2000 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

Elena Likhovtseva and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but none of them competed this year. Novotná also retired from professional tennis at the end of the 1999 season.

Doubles
2000 Family Circle Cup
Final
Champions	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
Runners-up	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
Score	7–5, 6–3
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Main article: 2000 Family Circle Cup

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title by defeating Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini 7–5, 6–3 in the final. It was the 5th title for Ruano Pascual and the 13th title for Suárez in their respective doubles careers. It was also the 1st title for the pair during the season.

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1.   Corina Morariu /   Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
2.   Lisa Raymond /   Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
3.   Anna Kournikova /   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
4.   Nicole Arendt /   Caroline Vis (second round)
5.   Liezel Horn /   Kimberly Po (second round)
6.   Rita Grande /   Elena Likhovtseva (withdrew)
7.   Conchita Martínez /   Patricia Tarabini (final)
8.   Virginia Ruano Pascual /   Paola Suárez (champions)
9.   Florencia Labat /   Laura Montalvo (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Amanda Coetzer   Lori McNeil	4	4
	7	Conchita Martínez   Patricia Tarabini	6	6
								7	Conchita Martínez   Patricia Tarabini	5	3
								8	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	7	6
		Surina De Beer   Nana Miyagi	3	2
	8	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	C Morariu   L Neiland	6	7
		E deLone   N Pratt	7	3	6				E deLone   N Pratt	0	5
		N de Villiers   J Steck	5	6	4										1	C Morariu   L Neiland	6	3	1
		C Barclay   A Ellwood	1	1												A Coetzer   L McNeil	4	6	6
		Å Carlsson   S Jeyaseelan	6	6					Å Carlsson   S Jeyaseelan	4	6^6
		A Coetzer   L McNeil	6	6					A Coetzer   L McNeil	6	7^8
	9	F Labat   L Montalvo	4	1																			A Coetzer   L McNeil	4	4
																						7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6
								3	A Kournikova   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		A Kremer   M Tu	4	3					J Dokic   A Stevenson	0	3
		J Dokic   A Stevenson	6	6											3	A Kournikova   A Sánchez Vicario	4	2
		H Nagyová   M Serna	6	6											7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6
		H Parkinson   B Rippner	1	3					H Nagyová   M Serna	4	3
		J Kruger   T Snyder	2	2				7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6
	7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	L Horn   K Po	6	6
		T Pisnik   M Shaughnessy	3	3				5	L Horn   K Po	6^1	1
		S De Beer   N Miyagi	6	6					S De Beer   N Miyagi	7^7	6
	LL	K Brandi   J Hopkins	1	4												S De Beer   N Miyagi	6	6
		A Frazier   K Schlukebir	6	6												A Frazier   K Schlukebir	1	2
		P Nola   S Reeves	3	2					A Frazier   K Schlukebir	6^1	6	7^7
								4	N Arendt   C Vis	7^7	0	6^3
																							S De Beer   N Miyagi	3	2
	8	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	6																		8	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	6
		E Gagliardi   P Schnyder	2	1				8	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6^5	6	6
		R Hiraki   S Noorlander	6	6					R Hiraki   S Noorlander	7^7	1	3
		L Osterloh   M Washington	1	3											8	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	4	7^7
		R Dragomir   L Wild	6	4	3										2	L Raymond   R Stubbs	4	6	6^3
	Q	A Myskina   T Panova	4	6	6			Q	A Myskina   T Panova	3	1
								2	L Raymond   R Stubbs	6	6

External links

• Official results archive (ITF) 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Official results archive (WTA)