ATP Japan Open 2000 Draw, Results & Schedule

Sjeng Schalken won the 2000 Japan Open, defeating Nicolas Lapentti 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played on hard courts in Tokyo, Japan, from October 9 to October 15, 2000. The match log contains 55 recorded singles results for this edition.

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Champion
Sjeng Schalken
def. Nicolas Lapentti , 6-4 3-6 6-1
Dates
Oct 9 — Oct 15
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Category
ATP 250
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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Japan Open 2000 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Sjeng Schalken #51 6-4 3-6 6-1 Nicolas Lapentti #16 H2H Match data Oct 15, 2000* F
SF (2)
Nicolas Lapentti #16 6-3 6-4 Dominik Hrbaty #33 H2H Match data Oct 14, 2000* SF
Sjeng Schalken #51 4-6 6-3 7-6(7) Hicham Arazi #41 H2H Match data Oct 14, 2000* SF
QF (4)
Hicham Arazi #41 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2 Wayne Black #114 H2H Match data Oct 14, 2000* QF
Nicolas Lapentti #16 6-2 6-2 Byron Black #32 H2H Match data Oct 14, 2000* QF
Dominik Hrbaty #33 6-7(6) 6-2 3-0 (ret.) Gustavo Kuerten #3 H2H Match data Oct 14, 2000* QF Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Sjeng Schalken #51 6-2 6-3 Mark Philippoussis #14 H2H Match data Oct 14, 2000* QF
R16 (8)
Mark Philippoussis #14 7-6(7) 6-4 Yong Il Yoon #205 H2H Match data Oct 13, 2000* R16
Nicolas Lapentti #16 4-6 7-5 7-6(4) Jonas Bjorkman #59 H2H Match data Oct 13, 2000* R16
Wayne Black #114 7-6(5) 6-3 Harel Levy #64 H2H Match data Oct 13, 2000* R16
Dominik Hrbaty #33 6-4 6-4 Karol Kucera #71 H2H Match data Oct 13, 2000* R16
Hicham Arazi #41 6-4 6-2 Eric Taino #304 H2H Match data Oct 13, 2000* R16
Sjeng Schalken #51 6-2 6-2 Cecil Mamiit #130 H2H Match data Oct 13, 2000* R16
Gustavo Kuerten #3 3-6 6-3 6-4 Andrea Gaudenzi #103 H2H Match data Oct 13, 2000* R16
Byron Black #32 6-2 6-3 Kalle Flygt #417 H2H Match data Oct 13, 2000* R16
R32 (16)
Cecil Mamiit #130 7-5 6-4 Michael Chang #23 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Harel Levy #64 6-2 6-4 Hyung-Taik Lee #107 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Byron Black #32 6-2 6-1 Daniel Elsner #96 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Yong Il Yoon #205 4-6 7-5 6-1 David Prinosil #60 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Dominik Hrbaty #33 7-6(5) 7-5 Laurence Tieleman #142 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Nicolas Lapentti #16 7-6(6) 7-6(4) Olivier Rochus #75 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Gustavo Kuerten #3 7-6(5) 6-0 Nicolas Massu #74 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Karol Kucera #71 6-1 4-6 6-4 Leos Friedl #408 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Andrea Gaudenzi #103 6-3 6-2 Leander Paes #150 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Wayne Black #114 6-4 6-2 Taylor Dent #198 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Kalle Flygt #417 6-4 6-2 Andre Sa #97 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Sjeng Schalken #51 6-4 6-2 Sergi Bruguera #91 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Hicham Arazi #41 6-4 5-7 6-4 George Bastl #94 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Mark Philippoussis #14 6-2 7-5 Wayne Arthurs #87 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Jonas Bjorkman #59 3-6 6-1 6-1 Takao Suzuki #164 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
Eric Taino #304 6-3 7-5 Vincent Spadea #155 H2H Match data Oct 12, 2000* R32
R64 (24)
Sergi Bruguera #91 6-4 6-3 Barry Cowan #171 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Jonas Bjorkman #59 6-4 3-6 7-6(6) Jeff Tarango #81 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Nicolas Massu #74 6-2 6-3 Satoshi Iwabuchi #322 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Cecil Mamiit #130 6-3 6-4 Jason Stoltenberg #73 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
David Prinosil #60 6-2 2-6 7-6(6) Mikhail Youzhny #126 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Andrea Gaudenzi #103 4-6 6-3 6-4 Christophe Rochus #65 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Eric Taino #304 6-2 6-3 Michihisa Onoda #692 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Hyung-Taik Lee #107 6-1 7-6(3) Orlin Stanoytchev #135 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Leos Friedl #408 4-6 6-1 6-4 Davide Sanguinetti #77 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Leander Paes #150 7-6(6) 6-3 Fredrik Jonsson #181 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Karol Kucera #71 6-1 6-2 Paul Goldstein #80 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Wayne Black #114 6-3 7-5 Markus Hantschk #76 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Andre Sa #97 6-4 0-6 6-2 Alex Calatrava #66 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Daniel Elsner #96 6-4 6-4 Gouichi Motomura #199 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
George Bastl #94 5-7 6-1 6-0 Andrei Stoliarov #113 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Vincent Spadea #155 6-2 6-1 Andrew Ilie #49 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Kalle Flygt #417 7-6(7) 3-6 6-3 Mariano Zabaleta #48 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Yong Il Yoon #205 6-4 1-6 6-2 Christian Vinck #116 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Olivier Rochus #75 7-5 6-4 Chris Woodruff #72 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Takao Suzuki #164 3-6 6-4 6-3 Kevin Kim #158 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Sjeng Schalken #51 7-5 5-7 6-2 Paradorn Srichaphan #95 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Harel Levy #64 5-7 6-0 6-1 Jeff Salzenstein #273 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Laurence Tieleman #142 6-4 7-5 Joji Miyao #1351 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64
Wayne Arthurs #87 6-3 6-4 Yaoki Ishii #260 H2H Match data Oct 11, 2000* R64

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Where is Japan Open held?
Japan Open is held in Tokyo, Japan.
Who won the most recent Japan Open?
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