France F15 - Open de Savoie 2000 - Trophée BMW Europe S.A. Aix-les-Bains, France July 24-30, 2000 Surface: Clay Main Draw : 32 Qualifying Draw: 64 $10,000 (Short Sets) Singles Seeds: (cut: Nicolas Guillaume - 1015) 1. Slimane Saoudi 2. Pablo Bianchi 3. Julien Benneteau 4. Gregory Girault 5. Thierry Ascione 6. Fabrice Betencourt 7. Benjamin Cassaigne 8. Jerome Haehnel First Round (1)Slimane Saoudi d. Domenic Marafiote 2-4 4-0 1-4 4-1 4-1 Benoit Foucher d. Julien Cassaigne 4-2 4-1 5-3 Roberto Alvarez d. (WC)Julien Mathieu 4-1 4-0 4-0 (8)Jerome Haehnel d. Ivo Klec 4-1 4-1 5-4(1) (4)Gregory Girault d. (WC)Christophe Deveaux 4-0 2-4 4-2 5-3 (q)Xavier Pujo d. (LL)Hayden Gibson 5-3 4-0 5-3 (q)Sylvain Charrier d. (q)Sylvain Mathias 1-4 0-4 4-1 4-1 4-1 (6)Fabrice Betencourt d. Francois Vatin 2-4 4-1 4-1 4-2 (5)Thierry Ascione d. Kamil Patel 4-1 4-2 4-2 Federico Cardinali d. (q)Francois Errard 3-0 ret. (q)Minh Dinh d. (q)Julien Maes 4-2 4-2 4-1 (3)(WC)Julien Benneteau d. (q)Yann Dupuy 1-4 4-2 4-1 4-2 (7)Benjamin Cassaigne d. (WC)Jordanne Doble 4-0 4-0 4-1 Franck Osvald d. Jeremy Delinbeuf 4-2 4-2 4-5(4) 4-0 Nicolas Guillaume d. (q)Nelson Parent 5-3 4-1 2-4 1-4 4-2 (2)Pablo Bianchi d. Leslie Demiliani 4-0 4-2 4-1 Second Round (1)Slimane Saoudi d. Benoit Foucher 4-1 4-5(5) 4-1 1-4 4-0 Roberto Alvarez d. (8)Jerome Haehnel 4-2 4-2 5-3 (q)Xavier Pujo d. (4)Gregory Girault 4-2 4-5(5) 4-2 4-1 (6)Fabrice Betencourt d. (q)Sylvain Charrier 2-4 5-4(4) 4-0 4-0 Federico Cardinali d. (5)Thierry Ascione 2-4 4-0 4-1 4-1 (3)(WC)Julien Benneteau d. (q)Minh Dinh 4-1 1-4 5-3 4-5(4) 5-4(3) Franck Osvald d. (7)Benjamin Cassaigne 4-2 4-1 4-2 (2)Pablo Bianchi d. Nicolas Guillaume 4-0 4-0 4-1 Quarterfinals (1)Slimane Saoudi d. Roberto Alvarez w/o (q)Xavier Pujo d. (6)Fabrice Betencourt 1-4 4-2 4-5(5) 4-1 4-1 (3)(WC)Julien Benneteau d. Federico Cardinali 4-2 4-2 4-1 (2)Pablo Bianchi d. Franck Osvald 4-2 4-2 4-0 Semifinals (q)Xavier Pujo d. (1)Slimane Saoudi 5-3 5-3 5-4(3) (2)Pablo Bianchi d. (3)(WC)Julien Benneteau 4-1 2-4 4-0 1-4 5-3 Finals (q)Xavier Pujo d. (2)Pablo Bianchi 4-2 5-4(3) 4-5(7) 5-3 Doubles Seeds: (cut: Martin/Tosas - 1428+NR) 1. Luke Bourgeois/Domenic Marafiote 2. Benjamin Cassaigne/Kamil Patel 3. Thierry Ascione/Jerome Haehnel 4. Robert Alvarez/Pablo Bianchi First Round (1)Luke Bourgeois/Domenic Marafiote d. Luis Fernando Garcia/Christian Kawas 5-3 5-4(5) 1-4 2-4 4-1 (q)Francesco Lleal/Oriol Pages d. Jacob Martin/David Tosas 5-4(5) 4-1 5-3 [Lleal/Pages replace (WC)Yann Dupuy/Emmanuel Vignaud] (3)Thierry Ascione/Jerome Haehnel d. Julien Cassaigne/Christophe Deveaux 4-2 4-0 4-2 (LL)Trevor Allan/Nicolas Berenguer d. (WC)Olivier Charroin/Thomas Michaud 5-3 5-4(5) 4-1 Jordanne Doble/Julien Maes d. Olivier Bouhamri/Xavier Pujo 5-3 5-4(0) 4-5(9) 1-4 5-4(2) (4)Robert Alvarez/Pablo Bianchi d. Peter Allott/Hayden Gibson 5-3 2-4 4-1 4-2 Sergi Duran/David Marrero d. (WC)Julien Mathieu/Franck Osvald 5-3 5-4(4) 4-2 (2)Benjamin Cassaigne/Kamil Patel d. Christophe Bosio/Leslie Demiliani 4-2 4-2 5-4(4) Quarterfinals (1)Luke Bourgeois/Domenic Marafiote d. (q)Francesco Lleal/Oriol Pages 4-1 5-4(3) 2-4 4-1 (3)Thierry Ascione/Jerome Haehnel d. (LL)Trevor Allan/Nicolas Berenguer 4-1 4-2 4-1 Jordanne Doble/Julien Maes d. (4)Robert Alvarez/Pablo Bianchi w/o Sergi Duran/David Marrero d. (2)Benjamin Cassaigne/Kamil Patel 2-4 5-4(4) 2-4 5-4(2) 4-2 Semifinals (1)Luke Bourgeois/Domenic Marafiote d. (3)Thierry Ascione/Jerome Haehnel 5-4(5) 4-0 0-4 1-4 4-1 Sergi Duran/David Marrero d. Jordanne Doble/Julien Maes w/o Finals (1)Luke Bourgeois/Domenic Marafiote d. Sergi Duran/David Marrero 5-4(5) 4-2 4-2