Corretja 65 3   2 RUS M Safin 77 6   Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em GER David Prinosil (qualified) ITA Gianluca Pozzi (qualifying competition, lucky loser) SWE Thomas Johansson (first round) ISR Harel Levy (qualifying competition, lucky loser) SWE Magnus Gustafsson (qualified) BEL Olivier Rochus (first round, withdrew) CHI Nicolás Massú (first round, withdrew) CZE Jiří Vaněk (qualifying competition) BEL Christophe Rochus (qualified) CZE Bohdan Ulihrach (qualifying competition) USA Chris Woodruff (qualified) AUS Wayne Arthurs (first round) Qualifiers 30em GER David Prinosil USA Chris Woodruff SUI George Bastl BEL Christophe Rochus SWE Magnus Gustafsson USA Alex O'Brien Lucky losers 30em ITA Gianluca Pozzi ISR Harel Levy FRA Stéphane Huet Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 GER David Prinosil 5 6 7 FRA Cyril Saulnier 7 4 5 FRA Stéphane Huet 6 79 12 AUS Wayne Arthurs 4 67 1 GER David Prinosil 6 6 FRA Stéphane Huet 1 2 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 ITA Gianluca Pozzi 6 6 WC FRA Sébastien de Chaunac 3 1 ARM Sargis Sargsian 2 6 1 11 USA Chris Woodruff 6 3 6 2 ITA Gianluca Pozzi 6 3 2 11 USA Chris Woodruff 2 6 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 SWE Thomas Johansson 6 3 63 SUI George Bastl 3 6 77 WC FRA Nicolas Mahut 66 3 10 CZE Bohdan Ulihrach 78 6 SUI George Bastl 6 6 10 CZE Bohdan Ulihrach 4 2 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 ISR Harel Levy 77 6 FR Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić 65 3 FRA Jean-François Bachelot 3 4 9 BEL Christophe Rochus 6 6 4 ISR Harel Levy 65 1 9 BEL Christophe Rochus 77 6 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 SWE Magnus Gustafsson 6 3 CRO Goran Ivanišević 1 0r WC FRA Julien Benneteau 78 2 67 8 CZE Jiří Vaněk 66 6 79 5 SWE Magnus Gustafsson 6 6 8 CZE Jiří Vaněk 2 3 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 BEL Olivier Rochus USA Alex O'Brien w/o WC FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu w/o 7 CHI Nicolás Massú USA Alex O'Brien 77 6 WC FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu 62 3 References External links Main draw (ATP) Qualifying draw (ATP) ITF tournament profile Singles