Australian Open Melbourne, Australia January 17-30, 2000 128 Draw Surface - Hard Singles Seeds: (cut: Nicklas Kulti - 119) 1. Andre Agassi 2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3. Pete Sampras 4. Nicolas Kiefer 5. Gustavo Kuerten 6. Thomas Enqvist 7. Nicolas Lapentti 8. Todd Martin 9. Richard Krajicek 10. Tommy Haas 11. Tim Henman 12. Magnus Norman 13. Cedric Pioline 14. Karol Kucera 15. Albert Costa 16. Mark Philippoussis First Round (1)Andre Agassi d. Mariano Puerta 6-2 6-2 6-3 Sjeng Schalken d. Galo Blanco 7-6(8) 6-4 7-6(2) Mariano Zabaleta d. Felix Mantilla 6-1 5-7 6-3 7-6(5) (WC)Todd Woodbridge d. Jan Siemerink 6-4 6-1 6-3 Andrew Ilie d. Jeff Tarango 6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 Jiri Novak d. Markus Hipfl 6-3 4-6 6-3 5-7 6-2 (q)Raemon Sluiter d. Andrea Gaudenzi 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 13-11 (16)Mark Philippoussis d. (q)Noam Okun 6-4 6-2 2-6 3-6 6-2 (9)Richard Krajicek d. Fabrice Santoro 6-1 6-2 7-5 Nicolas Escude d. Jim Courier 6-7(4) 6-3 7-5 6-1 (q)Leander Paes d. (WC)Dejan Petrovic 6-2 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Andreas Vinciguerra d. Hernan Gumy 7-6(2) 6-1 6-1 (q)Fredrik Jonsson d. Jacobo Diaz 4-6 4-6 6-2 7-5 6-3 Hicham Arazi d. Julian Alonso 6-3 7-6(6) 6-2 Fernando Vicente d. Alberto Berasategui 6-0 6-2 6-2 (8)Todd Martin d. Byron Black 5-7 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 8-6 (3)Pete Sampras d. Wayne Arthurs 6-4 7-5 6-4 Mikael Tillstrom d. Sebastien Lareau 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-1 Marc Rosset d. (LL)Jamie Delgado 7-6(0) 6-3 7-6(3) [Delgado replaces Carlos Moya] (q)Wayne Black d. Jan-Michael Gambill 7-6(3) 6-1 6-4 [Black takes Magnus Gustafsson's spot] Franco Squillari d. (WC)Joseph Sirianni 6-3 6-2 6-1 (WC)Mark Woodforde d. (q)Davide Sanguinetti 6-3 6-4 7-6(4) Slava Dosedel d. (q)Julien Boutter 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3 7-5 Paradorn Srichaphan d. (14)Karol Kucera 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-3 (11)Tim Henman d. Jerome Golmard 6-7(3) 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(7) Rainer Schuttler d. Juan Antonio Marin 6-3 6-3 6-3 (WC)Michael Hill d. Bernd Karbacher 6-4 6-2 6-2 Sebastien Grosjean d. (WC)Goichi Motomura 6-3 6-3 6-2 (WC)James Sekulov d. Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(5) 4-6 4-6 7-5 6-0 Chris Woodruff d. Martin Damm 6-3 7-6(3) 6-3 Axel Pretzsch d. (q)Alex O'Brien 7-6(1) 6-2 6-1 Richard Fromberg d. (6)Thomas Enqvist 6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 3-6 10-8 Albert Portas d. (5)Gustavo Kuerten 4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6(8) 6-4 Adrian Voinea d. Vince Spadea 7-6(1) 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 Lleyton Hewitt d. Paul Goldstein 6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4 Alex Corretja d. Sargis Sargsian 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4 Jonas Bjorkman d. Jason Stoltenberg 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 0-6 6-4 (q)Jiri Vanek d. Peter Wessels 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-6(5) Gianluca Pozzi d. Tomas Zib 6-3 7-6(7) 6-7(5) 6-1 (12)Magnus Norman d. Cecil Mamiit 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-3 Goran Ivanisevic d. (13)Cedric Pioline 6-4 2-6 7-5 1-6 9-7 Francisco Clavet d. Dominik Hrbaty 3-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(3) Wayne Ferreira d. George Bastl 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-6(2) Thomas Johansson d. Nicklas Kulti 6-1 6-2 6-4 (q)Mickael Llodra d. Gaston Gaudio 6-3 6-3 6-2 Karim Alami d. Lorenzo Manta 6-4 7-6(5) 7-5 Tomas Behrend d. Fernando Meligeni 6-2 4-6 6-7(5) 6-3 6-0 (4)Nicolas Kiefer d. Guillermo Canas 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 (7)Nicolas Lapentti d. Andrei Medvedev 6-3 5-7 6-7(2) 6-4 8-6 Arnaud Clement d. John van Lottum 7-6(2) 6-4 ret. Jan Kroslak d. Alex Lopez-Moron 6-1 3-6 6-3 7-5 Roger Federer d. Michael Chang 6-4 6-4 7-6(5) Juan Carlos Ferrero d. (WC)Scott Draper 7-6(3) 6-3 7-6(3) Laurence Tieleman d. Alberto Martin 6-2 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 6-3 Younes El Aynaoui d. (q)Arvind Parmar 6-7(8) 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3 6-1 (10)Tommy Haas d. (q)Cyril Saulnier 7-6(2) 6-4 4-6 6-2 (q)Christophe Rochus d. (15)Albert Costa 6-3 6-7(8) 6-4 6-3 (q)Kevin Ullyett d. (LL)Michal Tabara 6-1 7-6(6) 4-6 6-1 Anthony Dupuis d. Martin Rodriguez 6-4 6-4 7-6(4) Max Mirnyi d. Ronald Agenor 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-3 6-3 Stefan Koubek d. (q)Rodolphe Cadart 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-4 (q)Grant Stafford d. Marat Safin 7-6(4) 6-4 6-1 Daniel Vacek d. Orlin Stanoytchev 1-6 7-6(4) 7-6(11) 6-2 (2)Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Jens Knippschild 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 6-2 Second Round (1)Andre Agassi d. Sjeng Schalken 7-5 6-0 6-3 Mariano Zabaleta d. (WC)Todd Woodbridge 7-6(6) 4-6 6-1 6-4 Andrew Ilie d. Jiri Novak 6-3 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-4 (16)Mark Philippoussis d. (q)Raemon Sluiter 6-1 2-6 7-6(4) 6-1 Nicolas Escude d. (9)Richard Krajicek 2-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 Andreas Vinciguerra d. (q)Leander Paes 7-6(3) 6-4 6-3 Hicham Arazi d. (q)Fredrik Jonsson 6-3 6-4 6-4 Fernando Vicente d. (8)Todd Martin 6-4 2-6 3-6 6-3 7-5 (3)Pete Sampras d. Mikael Tillstrom 6-3 7-6(6) 6-1 (q)Wayne Black d. Marc Rosset 6-1 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 Franco Squillari d. (WC)Mark Woodforde 6-4 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 Slava Dosedel d. Paradorn Srichaphan 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-1 (11)Tim Henman d. Rainer Schuttler 6-2 4-1 ret. Sebastien Grosjean d. (WC)Michael Hill 4-6 6-1 7-6(3) 6-0 Chris Woodruff d. (WC)James Sekulov 6-3 6-2 6-2 Richard Fromberg d. Axel Pretzsch 7-6(6) 7-6(6) 6-4 Adrian Voinea d. Albert Portas 6-2 6-1 6-3 Lleyton Hewitt d. Alex Corretja 6-0 6-0 6-1 Jonas Bjorkman d. (q)Jiri Vanek 6-4 3-6 6-4 7-6(4) (12)Magnus Norman d. Gianluca Pozzi 6-4 6-3 6-4 Francisco Clavet d. Goran Ivanisevic 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2 Wayne Ferreira d. Thomas Johansson 6-3 6-2 6-7(2) 4-6 6-2 Karim Alami d. (q)Mickael Llodra 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 (4)Nicolas Kiefer d. Tomas Behrend 7-6(5) 6-0 6-2 Arnaud Clement d. (7)Nicolas Lapentti 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2 4-1 ret. Roger Federer d. Jan Kroslak 7-6(1) 6-2 6-3 Juan Carlos Ferrero d. Laurence Tieleman 7-6(5) 6-4 5-7 6-7(5) 6-4 Younes El Aynaoui d. (10)Tommy Haas 7-5 6-3 6-3 (q)Christophe Rochus d. (q)Kevin Ullyett 6-4 6-4 6-3 Max Mirnyi d. Anthony Dupuis 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 7-6(5) 7-6(5) Stefan Koubek d. (q)Grant Stafford 5-7 7-5 2-6 6-2 6-3 (2)Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Daniel Vacek 6-3 6-0 6-1 Third Round (1)Andre Agassi d. Mariano Zabaleta 6-4 6-4 6-2 (16)Mark Philippoussis d. Andrew Ilie 6-4 7-6(4) 6-1 Nicolas Escude d. Andreas Vinciguerra 6-4 6-4 6-3 Hicham Arazi d. Fernando Vicente 6-3 6-3 6-2 (3)Pete Sampras d. (q)Wayne Black 6-7(9) 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-3 Slava Dosedel d. Franco Squillari 7-5 6-2 6-3 (11)Tim Henman d. Sebastien Grosjean 6-1 6-4 4-6 7-6(6) Chris Woodruff d. Richard Fromberg 6-1 6-4 7-6(6) Lleyton Hewitt d. Adrian Voinea 6-2 7-5 6-3 (12)Magnus Norman d. Jonas Bjorkman 6-4 6-4 7-6(8) Wayne Ferreira d. Francisco Clavet 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 (4)Nicolas Kiefer d. Karim Alami 6-3 6-4 6-2 Arnaud Clement d. Roger Federer 6-1 6-4 6-3 Younes El Aynaoui d. Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6(3) 4-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 (q)Christophe Rochus d. Max Mirnyi 3-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(2) (2)Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Stefan Koubek 6-3 6-3 6-4 Fourth Round (1)Andre Agassi d. (16)Mark Philippoussis 6-4 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3 Hicham Arazi d. Nicolas Escude 6-4 6-3 7-6(7) (3)Pete Sampras d. Slava Dosedel 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-1 Chris Woodruff d. (11)Tim Henman 7-5 1-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 (12)Magnus Norman d. Lleyton Hewitt 6-3 6-1 7-6(6) (4)Nicolas Kiefer d. Wayne Ferreira 6-3 6-4 6-2 Younes El Aynaoui d. Arnaud Clement 3-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 10-8 (2)Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. (q)Christophe Rochus 6-1 6-3 7-5 Quarterfinals (1)Andre Agassi d. Hicham Arazi 6-4 6-4 6-2 (3)Pete Sampras d. Chris Woodruff 7-5 6-3 6-3 (12)Magnus Norman d. (4)Nicolas Kiefer 3-6 6-3 6-1 7-6(4) (2)Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Younes El Aynaoui 6-0 6-3 7-6(4) Semifinals (1)Andre Agassi d. (3)Pete Sampras 6-4 3-6 6-7(0) 7-6(3) 6-1 (2)Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. (12)Magnus Norman 6-1 6-2 6-4 Finals (1)Andre Agassi d. (2)Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 Doubles Seeds: (cut: Kilderry/Silcock - 284) 1. Sebastien Lareau/Leander Paes 2. Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde 3. Jonas Bjorkman/Byron Black 4. Jared Palmer/Alex O'Brien 5. Ellis Ferreira/Rick Leach 6. David Adams/John-Laffnie de Jager 7. Jeff Tarango/Daniel Vacek 8. Wayne Black/Andrew Kratzmann 9. Olivier Delaitre/Fabrice Santoro 10. Piet Norval/Kevin Ullyett 11. Jiri Novak/David Rikl 12. Nicklas Kulti/Mikael Tillstrom 13. Donald Johnson/Cyril Suk WD 14. Martin Damm/Max Mirnyi 15. Wayne Ferreira/Yevgeny Kafelnikov 16. David MacPherson/Peter Nyborg First Round Geoff Grant/Jack Waite d. (1)Sebastien Lareau/Leander Paes 7-6(5) 2-6 7-5 Marius Barnard/Chris Haggard d. Albero Martin/Martin Rodriguez 6-4 6-4 Dominik Hrbaty/Eric Taino d. (WC)Luke Jensen/Murphy Jensen 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 (16)David MacPherson/Peter Nyborg d. Neil Broad/Roger Federer 6-4 7-6(4) (10)Piet Norval/Kevin Ullyett d. Wayne Arthurs/Juan Balcells 7-6(2) 7-6(2) Lleyton Hewitt/Sandon Stolle d. Patrick Galbraith/Brian MacPhie 7-6(3) 6-4 Michael Hill/Marcos Ondruska d. (WC)Christopher Rae/Sebastian Swierk 6-4 6-7(0) 6-3 (8)Wayne Black/Andrew Kratzmann d. Fernando Meligeni/Cristiano Testa 7-6(7) 6-4 (4)Jared Palmer/Alex O'Brien d. Petr Pala/Pavel Vizner 6-3 6-2 Thomas Shimada/Myles Wakefield d. Alberto Berasategui/Francisco Roig 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 Jan-Michael Gambill/Scott Humphries d. Massimo Bertolini/Cristian Brandi 7-5 6-3 Paul Kilderry/Grant Silcock d. (ALT)Tim Crichton/Todd Perry 0-6 7-5 6-3 [Crichton/Perry replace Johnson/Suk] (11)Jiri Novak/David Rikl d. (WC)Ashley Fisher/Steven Randjelovic 6-7(9) 6-2 6-4 Alex Lopez-Moron/Albert Portas d. Martin Garcia/Mariano Puerta 7-6(5) 6-4 Simon Aspelin/Johan Landsberg d. Mariano Hood/Sebastian Prieto 6-2 3-6 6-3 (6)David Adams/John-Laffnie de Jager d. James Greenhalgh/Michael Kohlmann 7-5 7-6(6) (5)Ellis Ferreira/Rick Leach d. Goran Ivanisevic/Mark Keil 6-3 6-4 Lan Bale/Grant Stafford d. Adam Peterson/Michael Sell 6-3 7-6(5) (WC)Mark Draper/Scott Draper d. Jaime Oncins/Daniel Orsanic 7-6(6) 6-4 (12)Nicklas Kulti/Mikael Tillstrom d. Noam Behr/Eyal Ran 7-5 3-6 6-1 (14)Martin Damm/Max Mirnyi d. Paul Goldstein/Mitch Sprengelmeyer 7-6(5) 6-4 (WC)Paul Hanley/Nathan Healey d. (WC)Andrew Ilie/Joseph Sirianni 6-1 6-2 Joshua Eagle/Andrew Florent d. Mark Knowles/Nenad Zimonjic 6-3 5-7 6-4 (3)Jonas Bjorkman/Byron Black d. Guillermo Canas/Diego Del Rio 6-3 6-4 Andrei Olhovskiy/Jan Siemerink d. (7)Jeff Tarango/Daniel Vacek 6-7(3) 6-1 6-3 Nuno Marques/Tom Vanhoudt d. Aleksandar Kitinov/Lorenzo Manta 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 Robbie Koenig/Peter Tramacchi d. Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 6-4 4-6 7-5 Ben Ellwood/Michael Tebbutt d. (9)Olivier Delaitre/Fabrice Santoro 6-3 7-6(6) (15)Wayne Ferreira/Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Juan Ignacio Carrasco/Jairo Velasco 4-6 6-3 6-3 Brandon Coupe/Dusan Vemic d. Nebojsa Djordjevic/Marat Safin 7-5 6-4 Devin Bowen/Alejandro Hernandez d. Mark Merklein/Francisco Montana 7-6(5) 6-3 (2)Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde d. Jeff Coetzee/Brent Haygarth 7-6(4) 6-3 Second Round Marius Barnard/Chris Haggard d. Geoff Grant/Jack Waite 5-7 6-2 10-8 (16)David MacPherson/Peter Nyborg d. Dominik Hrbaty/Eric Taino 6-4 6-4 Lleyton Hewitt/Sandon Stolle d. (10)Piet Norval/Kevin Ullyett 7-5 6-7(4) 6-4 (8)Wayne Black/Andrew Kratzmann d. Michael Hill/Marcos Ondruska 1-6 7-5 6-3 (4)Jared Palmer/Alex O'Brien d. Thomas Shimada/Myles Wakefield 6-3 6-4 Jan-Michael Gambill/Scott Humphries d. Paul Kilderry/Grant Silcock 6-0 6-4 (11)Jiri Novak/David Rikl d. Alex Lopez-Moron/Albert Portas 6-3 6-0 Simon Aspelin/Johan Landsberg d. (6)David Adams/John-Laffnie de Jager 7-6(4) 4-6 10-8 (5)Ellis Ferreira/Rick Leach d. Lan Bale/Grant Stafford 6-3 3-6 7-5 (12)Nicklas Kulti/Mikael Tillstrom d. (WC)Mark Draper/Scott Draper 6-3 4-6 6-1 (14)Martin Damm/Max Mirnyi d. (WC)Paul Hanley/Nathan Healey 7-6(5) 6-4 Joshua Eagle/Andrew Florent d. (3)Jonas Bjorkman/Byron Black 5-7 6-4 6-2 Nuno Marques/Tom Vanhoudt d. Andrei Olhovskiy/Jan Siemerink 7-6(8) 6-7(5) 6-1 Ben Ellwood/Michael Tebbutt d. Robbie Koenig/Peter Tramacchi 7-6(5) 6-2 (15)Wayne Ferreira/Yevgeny Kafelnikov d. Brandon Coupe/Dusan Vemic 6-4 6-3 (2)Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde d. Devin Bowen/Alejandro Hernandez 6-2 6-2 Third Round Marius Barnard/Chris Haggard d. (16)David MacPherson/Peter Nyborg 6-3 2-6 6-4 (8)Wayne Black/Andrew Kratzmann d. Lleyton Hewitt/Sandon Stolle 6-4 6-4 (4)Jared Palmer/Alex O'Brien d. Jan-Michael Gambill/Scott Humphries 3-6 6-2 9-7 (11)Jiri Novak/David Rikl d. Simon Aspelin/Johan Landsberg 4-6 6-2 8-6 (5)Ellis Ferreira/Rick Leach d. (12)Nicklas Kulti/Mikael Tillstrom 6-3 6-3 Joshua Eagle/Andrew Florent d. (14)Martin Damm/Max Mirnyi 2-6 7-6(5) 6-2 Nuno Marques/Tom Vanhoudt d. Ben Ellwood/Michael Tebbutt 3-6 6-3 6-4 (2)Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde d. (15)Wayne Ferreira/Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-3 4-6 6-3 Quarterfinals (8)Wayne Black/Andrew Kratzmann d. Marius Barnard/Chris Haggard 3-6 7-6(7) 6-3 (4)Jared Palmer/Alex O'Brien d. (11)Jiri Novak/David Rikl 6-1 6-3 (5)Ellis Ferreira/Rick Leach d. Joshua Eagle/Andrew Florent 7-6(14) 5-7 7-5 (2)Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde d. Nuno Marques/Tom Vanhoudt 6-3 6-2 Semifinals (8)Wayne Black/Andrew Kratzmann d. (4)Jared Palmer/Alex O'Brien 7-6(6) 6-3 (5)Ellis Ferreira/Rick Leach d. (2)Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde 4-6 6-3 6-4 Finals (5)Ellis Ferreira/Rick Leach d. (8)Wayne Black/Andrew Kratzmann 6-4 3-6 6-3 3-6 18-16